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Connecticut Law Tribune

Carter Mario Attorneys Secure $3 Million Settlement in Workers' Comp Case

"As far as liability goes, it was difficult because our client had no recollection of what actually happened," Andrew Buchetto of Carter Mario said.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

$12 Million Settlement: Meet the Lawyers Behind the Connecticut Litigation

The litigation involved Connecticut and the alleged negligence of the Department of Children and Families.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

'In Everyone's Best Interest': Attorneys Reach $125K Settlement in Slip-and-Fall Suit

"The plaintiff would most likely take a moderate [to] substantial reduction with regards to comparative negligence," defense counsel said. "However, the nature and size of the condition likely would have worked against my client at trial. ... Double-edged sword sometimes."
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Activist Gets $295,000 After Woman Spat in Her Face

"I am really happy with the precedent that we just put into case law that saying 'all lives matter' and inquiring about the nature of 'black on black crime' are racist inquiries," attorney Kenneth J. Krayeske said.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

$1.4 Million Hartford Verdict: Attorney Secures Result in Slip-and-Fall Trial

"It was a very contentious trial. Lots of objections, lots of fighting among the parties," plaintiffs attorney Sabrina Copp said. "Unfortunately, that kind of took away from my ability to get the picture to the jury of who Deborah [Oliver] was and how this fully affected her."
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut Jury Returns $20 Million Verdict in Landmark Asbestos Case

"Like many reckless corporate actors before them, they were confronted with a regulation that they didn't want to comply with, which was the 1972 OSHA Asbestos Regulation," counsel for the plaintiffs, Sam Iola, said. "Instead of trying to comply with it and put warnings on their products, they decided they were going to lie about it, and deny the very idea that there was asbestos in this product to begin with."
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Settling Class Action, AllianzGI Agrees to Pay $145 Million to Harmed Investors

New York Supreme Court Justice Andrew Borrok approved the $145 million settlement.
2 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Greenwich Agrees to $5 Million Settlement in Wrongful Death Suit

"The family feels that they've stood up for their son," Goldstein said. "They've been able to speak up for him in a way that, hopefully, will start a very serious conversation amongst the officials on the Board of Education and within the schools as to whether or not they're really going to buckle down and do something about bullying."
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Nationwide's Not on Your Side in This Case of False Imprisonment at a Home Business

"The trial court found that the plaintiffs satisfied their burden of establishing ... that the false imprisonment arose out of the defendant's business pursuits, and that the business pursuits exclusion bars coverage," the opinion said.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

'People Were Pretty Surprised': $420M Settlement Secured by Small Law Firm Against Teva

"We were the underdog, but we were the competent underdog," James K. Robertson of Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey said.
6 minute read

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