DocketNumber: No. CV89 70 05 30 S
Citation Numbers: 1992 Conn. Super. Ct. 6775
Judges: WAGNER, J.
Filed Date: 7/17/1992
Status: Non-Precedential
Modified Date: 7/5/2016
Normally, offers of compromise of an action are not admissible in the original action against the party making them. See Tait and LaPlante's Handbook of Connecticut Evidence, 2d. Ed. 11.5.4(b) p. 336 and cases cited. Where there is a compromise of a disputed claim, the creditor may, on default, sue either on the original cause of action or on the contract of accord. 15 Williston, Contracts (3d Ed. Jaeger) 1848, cited with approval, Air-Care N.O. Nelson Co. v. Patchet,
We consider it inappropriate to join an action on a settlement with the original action, because this would present difficult and confusing questions of evidence at the trial.
Request to amend denied.
WAGNER, J. CT Page 6776