Thomas B Scheffey

December 18, 2006 | Connecticut Law Tribune

When Kathryn Salas arranged to adopt a child in Vietnam, she and her new husband thought it would be a good idea to bring along her 8-year-old daughter from a previous marriage to aid in the bonding process.

By THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

3 minute read

October 10, 2005 | Connecticut Law Tribune

In one of the most costly and hard-fought custody battles in Connecticut family court history, Guilford cosmeceutical magnate Nicholas V. Perricone only started winning the moment he stopped fighting.

By THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

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April 21, 2008 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Childhood patients of the late Dr. George Reardon, who have sued his estate and St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, are headed for mediation as of Oct. 1.

By THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

3 minute read

November 21, 2005 | Connecticut Law Tribune

In the space of 10 years, the Stafford assessor's office increased the valuation of 57-acre Sun Valley Camping cooperative from $700,000 to over $3 million, quadrupling its annual tax bill to $60,000.

By THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

3 minute read

July 24, 2006 | Connecticut Law Tribune

If the sex abuse allegations of "David Doe" hold up in court, a priest sexually violated him in a church when he was nine and ten years old, leading to lifelong psychological problems and institutionalization.

By THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

4 minute read

June 16, 2008 | Connecticut Law Tribune

One definition of history is "lies agreed upon." Connecticut's Supreme Court Historical Society was apparently sending out a little white one with its 200th Anniversary Celebration June 6.

By THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

3 minute read

September 27, 2010 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Jeremiah Donovan, the Old Saybrook lawyer who is defending Joshua Komisarjevsky, one of two men accused of killing three Cheshire women in July 2007, has been ordered to show cause why he should not be held in contempt of a gag order.

By THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

2 minute read

March 22, 2010 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Last spring, lawyers at New Haven's Stratton Faxon learned that anyone doing a Google search of their plaintiffs' firm's name would get results topped by a rival Stamford firm. Seeing red, Michael Stratton and Joel Faxon filed suit in state court against Google, the California-based Internet search giant. They also called for state ethics guidelines to prevent a firm's name being purchased by another firm to divert potential clients.

By THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

3 minute read

November 21, 2005 | Connecticut Law Tribune

An inexpensive blood test could have detected the spina bifida, or water on the brain, and other neurological abnormalities Shaun and Nicki Chamberland's unborn son was suffering from, in time to have the pregnancy terminated.

By THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

3 minute read

October 10, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

In a case that will help Connecticut boost its tax revenues, the U.S. Supreme Court has let stand a decision by the Connecticut Supreme Court that allows the state to collect sales taxes on items sold in-state by the Missouri-based Scholastic Book Club.

By THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

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