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VA doctor's report appropriately included in $93K trip-and-fall case, Connecticut court finds
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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Former patients of pediatrician who examined anuses with finger lost their chance to sue
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. -
5 beers + 6-foot fall = $0 for man who sued his hometown
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. -
Woman burned by 'miracle lamp' loses case against acupuncturist, but manufacturer must pay
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. -
Connecticut Supreme Court rejects damages claim for so-far healthy plaintiffs in asbestos lawsuit
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - The Connecticut Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of a medical-monitoring lawsuit on behalf of workers who had been exposed to asbestos during a reconstruction project, saying they failed to provide enough evidence showing they’d suffered some type of injury from the incident. -
Lawsuit over manhole cover made wrong claims, Connecticut court rules
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - A man who sued a city snowplow driver for knocking loose a manhole cover and causing an accident lost his case after an appeals court ruled he sued the City of New Haven under the wrong statute. -
Connecticut Supreme Court sanctions Alex Jones over outburst during Sandy Hook litigation
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - The Connecticut Supreme Court, ruling for the first time on whether the First Amendment protects out-of-court statements, upheld a judge’s sanctions against radio personality Alex Jones over abusive statements he made against opponents in litigation over the Sandy Hook massacre. -
Lawyers' attempt to link articles on pelvic mesh problems to doctor who recommended it fails
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) – Medical journal articles were properly excluded from a pelvic mesh trial, the Connecticut Supreme Court has decided in ruling against plaintiffs suing their health care provider. -
Connecticut court tosses defamation case from company that didn't like its Gartner performance report
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - The Connecticut Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court ruling that Netscout Systems is, in fact, a limited-purpose public figure and that it was not defamed by a rival technology services firm in violation of the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act (CUTPA). -
Cab company could be liable for taxi stolen by teenagers who struck woman
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) – A woman severely injured in a hit-and-run involving a stolen cab almost 10 years ago can take the taxi company back to court following a Connecticut Supreme Court ruling that the company can he held liable for her life-altering injuries. -
Legal but illegal: How Illinois shut down a company that played by the rules
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - As of Oct. 29, 2018, a medical sterilization firm called Sterigenics was in full compliance with state and federal regulations over its use of ethylene oxide, a carcinogen. Then on Oct. 30, it wasn’t. -
Dissent in Sandy Hook decision says Conn. SC misread federal law, victims shouldn't be allowed to sue Remington
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - The Connecticut Supreme Court has said family members of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre can sue the manufacturer of the Bushmaster rifle used in the assault under a theory the company’s advertising violated the state consumer protection statute. -
Conn. judge rejects opioid claims, says allowing them would lead to 'junk justice'
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - A Connecticut judge has dismissed lawsuits by four cities against the opioid industry, saying there is no logical way for the plaintiffs to calculate damages or distribute any money they might win in the litigation. -
Connecticut Supreme Court rules appellate court incorrectly ruled on sovereign immunity in black ice case
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) – A decision in the case of an accident allegedly caused by an untreated icy bridge in New London, Connecticut was partially reversed by the state's high court. -
Sandy Hook shooter's journals to be released, per Conn. SC ruling
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) – Connecticut will not appeal the state's Supreme Court's recent unanimous decision that journals and other documents belonging to Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter Adam Lanza should be released to the public. -
Connecticut Supreme Court rules family in wrongful death suit was improperly denied discovery
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) – The Connecticut Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s judgment and determined the family of a woman who died after allegedly not being notified about her medical condition should get more discovery options in their lawsuit against Radiologic Associates of Middletown PC on Sept. 25. -
Connecticut Supreme Court sides with widow in Workers' Comp case over husband's alleged asbestos-related death
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) – On Sept. 18, the Connecticut Supreme Court affirmed a Compensation Review Board’s decision that would award a widow with workers’ compensation benefits after it was determined her husband’s passing from lung cancer was work-related. -
Connecticut Supreme Court upholds $12 million ruling in medical malpractice suit
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) – The Connecticut Supreme Court has overturned part of an Appellate Court decision in a $12 million medical malpractice case. -
Conn. SC takes on confusion in Workers' Comp issue
A law passed by the state legislature invoking a moratorium on filing for additional benefits by both employee and employer had caused some confusion. -
Conn. SC: Firefighter’s rule does not extend to cases alleging ordinary negligence
According to the state Supreme Court, the common-law firefighter’s rule provides, in general terms, that a firefighter or police officer who enters private property in the exercise of his or her duties generally cannot bring a civil action against the property owner for injuries sustained as the result of a defect in the premises.