Plaintiff sought to recover for injuries he allegedly sustained when he tripped over a transition lighting strip at the defendant movie theater. B&E Theater then filed a special defense arguing that plaintiff’s damages were the result of acts or omissions…
The defendant, Versailles Medical Spa, was sued by a nonparty patient for injuries sustained during medical treatment. The plaintiff, Admiral Insurance Company, filed suit seeking a declaratory judgment that it had no duty to defend Versailles Medical Spa because the…
At trial, the plaintiff claimed that a City of New Haven snowplow truck struck and knocked off a manhole cover. The plaintiff’s vehicle struck an open manhole in the road, rendering it inoperable, and leaving the plaintiff with physical injuries.…
Henry Jemison hit the plaintiff with a car that had been owned by his wife, Saprina Jemison. The plaintiff sued both Jemisons, and when they had failed to appear, default judgments were entered against them. Saprina had purchased car insurance…
In this case the trial court denied the defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment, rejecting his argument that the plaintiff’s claim had to be decided by applying New York law. The plaintiff and defendant were divorced but had two minor children…
The defendant Town of East Windsor moved for summary judgment in a motor vehicle negligence action. The plaintiff alleged that she was struck by a town-owned vehicle, operated by an agent, servant and/or employee of the town, Richard Austin. The…
The plaintiff was hired to clean the defendant’s home. When she was cleaning, she was attacked and bitten by a dog, resulting in various injuries. She brought suit against the owner under a theory of strict liability. The court entered…
The defendant, HOTH, moved for partial summary judgment on the issue of duty to defend and indemnity pursuant to provisions in construction contracts. The defendant argued that pursuant to the provisions of the construction contract the contractor was obligated to…
A Hartford Superior Court judge granted the defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment, finding that a general contractor did not exercise sufficient control over the employees of an independent contractor to be found liable for the negligence of the independent contractor. …
The plaintiff was injured when she was assaulted when multiple altercations broke out at Zen Bar. Plaintiff obtained a $131,500 judgment against Zen Bar and brought the current action against Zen Bar’s insurance carrier Starr Indemnity to collect her judgment. …