DocketNumber: No. CV97 0059328S
Citation Numbers: 1998 Conn. Super. Ct. 7005
Judges: FLYNN, J.
Filed Date: 6/17/1998
Status: Non-Precedential
Modified Date: 4/18/2021
"[S]imple [intentional] breach of contract . . . does not CT Page 7006 amount to a [CUTPA] violation. . . . [A claimaint] must show substantial aggravating circumstances attending the breach to recover under the Act." Emlee Equipment Leasing Corp. v.Waterbury Transmission, Inc.,
The court agrees with the defendant that the complaint is legally insufficient. The CUPTA count simply incorporates by reference the previously pled breach of contract claim and fails to set forth how or in what respect the defendant's activities are either immoral, unethical, unscrupulous, or offensive to public policy. The defendant's motion to strike the plaintiff's complaint is granted because it fails to state a cause of action under CUTPA for which relief can be granted.
Flynn, J.