A decade ago, Connecticut trial lawyers complained bitterly about the waiting period of three years or more to bring a case to a jury trial. The number of pending jury trial cases marched steadily upward from 13,856 in the 1986-87 fiscal year to 23,436 at the close of FY 1998.
Trial dates were not only delayed, they were subject to endless conflicts and continuances. “It used to be so bad,” said Michael A. Stratton, of New Haven’s Stratton Faxon, “that I wouldn’t even tell my clients when a trial date was given. It would only be a disappointment.”
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