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.
Premises Liability: Because plaintiff’s objection was based on mere speculation and conjecture, court grants defendant’s motion for summary judgment pursuant to the ongoing storm doctrine: The defendant moves for summary judgment on the ground that no genuine issue of material…
Premises Liability: Appellate Court refuses to extend liability to a nonowner and nonkeeper of a dog for injuries sustained when the plaintiff was attacked on a public street in front of the defendant’s property: The plaintiff commenced the underlying action…
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…
Personal Injury Law: Despite motion to dismiss being procedurally improper for challenging an action brought pursuant to the Accidental Failure of Suit Statute, Appellate Court enters judgment in favor of defendant based on plaintiff’s failure to establish that her prior…
Insurance Coverage: Court grants insurer’s motion for summary judgment upon finding that plaintiff will be unable to prove his injuries were caused by the negligence of the unidentified motorist, as required under the express language of the plaintiff’s insurance policy:…
Insurance Coverage: Under Connecticut law, Appellate Court requires insurer to provide uninsured motorist coverage to occupants of a vehicle operated by its insured: On appeal, the plaintiffs argue that the lower court improperly concluded that they were not insureds entitled…
Insurance Coverage: Appellate Court affirms lower court’s decision in declaratory judgment action, finding that insurer must defend its insured as diminution in value claim may fall within the coverage provided under the insureds’ personal automobile insurance policy: In this declaratory…
Insurance Coverage: Supreme Court finds unjust enrichment claim asserted against plaintiff’s insurer ripe for adjudication under the make whole doctrine: The principal issue before the Connecticut Supreme Court is whether the trial court properly dismissed as unripe the plaintiff’s unjust…
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 brought a three-count malpractice action against Connecticut Orthopaedic Specialists and two physicians (a podiatrist and a radiologist) arising from treatment for tibialis posterior tendon problems, including multiple cortisone injections, delayed MRI, and a later tendon rupture requiring surgery…
