A month after declining to strike an unfair trade count against former Bridgeport Mayor Joseph P. Ganim in a civil fraud case, Waterbury Superior Court Judge Jon M. Alander was forced to reconsider and reverse himself.
The impetus was the Jan. 31 Appellate Court ruling by Judge Anne C. Dranginis that "a CUTPA violation may not be alleged for activities that are incidental to an entity’s primary trade or commerce." The ruling in McCann Real Equities v. David McDermott Chevrolet created the first appellate authority on an issue that has long divided Superior Court judges.
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