The following summaries are intended to provide quick summaries of some aspects of recent CT legal developments on accident and insurance issues. Most of these matters were not handled by Jackson O’Keefe, LLP. The summaries are provided as a news summary only. The summaries are not comprehensive, and readers are referred to the primary sources for full details. These summaries are not legal advice. You should consult with an attorney with regard to your situation.
The firm mourns the September 22, 2019 passing of Andrew J. O'Keefe, 87, a prominent Hartford trial lawyer for over 60 years. Attorney Andrew O'Keefe was a co-founder and Senior Partner in the firm of Jackson O'Keefe, LLP, until his…
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 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…
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…
The plaintiff brought a negligence suit against the owner of the property and her son, the dog owner, for negligence after the plaintiff was bit in the upper left calf. The case came down to whether the dog had previously…
The Appellate Court upholds a ruling granting summary judgment to the city of Norwich under governmental immunity, affirming that the city could not be liable to an employee of a vendor who fell on ice while making a delivery at…
After a bench trial the judge found for the defendant, ruling that the plaintiff failed to establish that the defendant was negligent in any of the way alleged in the complaint. The court found “apparently the plaintiff anticipated, incorrectly, 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…
A Bridgeport Superior Court Judge held that subcontractor had a duty to defend a contractor arising out of a duty to defend and indemnify paragraph of a construction contract entered into by the parties. The court reasoned that the duty 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. …
