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ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY ET AL. v. HONORABLE A. WILLIAM MOTTOLESE (SC 16531)
Sullivan, C. J., and Borden, Palmer, Vertefeuille and Zarella, Js. Argued March 20--officially released August 20, 2002

Terence A. Zemetis, for the plaintiffs in error. Glenn E. Coe, with whom were Joseph B. Burns and, on the brief, Julie D. Blake and Richard F. Banbury, for the defendant in error.
Opinion

SULLIVAN, C. J. This case is before us on a writ of error brought by the named plaintiff in error, Allstate Insurance Company (plaintiff),1 the insurer of the defendant in the underlying action, seeking reversal of an order of the trial court, Mottolese, J., the defendant in error (trial court), imposing sanctions against the plaintiff pursuant to Practice Book

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