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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Connecticut Law Tribune

Pike Fuels Agrees to Pay $2 Million Settlement to Resolve Alleged New Haven Environmental Violations

The alleged violations occurred at Pike Fuels' New Haven petroleum distribution facility, which were discovered during an investigation by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency in 2019.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

'They Should Have Tried to Negotiate': Jury Finds Against Insurer

"If they had offered us the $100,000 at any point, because we have uninsured motorist coverage to go after, we would have taken it," Anthony Masone of Carter Mario said. "They have to take cases like this seriously, but they undervalued the claims."
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Major Drug Companies Agree to Pay $49.1 Million to 50 States, Territories

As part of the settlement agreement, the companies must cooperate with the pending multistate litigation in Connecticut District Court against 30 corporate defendants and 25 executives.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

$39 Million Connecticut Verdict Could Be Road Map for Other States

Patrick Coughlin of Scott + Scott said this "groundbreaking" decision is going to help self-insured states struggling to keep insurance costs down.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

'This Case Was My Life': Solo Practitioner Gets $4.9M Settlement

"You had to really have a vision of what was happening here," solo practitioner Michelle Holmes said. "This idea that people got fired over complaining about a porta-potty in the parking lot, nobody could really see the First Amendment component of the case. ... I really dug deep and I could see what the case was about."
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