Thomas Scheffey

October 23, 2006 | Connecticut Law Tribune

On the night of Feb. 28, 2004, defendant Elizabeth Gessinger, of New Canaan, apparently dozed off, losing control of her Ford Explorer. It came to rest in the left and part of the right southbound lanes of Interstate-95 in Old Lyme.

By THOMAS SCHEFFEY

4 minute read

January 25, 2002 | Law.com

The Hartford Courant took a potentially groundbreaking electronic data case to the Connecticut Supreme Court Jan. 18. The newspaper wants to buy the entire database of 815,000 criminal records in the state police's computers, but the state wants to charge its standard $25 per-record fee -- a whopping $20 million. The assistant attorney general argued the Freedom of Information law takes a back seat to the fee-setting statute for pricing such records.

By Thomas Scheffey

5 minute read

August 02, 2002 | Law.com

Starting Oct. 1, Connecticut courts can compel divorcing parents to pay up to four years of higher education for their adult children through the age of 23. It's been a controversial measure because it allows the state to intercede in what had previously been a private family matter. Outside of divorce, married parents aren't normally required to provide any support to a healthy child beyond the age of majority.

By Thomas Scheffey

4 minute read

April 12, 2001 | Law.com

Providing a small reversal of fortune for plaintiffs seeking to sue local school boards in federal court, a Connecticut judge denied a motion to dismiss an age discrimination suit against the New Britain Board of Education on immunity grounds. The judge found that 11th Amendment immunity should not apply to political subdivisions -- such as school boards -- that are financially separate from the state.

By Thomas Scheffey

4 minute read

February 12, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Now that the state Supreme Court has ruled Connecticut`s visitation law for non-parents constitutionally flawed, two family law groups are vying to be the one to set new legislative ground rules.

By THOMAS SCHEFFEY Law Tribune Staff Writer

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January 31, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune

When a grown man like Norwalk High`s state champion basketball coach Frederick English is accused in federal court of physically abusing a teenage girl, the lawsuit alone can be a punishment.

By THOMAS SCHEFFEY

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May 28, 1999 | Law.com

Connecticut's Supreme Court has ruled in Chase Manhattan Bank v. Gavin that income accumulated in New York trust accounts of Connecticut residents is subject to Connecticut's income tax. In an en banc decision, the high court ruled that there were enough connections with the Nutmeg state to warrant treating the trusts, created under Connecticut law, as domiciliaries of Connecticut.

By Thomas Scheffey

4 minute read

August 02, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune

In the tradition of its clinics on criminal law and civil rights, the University of Connecticut School of Law is offering students hands-on courses to aid current and would-be citizens whom the law has largely overlooked.

By Thomas Scheffey

3 minute read

January 24, 2000 | Law.com

By Thomas Scheffey

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January 25, 2000 | Law.com

By Thomas Scheffey

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