Premises Liability: Appellate Court reverses judgment and remands case for new trial upon finding that lower court abused its discretion in admitting evidence of subsequent remedial measures in violation of Connecticut Code of Evidence Section 4-7: The defendant property owner…
A self-represented plaintiff sued several Meriden police officials, alleging a wide array of federal and state-law claims arising from his 2021 arrest after he assaulted a victim with a baseball bat at a gas station and fled. After removal to…
The plaintiff fell through a defective drainage grate in the Pitkin Street Tunnel, a public roadway controlled by the city, and won at a court trial on her municipal defective highway claim under § 13a‑149. On appeal, the city attacked…
Municipal Highway Defect / Sidewalk Trip-and-Fall After a full bench trial, city wins 13a-149 sidewalk case for lack of proof on the statute’s elements A pedestrian sued the City of Hartford under the municipal highway defect statute, General Statutes §…
Product Liability / Comparative Responsibility & Contribution Supreme Court defines who is a “party” and when the one-year contribution clock starts under the CPLA In the underlying case, a patient suffered serious burns when a therapeutic heat lamp manufactured by…
The plaintiff alleges in the second count of his complaint that the defendant, Nardi, Inc. owned, operated, managed, possessed and/or maintained the premises known as 45 Glendale Road in South Windsor, Connecticut. The plaintiff further alleges that on February 3,…
The plaintiff, a part-time employee of the defendant, Wonderland of Ice, Associations, Inc., d/b/a Skate New Haven, Inc., filed a claim sounding in negligence stemming from an injury allegedly sustained while on his employer’s premises. On December 11, 2022, the…
The defendant, Hanover Insurance Company, moves to dismiss the plaintiff’s complaint. On March 20, 2024, the plaintiff, administrator of the decedent’s estate, was delivered a jury verdict in the amount of $13,364,383.20, based on the negligence and recklessness of the…
Plaintiff's Lawsuit and Accidental Failure of Suit Statute The plaintiff brought this lawsuit under the accidental failure of suit statute, Connecticut General Statutes § 52-592, after she allegedly fell in the parking lot of the defendant’s premises. The defendant now…
The plaintiff seeks to amend his complaint to add an additional allegation, and the defendant objects on the grounds that the new cause of action set forth in the amended complaint is time barred by the two-year statute of limitations…