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Connecticut Law Tribune

$5 Million Settlement Reached With Stone Academy

"We have eight named plaintiffs, and they have been involved with this process at every step," attorney David Slossberg said. "They have worked with us to try to craft the best and most meaningful remedy. There's a sense of relief that they're getting to some finality here."
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Middletown Jury Awards $1.4 Million Verdict

After collateral source reduction and the interest from the offer of compromise, the final judgment entered is $1,530,394.21, which was agreed on by both parties.
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New York Law Journal

Second Circuit Upholds $5M Judgment Against Trump in E. Jean Carroll Case

President-elect Donald Trump was sued for defamation after he denied claims that he sexually abused former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in a Manhattan department store dressing room in 1996.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Carter Mario Achieves $225,000 Settlement in Motor Vehicle Case

The defendant, CSAA Affinity Insurance Co., needed to provide underinsured motorist coverage to the plaintiff, but the complaint said "the defendant has failed to make any reasonable offers or to pay any compensation to the plaintiff for injuries and losses."
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Daily Business Review

Art of the Settlement: Trump Attorney Reveals Strategy in ABC Lawsuit

Behind the scenes of the Trump-ABC News settlement: Attorneys and mediators talk about strategies and key moments in the mediation that took all by surprise.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Attorney Overcomes Low Medical Bills, Captures $1 Million Policy Limit

"I set the parameters very early on that this case was not settling for less than a million," Angela Edwards of Trantolo & Trantolo, counsel for the plaintiffs, said.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Conn. Appeals Court Slices $150 Million in Statutory Damages From Judgment Owed by Alex Jones

The court affirmed the bulk of the judgment—Connecticut's largest-ever personal injury award—rejecting defense arguments on appeal that the trial court improperly defaulted Jones and denying his motion for remittitur.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

$7.5M in Punitive Damages Awarded in Product Liability Case

“Quite simply, corporations such as the defendant should not be hiding dangerous products from consumers or seeking to minimize the impact of toxins through hyper-technical definitions or scientific lobbying strategies,” the court said. “The defendant was and is in a position to know the dangers associated with the mining operation and the products produced therefrom.”
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Waterbury Jury Awards $2 Million Verdict Against Eversource

Attorneys John J. Houlihan Jr., Ryan K. Sullivan and Giacomo Cabrera of RisCassi & Davis represented the plaintiff.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Plaintiff Gets $500K Policy Limit Without Surgery

While many of the case's alleged facts were positive for her client, plaintiffs lawyer Angela Edwards of Trantolo & Trantolo said it was a hard battle to get the policy limit because the plaintiff did not have a surgery recommendation, but was receiving "extensive pain management."
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