Acting promptly, the state Appellate Court has vacated an order by a Bridgeport trial judge to shield, through the use of pseudonyms, a couple accused of malicious prosecution stemming from their child’s sexual assault charges.
Stamford lawyer Andrew Mitchell LaBella and his wife, Cheryl L. Hoppenstein, also an attorney, won the right to proceed as “John Doe” and “Jane Roe” after an April 24 hearing before Bridgeport Superior Court Judge Arthur Hiller. An appeals court panel, in a June 5 opinion, unanimously vacated Hiller’s anonymity order on grounds that he improperly placed the burden of persuasion on the plaintiff opposing anonymity.
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