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Southland Corp. v. Vernon, 473 A.2d 318 (1983)

Citation
Southland Corp. v. Vernon, 473 A.2d 318 (1983)
Parent Document
Southland Corp. v. Vernon, 473 A.2d 318 (1983)
Jurisdiction
Connecticut (state)
Effective Date
1983-12-06

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These significant changes persuade us that the legislature no longer considers summary process as necessarily excluding complex questions which would formerly have required its dismissal. As we read the current statutory scheme, where, as here, such a summary process action is brought in the first instance to the housing division, as it must be, and the issue of complexity is raised, the housing division judge must exercise the court’s discretion in deciding whether to hear the case. That discretion includes, inter alia, the degree of complexity of the factual and legal issues, the likely time requirements for trial, the need for discovery and the degree of discovery which is reasonably required, whether complex defenses will be raised in good faith, the impact of hearing the case on the rest of the summary process docket, and whether other actions for similar relief are pending elsewhere. See Sigros v. *450 Hygenic Restaurant, Inc.,