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Robert Storace

Robert Storace

Robert Storace covers legal trends, lawsuits and analysis for the Connecticut Law Tribune. Follow him on Twitter @RobertSCTLaw or reach him at 203-437-5950.

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January 27, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Woman Gets 4 Years in Prison for Defrauding Employer

Debra Biagi was also ordered to pay more than $700,000 and given three years supervised release.

By ROBERT STORACE

5 minute read

January 27, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The Unexpected Lawyer Who Mastered the Law of Business

A few years out of college during the real estate boom of the mid-1980s, Bill O'Sullivan said he "developed the vague idea that I might want to be a real estate attorney." That changed in 1986 when O'Sullivan and his then-fiancee, now wife, Joy attended a wedding and chatted with a guest who was about to attend law school. "To that point, the idea of law school had been buried in my subconscious. The next day, though, lying on a large rock after hiking, I had the revelation I should go to law school." The next day he drove to the University of Connecticut Law School and picked up his application and the Norwalk native, an attorney since 1990, never looked back.

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10 minute read

January 26, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Upholding Governmental Immunity, Upends Verdict Against Town for Pedestrian Struck by Impaired Driver

The Connecticut Appellate Court has unanimously overturned a lower court jury verdict originally awarding $12.2 million, but later reduced to $5.9 million by the judge, against East Haven in favor of a teenage pedestrian who was severely injured after being struck by an alleged impaired driver detained and then released by local police.

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9 minute read

January 26, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Hartford Hospital Hit With $5.8 Million Verdict in Patient's Death

The jury found hospital staff failed to reconnect the wires of the patient's pacemaker before giving him drugs that slowed his heart rate.

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6 minute read

January 25, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Judge Awards $75,290 to Woman Hit by Uninsured Driver

Nancy Lydell was originally offered a $15,000 settlement for injuries that included a permanent ringing in her ears.

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4 minute read

January 23, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

Sandy Hook Plaintiffs' Path to Trial Seen as Uphill

As the Connecticut Supreme Court is expected to begin later this year to hear an appeal from several families whose loved ones were killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre and who are seeking to hold manufacturers of the gun used responsible, legal experts, attorneys and law professors say the plaintiffs have a long, uphill battle.

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14 minute read

January 20, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Attorney Who 'Stole Often and Much' Disbarred 20 Years

The disbarment marks the second time Craig Larsen, formerly of Craig Larsen Law Offices, has been disciplined for embezzling funds from a client.

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5 minute read

January 19, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Appellate Court Rules Man Rightly Fired for Lying About Jury Duty Cancellation

The decision overturns a Connecticut Superior Court order that found the man was entitled to workers' compensation benefits.

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5 minute read

January 18, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Judge Sides With Woman Mauled by Dogs, Awards $132,295 for Injuries

The case focused on whether the woman was trespassing when she stopped her car to investigate a chair the dogs' owner left by the side of the road.

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6 minute read

January 17, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Fired GE Employee Files Age Discrimination Suit

The suit claims a supervisor repeatedly made disparaging remarks about older employees' ages, including call them a "bunch of old men."

By ROBERT STORACE

4 minute read