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 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…
The Estate of William Ashmore brought action against Hartford Hospital where William Ashmore died when hospital personnel failed to reconnect the wires of his pacemaker before administering a potent narcotic. The jury awarded $4.5 million in loss of consortium claim…
The plaintiff alleged that the operator of the motor vehicle was operating within the scope of his employment as a volunteer firefighter since he was on call; within close proximity to the fire station; and ready, willing, and able to…
The plaintiff brought suit against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. after she tripped and fell over a bulging mat in the vestibule of the store she claimed was negligently maintained. The defendant moved for summary judgment on the grounds that the bulge…
The plaintiff brought suit against the defendant Wal-Mart and the operator of the motorized cart. The claims directed to the corporate defendant sounded in premises liability, mode of operation, and negligent entrustment. After a bench trial on liability the court…
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…
The plaintiff alleged that she was sexually abused by a faculty member while she was a student at the defendant school from 1987 to 1988 and brought action against the school for failing to prevent the teacher’s conduct, failing to…
The plaintiff brought suit against the defendant pub, which is located at Mohegan Sun Casino, after he was hit as a pedestrian by an intoxicated driver who the plaintiff claimed was overserved at the defendant pub prior to the accident. …