Udolf v. Plan & Zoning Commission of West Hartford

How later courts describe this case

• holding that the failure to object to a trial court’s instruction constitutes waiver
• not error to refuse hearing on motion to disqualify a retired judge’s certification to sit as a judge at all, which may only be challenged in a quo warranto proceeding
• oral evidence was admissible but court erred in admitting written document itself into evidence
• mandatory hearing is not triggered unless recusal motion states valid grounds for disqualification
• $10,000 contribution by counsel to presiding judge while lawsuit pending