Thomas Scheffey

July 20, 2020 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The late congressman made a series of speeches in Connecticut and New England in 2012, including an address to the Connecticut Bar Association.

By Thomas Scheffey

6 minute read

June 24, 2016 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The divorce court battles of the rich have recently been spreading alarm among family lawyers for the poor.

By THOMAS SCHEFFEY

13 minute read

February 22, 2016 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Two of Connecticut's most successful trial lawyers, Michael Koskoff and Kathleen Nastri, have been charged with new ethical misconduct allegations arising from a dispute over $4.6 million in legal fees from a medical-malpractice case.

By THOMAS SCHEFFEY

16 minute read

February 02, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune

New details have emerged in a legal malpractice case brought by a brain-damaged boy and his parents who are suing two respected Connecticut law firms for allegedly defrauding them of millions of dollars.

By Thomas Scheffey

9 minute read

February 02, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune

New details have emerged in a legal malpractice case brought by a brain-damaged boy and his parents who are suing two respected Connecticut law firms for allegedly defrauding them of millions of dollars.

By THOMAS SCHEFFEY

9 minute read

January 23, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The state Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal in a prior-restraint case involving a divorcing parent who sought to block publication of an article in the Connecticut Law Tribune.

By THOMAS SCHEFFEY

6 minute read

January 23, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The state Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal in a prior-restraint case involving a divorcing parent who sought to block publication of an article in the Connecticut Law Tribune.

By THOMAS SCHEFFEY

6 minute read

February 05, 2002 | Law.com

When champion high school basketball coach Frederick English was accused in federal court in Connecticut of abusing a teen-age girl, the suit alone was a punishment. But the cloud lifted when U.S. District Judge Ellen Bree Burns granted him summary judgment, saying charges of pinching, light slapping and ridicule didn't rise to the level of "extreme or outrageous" behavior that shocked the conscience of the court.

By Thomas Scheffey

3 minute read

November 27, 2006 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Darelyn Haynes v. Fountain View Condominiums: When she fell down a stairwell in the common area of her Groton condominium in December 2003, Darelyn Haynes suffered a herniated disc. The railing had been repaired with duct tape, and gave way when she was using the stairs to visit another tenant. A different tenant testified that, three years earlier, she had repaired the railing temporarily with duct tape and reported it to an officer of the condominium association.

By THOMAS SCHEFFEY

2 minute read

October 01, 2007 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Teachers teach, writers write and judges decide cases.

By THOMAS SCHEFFEY

4 minute read