September 26, 2000 | Law.com
Solomonic Saga of Orphaned Connecticut Child Tests SystemReligious discrimination is a powerful factor behind Chad and Sara Prigge's custody fight for 17-month-old Joshua S. in Connecticut. Chad Prigge is a minister in the Truth Baptist church, which allows corporal punishment of children. Last week the couple said they would appeal a Juvenile Court judge's decision that another couple should be allowed to adopt the child.
By Thomas Scheffey
4 minute read
August 16, 1999 | Law.com
Beyond Rich Man's JusticeMichael Skakel, the scion of Greenwich, Conn. wealth, has yet to be charged with anything in connection with the 1975 killing of his then 15-year-old neighbor Martha Moxley -- bludgeoned to death with a golf club in one of America's richest town. But currently a grand jury is investigating the murder, and the struggle over potential evidence in this celebrity case is hard-fought. Defense efforts by Skakel's lawyers have already paid off for him and, indirectly, for those in need of a psychiatrist's care.
By Thomas Scheffey
8 minute read
January 18, 2000 | Law.com
Guilty Until Proven InnocentConnecticut criminal lawyer M. Donald Cardwell looked like a man headed for prison. The question wasn't whether he'd serve, but how long. Only divine intervention, it seemed, could save him from his guilty pleas under federal money-laundering laws. But a down-to-earth miracle appeared at Cardwell's sentencing hearing in the form of U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson. Thompson worked overtime to dig up the truth, focusing not just on written transcripts, but on the nuances of live and taped testimony.
By Thomas Scheffey
10 minute read
August 25, 2000 | Law.com
Auto Insurance Class Actions Grow Against Progressive, Nationwide"Immediate response" is conveyed by those spiffy white sports utility vehicles that Progressive Insurance Co. claims agents drive to accident scenes. But when it comes to making settlements, "immediate" is illegal, say attorneys for victims who say they got too little, too soon.
By Thomas Scheffey
4 minute read
December 28, 2000 | Law.com
Visitation Kidnap Case Reshapes Connecticut Family LawThe 1996 kidnapping of a young girl from a Stamford, Conn., mall by her father, who took her to Iran, has already reshaped Connecticut family law. The resulting criminal case overruled a previous decision, which had prevented a parent with legal custody from being criminally liable for interfering with the other parent's rights. The mother is now suing the supervising lawyer, the law firm that selected her, and the missing child's uncle.
By Thomas Scheffey
3 minute read
October 23, 2007 | Law.com
Controversial UConn Law Professor to Return in SpringAfter showing his students a film interview with a pimp, a controversial University of Connecticut School of Law professor will return in the spring to teach three courses, but not one on feminist legal theory. Robert L. Birmingham was asked to take a leave of absence after he used the film clip from a documentary on prostitution during a Remedies course and a later seminar. Birmingham's supporters say he often strays from conventional teaching to provoke conversation.
By Thomas Scheffey
3 minute read
June 21, 2000 | Law.com
A Case of Patient Care or Employment Law?When Yale University School of Medicine hired new radiology department chair Bruce McClennan in 1995, it started a steady decline in patient safety at the teaching hospital, claim three accomplished radiologists. They say their efforts to improve matters were met with harsh personal attacks against their careers, and they're suing.
By Thomas Scheffey
6 minute read
May 15, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer
Driver Gets $195K From $25K Policy NONCHALANCE DIVIDE, CONQUEROffer of Judgment Key
By Thomas Scheffey
4 minute read
January 26, 2001 | Law.com
Priceline and Microsoft's Expedia Cut DealInternet business-method patents, like some high-flying dot-coms, have been losing much of their magic lately. Both of these downturns are factors in Priceline.com's decision to settle two lawsuits with Microsoft and its travel spinoff, Expedia. The settlement is good news and bad news for patent lawyers in e-commerce software, who are consequently left without guidance in the realm of cyberlaw.
By Thomas Scheffey
4 minute read
March 08, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Nailing Down Aetna`s Property Tax SpreadThere`s a crisp and final sound to the phrase appraised value, but as the recent case of Aetna Life Insurance v. Middletown shows, nailing down a fair property value can blend art with science, and be as challenging as capturing a white tiger.
By THOMAS SCHEFFEY
4 minute read
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