LoRicco v. Hula's New Haven, LLC

• Court: Connecticut Appellate Court
• Decided: May 26, 2015
• Docket: AC36363
• Status: Published

Opinion

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(Appeal from Superior Court, judicial district of New Haven, Zemetis, J.) John R. Harness, with whom, on the brief, was Brian P. Kraemer, for the appellants (defendants). Robert T. Harrington, for the appellee (plaintiff). Opinion

PER CURIAM. The plaintiff, Ronald LoRicco, trustee, a landlord, brought this action against the defendant Hula’s New Haven, LLC, a tenant, seeking payments pursuant to a commercial lease agreement. The plaintiff also named as defendants Donald G. Kelly, Albert J. Silverman and Todd M. Kazakowski, also known as Tom M. Kosakowski, as guarantors of the lease. Following a trial, the court, Zemetis, J., rendered judgment in favor of the plaintiff as to all defendants by way of a memoran- dum of decision filed November 22, 2013. The defen- dants claim on appeal that the trial court erred in enforcing the guarantee because there was no meeting of the minds as to its terms. We have examined the record on appeal and considered the briefs and the arguments of the parties, and conclude that the judg- ment of the trial court should be affirmed. Because the trial court thoroughly addressed the arguments raised in this appeal, we adopt its well reasoned decision as a statement of the facts and the applicable law on the issue. See LoRicco v. Hula’s New Haven, LLC, 53 Conn. Supp. 372, A.3d (2013). Any further discussion by this court would serve no useful purpose. See, e.g., Woodruff v. Hemingway, 297 Conn. 317, 321, 2 A.3d 857 (2010). The judgment is affirmed.