The plaintiff in this underlying action was struck by a police cruiser when she was crossing a street on her lunch break from her job at the Yale Art Gallery. The plaintiff sued Officer Brendan Hosey and the City of…
The defendant moved to strike the common-law recklessness and statutory recklessness counts of the plaintiff’s complaint. The Hartford Superior Court denied the motion to strike, holding that the plaintiff sufficiently alleged common-law and statutory recklessness. As to the common-law recklessness…
The Appellate Court affirms the granting of Summary Judgment for defendant, property owner, where plaintiff brought claims sounding in negligence, negligence per se, and nuisance against abutting property owner for an injury caused by a defective sidewalk. The law holds…
The plaintiff was injured when two tortfeasors stole a cab owned by the defendant, after the driver left the keys in the ignition of the unlocked cab in a high crime area, and the tortfeasors attempted to flee the scene…
The plaintiff brought suit against the defendant abutting landowner for negligence in failing to properly maintain the public sidewalk in front of owner’s property, causing the plaintiff’s injuries. The Superior Court granted the defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment, holding that…
A Stamford Superior Court judge granted a defendant’s motion for strike plaintiff’s claim of reckless entrustment, holding that a claim for reckless entrustment of a modified vehicle cannot stand where the plaintiff’s sole claim is that the handicapped owner of…
Plaintiffs brought suit against the Town of Naugatuck for negligent maintenance of storm drains resulting in flooding of their property eight times in three years. The plaintiffs relied on Supreme Court case Spitzer v. Waterbury, 113 Conn. 84, 88, 154…
The plaintiff was a passenger in a van that crashed into a building, causing him severe injury. The van was covered by a primary commercial business policy with a limit of $300,000 issued to the driver’s employer. The plaintiff and…
The City of New Haven brought action against the defendant pharmaceutical companies to recoup money for the social costs of paying for addicts’ social and medical needs and indirect expenses caused by drug addicts, including extra emergency-responder expenses and other…
Plaintiff worked as a mental health assistant at a hospital and was accompanying a patient by ambulance staffed by two EMT’s. Upon arrival at the hospital, one EMT attempted to remove the patient from the ambulance using a stretcher. The…