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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Atelier Constantin Popescu, LLC v. JC Corp., 134 Conn. App. 731 (2012)

Citation
Atelier Constantin Popescu, LLC v. JC Corp., 134 Conn. App. 731 (2012)
Parent Document
Atelier Constantin Popescu, LLC v. JC Corp., 134 Conn. App. 731 (2012)
Jurisdiction
Connecticut (state)
Effective Date
2012-04-17

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To the extent that the defendants argue that the court failed to make findings regarding the second and third prongs of the instrumentality rule, we decline to review the claim. As discussed in part II D of this opinion, it is not an appropriate function of this court to speculate as to the trial court’s reasoning or to presume error from a silent record. See, e.g., McCarthy v. Cadlerock Properties Joint Venture, L.P., supra, 132 Conn. App. 118; State v. Tocco, supra, 120 Conn. App. 781 n.5. Although the court’s articulation sets forth the instrumentality rule and properly applies factual findings to its first prong, relating to control over the corporation, the articulation does not detail how the second and third prongs are satisfied. As reviewing the court’s decision on these two prongs would require us to speculate as to the court’s reasoning or to presume error from a silent record, we decline to review this aspect of the defendants’ claim.