An appeal of an $11.9 million jury verdict against a Connecticut businessman remains before the state Supreme Court, following U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley’s dismissal of a lawsuit in which he sought to hold his former attorney responsible for the judgment.

The federal lawsuit was filed by Aashish Kalra, former co-owner of Trikona Advisers Ltd., which invested in Indian real estate. The suit stemmed from the $11.9 million judgment against him in Superior Court for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and libel, in favor of his former business partner, Rakshitt Chugh.