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HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - The Connecticut Supreme Court has delayed, for now, a decision on whether the state’s media shield law protects a blogger who published anonymous comments that a Hartford police officer considers defamatory.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - It was medical malpractice, not “wrongful birth” that provided the grounds for a $35 million judgment against the State of Connecticut over a permanently disabled child born after his mother may have been infected with virus-tainted sperm.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - A mother who sued a state hospital for emotional distress after a difficult delivery in which her son was permanently injured can proceed with her case because the damages fall under the general category of medical malpractice, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - A pair of rulings from the Connecticut Supreme Court will give guidance to health care providers hoping to use the immunity afforded them during the COVID pandemic to fight lawsuits.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - A student who was expelled from Yale University on sex-assault claims can sue his accuser for defamation because the school’s disciplinary committee lacked basic due-process protections, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - A woman who endured years of racially motivated abuse by a neighbor isn’t entitled to more than $15,000 in damages for emotional distress, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled, rejecting a state commission’s argument the award was too low.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - A lawyer who was sued by a former associate after mailing anonymous letters to news outlets accusing him of beating his wife deserves a chance at having the suit dismissed under a law protecting speech about matters of public concern, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - The Connecticut Supreme Court affirmed the reversal of a jury verdict in favor of a man who drove into an open manhole after the snowplow in front of him dislodged the cover, ruling sovereign immunity protected the City of New Haven against his claim.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - Nationwide Insurance doesn’t have to cover damages awarded to a woman who was bound, gagged and terrorized by a masked intruder who turned out to be a close friend of her boss, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - A Connecticut town can drag a property owner and others into a lawsuit over a child’s drowning in a backyard pool, rejecting the plaintiff’s attempt to blame the entire event on the town’s failure to enforce municipal safety codes.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) – A Connecticut woman’s lawsuit over Bausch & Lomb’s Trulign Lenses has answered a question closely watched by the state’s trial lawyers.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - The Connecticut Supreme Court ordered the state to issue a pistol permit to a man who was denied because of a drug conviction in New York, ruling that state law doesn’t include prohibitions on firearms permits over out-of-state misdemeanors.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - A woman who sued her doctor as well as Boston Scientific over an unsuccessful pelvic-mesh implant operation properly lost her case against all of the defendants, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled, upholding the rule that only the doctor performing a procedure must obtain informed consent from the patient.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - A man whose marriage collapsed after he continued partying while his wife got down to business and cared for their three kids lost his bid to have a prenuptial agreement struck down after the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled he isn’t entitled to his ex-wife’s millions.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) – Hospitals have avoided a theory of liability pushed recently in Connecticut that sought to hold them accountable for defective products used in medical procedures.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - A Connecticut judge properly dismissed a town from lawsuits by three high school football players who sued over a teacher’s sexual abuse of them, the state supreme court ruled, citing sovereign immunity and a lack of evidence school officials had reason to suspect what was going on.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) – A recent Connecticut Supreme Court ruling backs a jury’s $93,000 verdict for a man who tripped and landed on his face on a Bridgeport sidewalk.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) – Plaintiffs who said a Connecticut pediatrician sexually abused them by inserting his finger in their anuses will not be able to sue his estate.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - A man who fell off a 6-foot retaining wall after a night of drinking in his local tavern lost his bid to win money from the city that built it, as the Connecticut Supreme Court upheld a jury verdict rejecting the plaintiff’s public nuisance claim.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - A woman who won a $1 million jury award over burns she suffered while being treated with a “miracle lamp” in an acupuncture salon had the verdict against the salon tossed out but an appeals court upheld a products-liability claim against the lamp’s manufacturer.