Defendant's Letter to Witness Was Facially Innocuous, Thereby Requiring State to Prove Defendant's Intent to Compel Witness into Frustrating the Proceedings

Court previously approved pro se plaintiff's motion to proceed in forma pauperis and then screened the complaint.

In 1997, appellant murdered an off-duty police officer by shooting him at point-blank range during a robbery.

Court Dismisses ADA, CFEPA and FMLA Interference Claims but Allows FMLA Retaliation Claim to Proceed

Court Grants Defendants' Motion to Strike in Property Damage Case

Trial properly applied an adverse inference to one appellant's failure to testify at trial in employment contract action because appellants' counsel did not inform court of appellant's medical condition until after trial started and never asked for an accommodation until after the verdict and appellees' expert witness was qualified to testify as to the value of the company. Affirmed.

Although a dissolving volunteer fire company's proposed beneficiaries were inappropriate recipients of the company's assets, as their purposes were insufficiently similar, the trial court erred in adopting the Office of Attorney General's proposed beneficiaries where the company's members remained willing and able to identify alternative beneficiaries. Order of the trial court affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in part.

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This case involved a mineral royalty dispute in which the district court dismissed the lessor's claim that the lessee must pay royalties on gas used off-lease for post-production services such as transport and processing.

Decree Vacated, Surrogate's Court Did Not Hear Contentions of All Parties