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…
The plaintiff and a passenger were injured in a motor vehicle accident and the tortfeasor’s insurance paid the plaintiff and passenger for their injuries and also paid for property damage and loss of use. The total of those payments exceeded…
The plaintiff brought a wrongful death suit against a homeowner in 2015, alleging that the plaintiff’s fourteen-year-old daughter attended a party at the defendant’s house where heroin was available and used by the plaintiff’s decedent. The homeowner’s insurer refused to…
Plaintiff claimed damages against the entities responsible for a New Haven abandoned power plant when he was severely injured after being electrocuted while attempting to enter a hole in the property’s fence. The defendants asserted that based on the recently-adopted…
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