Dave Collins

Dave Collins

July 03, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Georgia Election Workers Who Won $148M Judgment Against Giuliani Want His Bankruptcy Case Thrown Out

Creditors, including two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against the disbarred former New York mayor and adviser to former Presidential Donald Trump, are opposing his attempt to convert his bankruptcy into a liquidation.

By Dave Collins | The Associated Press

4 minute read

September 04, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Taxpayers Will Foot Legal Bills for Once-Wealthy Developer

Robert Matthews was indicted for scamming foreign investors out of millions of dollars in connection with a hotel-condominium project in Palm Beach.

By Dave Collins

4 minute read

October 26, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Muslim Businessman Accuses Yacht Club of Discrimination

A Muslim businessman and his wife are suing a Connecticut yacht club on allegations club board members rejected their membership application because of their religion and falsely claimed they supported terrorism.

By Dave Collins, Associated Press

5 minute read

May 13, 2016 | Daily Report Online

Lawyer: 48-Year Fugitive in Poor Health, Seeks Commutation

A lawyer for a Connecticut man who spent 48 years on the lam after escaping from prison says his client is in poor health and he will ask Georgia officials to commute his 17-year robbery sentence.

By Dave Collins

2 minute read

April 02, 2013 | Daily Report Online

Judge lets DeKalb school district drop from suit

A federal judge has granted a request from the DeKalb County school district to allow it to withdraw from a lawsuit against the state.

By Dave Collins

1 minute read

April 02, 2013 | Daily Report Online

Suspended Conn. priest admits to meth charge

A suspended Roman Catholic priest accused of making more than $300,000 in methamphetamine sales out of his Connecticut apartment while running an adult video and sex toy shop pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal drug charge.

By Dave Collins

3 minute read

June 05, 2009 | Daily Report Online

Conn. gets $4.6 million in I-84 dispute

HARTFORD, Conn. AP - Connecticut officials settled a lawsuit for $4.6 million against three companies they say botched the widening of a 3.5-mile stretch of Interstate 84 between Cheshire and Waterbury, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said Thursday.The settlement is with now-defunct New Haven contractor L.G. DeFelice Inc.

By DAVE COLLINS

3 minute read

September 19, 2012 | Daily Report Online

Court: Fraternity can be sued in fatal Yale crash

A fraternity can be sued in connection with a 2003 crash that killed four Yale University students, including two members of the school's baseball team, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.

By Dave Collins

3 minute read

February 01, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Connecticut Attorney General: State botched $80 million deal on workers' comp claims

By DAVE COLLINS

3 minute read

September 04, 2007 | Daily Report Online

Conn. lawyer sentenced to 12 years for fatally stabbing neighbor he thought molested daughter

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. AP - A lawyer who stabbed his neighbor to death because he thought the man had molested his 2-year-old daughter was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison for first-degree manslaughter."It's a Shakespearean tragedy brought into the real world," Judge Richard Comerford said at the sentencing.

By Dave Collins

2 minute read