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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

O'Brien Properties, Inc. v. Rodriguez, 215 Conn. 367 (1990)

Citation
O'Brien Properties, Inc. v. Rodriguez, 215 Conn. 367 (1990)
Parent Document
O'Brien Properties, Inc. v. Rodriguez, 215 Conn. 367 (1990)
Jurisdiction
Connecticut (state)
Effective Date
1990-06-19

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Our conclusion that a tenant at sufferance is a “tenant” for the purposes of § 47a-23c (a) (1) finds support in the fact that § 47a-23c is a remedial statute intended to benefit elderly, blind and physically disabled tenants. Since remedial statutes are to be construed liberally in favor of those whom the legislature intended to benefit; Hinchliffe v. American Motors Corporation, 184 Conn. 607, 615 n.4, 440 A.2d 810 (1981); Hartford Fire Ins. Co. v. Brown, 164 Conn. 497, 503, 325 A.2d 228 (1973); and given the fact that the legislature did not expressly exclude tenants at sufferance, we conclude that § 47a-23e should be liberally construed to protect all elderly, blind and physically disabled tenants, including tenants at sufferance.