The District Court granted the defendant insurance company’s Motion for Summary Judgment, finding no duty to defend or indemnify under the insurance policy exclusions. Ryan Maciog brought a cause of action for injuries sustained at a concert when the band…
The Superior Court granted a motion to strike a complaint, finding that the Graves Amendment barred the action for negligence against owner of vehicle that was in the business of leasing or renting vehicles. The Graves Amendment, as deemed constitutional…
The defendant, a state employee, was driving a state vehicle during course of her employment. She swerved into oncoming traffic and collided with plaintiff’s vehicle. The plaintiff suffered a hip fracture, among various additional injuries. Plaintiff brought suit against the…
The Supreme Court in a case of first impression adopts the Alternative Liability Doctrine first articulated in Summers v. Tice, 33 Cal. 2d 80, 85-87, 199 P.2d 1 (1948). The Alternative Liability Doctrine allows a plaintiff to the shift the…
Hartford Superior Court jury awarded $2.8 million to a drunk driver who died instantly from hitting a tractor trailer pulled over on the side of the road. The jury apportioned 50% liability to the drunk driver, who had a blood…
Three Connecticut state troopers sued the state for injuries sustained when they were involved in related vehicle collisions involving underinsured motorists. The plaintiffs claimed, among other injuries, post-traumatic stress disorder from the emotional stress they experienced in having gone through…
The plaintiffs brought an underinsured motorist claim against the plaintiff’s insurer after they were injured in an accident allegedly caused by the tortfeasor Harris. The defendant insurer filed apportionment claims against a third party and his employer, alleging that the…
The plaintiff brought suit against the defendant condominium management company, her assailant and others after she was sexually assaulted in her apartment. The claims directed to the corporate defendants sounded in negligence and the claim against her assailant alleged intentional…
The plaintiffs brought action for negligent infliction of emotional distress against a daycare provider after their two-year-old child suffered physical and psychological abuse at the hands of the defendant’s employee. The plaintiffs claimed emotional distress as to themselves, not the…
The plaintiff, a traffic officer, was injured while directing traffic when he fell while attempting to stop a driver. After stopping the driver, he permitted the driver to leave and did not take any identifying information and did not file…