Connecticut Supreme Court The Supreme Court advance released an opinion in a personal injury matter about a police duty to search those in civil mental health custody. Hull v. Newtown - Lupienski went to the police station complaining of hallucinations…
Connecticut Supreme Court The Supreme Court advance released an opinion about personal injury law involving an exception to municipal immunity, which I review below. Williams v. Housing Authority - Tough case all the way around. An adult and her three…
Connecticut Supreme Court The Supreme Court advance released an opinion about guardianship and special immigrant juvenile status. I don't review the decision because I normally don't review decisions in cases like this, but I do provide the syllabus from the…
Connecticut Supreme Court The Supreme Court advance released an opinion about criminal law. Though I don't ordinarily review criminal law decisions, it's easy enough to post the syllabus from the opinion, which I think I'm going to do for criminal…
Connecticut Supreme Court The Supreme Court advance released an opinion about insurance coverage for false imprisonment, which I review below. The Court did not release any other opinions. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co. v. Pasiak - Pasiak had a home office…
The Supreme Court advance released an opinion in a criminal case that I review below. The Appellate Court advance released opinions about civil procedure, family law, indemnification, and vexatious litigation that I review below. The Appellate Court also released three…
Connecticut Supreme Court The Supreme Court advance released a single opinion, which deals with breach of contract. CCT Communications, Inc. v. Zone Telecom, Inc. - This opinion results from something that I don't recall ever happening before (though I know…
Connecticut Supreme Court Products Liability Bagley v. Adel Wiggins Group - In this mesothelioma case, defendant was entitled to a judgment notwithstanding the verdict because plaintiff failed to present essential expert testimony to prove that "respirable asbestos fibers in a…
Connecticut Supreme Court Res Judicata Wellswood Columbia, LLC v. Hebron - In the first action, plaintiff sued for a temporary and permanent injunction barring Hebron from closing a road that was the only access to plaintiff's property. The trial court…
Connecticut Supreme Court The Supreme Court advance released two decisions dealing with the firefighter's rule in personal injury cases. Sepega v. DeLaura - The firefighter's rule precludes a police officer's nonpremises liability negligence claim for injuries sustained in breaking down…
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