Christian Nolan

August 08, 2016 | Connecticut Law Tribune

A federal judge dismisses a complaint that accused Priceline of failing to disclose extra resort fees imposed by a hotel.

By CHRISTIAN NOLAN

7 minute read

August 05, 2016 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The state will reap $1.7 million as part of a global settlement with 48 state attorneys general.

By CHRISTIAN NOLAN

6 minute read

August 04, 2016 | Connecticut Law Tribune

A witness enters the courtroom, is sworn in and is asked by the prosecutor to identify who committed the criminal offense in question. The witness then points to the suspect sitting at the defense table. This routine scenario will no longer be such a standard procedure in Connecticut.

By CHRISTIAN NOLAN

9 minute read

August 03, 2016 | Connecticut Law Tribune

More women have come forward accusing Timothy Brignole, the managing partner of a Hartford personal injury law firm, of sexual harassment after a former intern sued Brignole and his firm last month.

By CHRISTIAN NOLAN

9 minute read

August 03, 2016 | Connecticut Law Tribune

A Connecticut federal judge has ruled that it was wrong for an insurer to refuse to pay out a $10 million life insurance policy on a Hartford lawyer.

By CHRISTIAN NOLAN

8 minute read

August 02, 2016 | Connecticut Law Tribune

In a victory for plaintiffs lawyers in Connecticut, the state Supreme Court has ruled that a bike-riding teen who was injured on the side of the road may sue the state under the highway defect statute.

By CHRISTIAN NOLAN

7 minute read

August 01, 2016 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The state Supreme Court has ruled that a widow who discovered her husband's crushed body at work cannot sue his employer for bystander emotional distress because she has already received benefits through the workers' compensation system.

By CHRISTIAN NOLAN

6 minute read

August 01, 2016 | Connecticut Law Tribune

A jury in Bridgeport has rendered a defense verdict in favor of the town of Redding in a $1.5 million lawsuit filed by an intoxicated man who broke his leg jumping down from a retaining wall.

By CHRISTIAN NOLAN

6 minute read

July 28, 2016 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The Connecticut Supreme Court has barred the lawsuits of two workers injured in a power plant explosion that killed six other people in 2010. The decision will also impact roughly a dozen other injured workers who have similar pending lawsuits against the general contractor at the plant.

By CHRISTIAN NOLAN

3 minute read

July 25, 2016 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The Connecticut Supreme Court has reinstated the murder conviction and 60-year prison sentence of a man who shot and killed someone outside a New Haven nightclub in 2008.

By CHRISTIAN NOLAN

6 minute read