( November 3, 2025, 11:45 AM EST) -- HARTFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut appeals court affirmed a trial court’s judgment in an insurance coverage dispute arising from an automobile collision, holding that the lower court properly exercised its discretion in bifurcating the proceedings and staying discovery and correctly entered judgment against the policyholder after finding no evidence of unfair settlement practices or bad faith on the insurer’s part and determining that the claimant failed to provide an adequate record for appellate review....