DocketNumber: AC 22919
Citation Numbers: 78 Conn. App. 403
Filed Date: 7/29/2003
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 9/8/2022
Opinion
In this twelve count breach of contract action, the plaintiffs, Ahmed A. Dadi, doing business as Total Design/Dadi Associates (Dadi),
The issues were tried to the court, which rendered judgment for Dadi in the amount of $8895 on the basis of unjust enrichment and for Total Development in the
Our review of the briefs and oral argument leads us to the conclusion that the arguments advanced by Dadi on appeal consist, in their entirety, of no more than an assault on the factual determinations made by the court. Additionally, our review of the record reveals that the court’s factual determinations were not clearly erroneous, and that its orders were consistent with and flowed from its factual findings.
The judgment is affirmed.
At oral argument in this court, Dadi acknowledged that he is a pro se party and not an attorney authorized to practice in Connecticut. On that basis, Dadi was permitted to argue on his behalf, but not on behalf of the other plaintiffs. When informed of that limitation, Dadi indicated that because his interests and those of the other plaintiffs were identical, he was prepared to go forward with argument.
“The standard of review with respect to a court’s findings of fact is the clearly erroneous standard. The trial court’s findings are binding upon this court unless they are clearly erroneous in light of the evidence and the pleadings in the record as a whole. ... We cannot retry ihe facts or pass on the credibility of the witnesses. . . . A finding of fact is clearly erroneous when there is no evidence in the record to support it ... or when although there is evidence to support it, the reviewing court on the entire evidence is left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed . . . .” (Internal quotation marks omitted.) Santa Fuel, Inc. v. Varga, 77 Conn. App. 474, 488-89, 823 A.2d 1249 (2003).