By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 7, 2017
Summary judgment as to the amount of damages due was appropriate where the checks for payments made by defendant were submitted with the motion and correctly tabulated in a ledger provided by an affiant with personal knowledge of the case.
By Max Mitchell | July 6, 2017
The class suing Bucks County over its searchable database of former inmates won't be able to recover compensatory damages, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't be able to seek punitive damages, a federal appeals court has ruled in a case that appeared to address an issue of first impression for the circuit.
By Robert Storace | July 5, 2017
A lawsuit against Avon Old Farms School has been drawn up, claiming the private boarding facility failed to prevent 20 months of constant bullying against one of its students, who eventually became suicidal.
By ROBERT STORACE | July 3, 2017
Attorneys for a 48-year-old Wethersfield man who suffered injuries that required surgery following a November 2013 car crash have agreed on a $425,000 settlement. The injured driver has also received $240,000 in workers' compensation because he had been driving a company vehicle. The workers' compensation claim remains open.
By ROBERT STORACE | June 30, 2017
The family of a Woodbury man who died after he was allegedly left in the hallway of Waterbury Hospital for three hours without proper medical attention for an aortic dissection has sued the hospital.
By ROBERT STORACE | June 30, 2017
A 63-year-old former police officer has filed an age discrimination lawsuit against the Hartford Police Department claiming she was assigned to the patrol division despite her advanced age and should have been allowed to "bump" less senior officers for a less strenuous position.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 30, 2017
Trial court properly awarded triple damages to tenant in his action against landlord under the UTPCPL because landlord's conduct in refusing to repair a hole in the bathroom ceiling and taking nine months to repair the nonfunctioning heat and air conditioning was the type of intentional or reckless wrongful conduct that warranted treble damages. Affirmed.
By Amanda Bronstad | June 30, 2017
The U.S. House of Representatives this week passed a tort reform bill that practitioners said would limit noneconomic damages to cases across the nation at $250,000 and possibly "eviscerate" certain cases against medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers.
By ROBERT STORACE | June 29, 2017
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has ruled that an arbitrator who awarded nearly $50,000 to a woman who claimed a car dealership violated the Truth in Lending Act did not close the door to new evidence in the case. The Second Circuit was also highly critical of an attorney for the dealership.
By ROBERT STORACE | June 28, 2017
Attorneys for former electrician Ronald Manka of Wolcott and several insurance companies have agreed to settle workers' compensation claims totaling more than $600,000.
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