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Week Of Monday April 28, 2008
Lawsuit: Prison Food Policy Isn't Kosher 
Agnes Kole, one of 16 Jewish inmates at the federal prison for women in Danbury claimed that her constitutional rights were violated when the prison reduced the number of kosher Passover food items available for purchase.
Murder Suspect Can Now Claim Self-Defense
John Avery's girlfriend was pregnant and her family allowed him to work and live on their family farm in Franklin in eastern Connecticut. One day in 1985 he disappeared, but it was never reported to the police. The family simply thought he left.
Firm Launches Gay-Lesbian Practice Group FREE
When attorney Dena M. Castricone sought a professional networking group within the gay and lesbian community a couple of years ago, she discovered there was no Connecticut chapter of the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce.
It's Never Too Late To Learn FREE
Connecticut is one of nine U.S. jurisdictions that have no mandatory continuing legal education requirement for attorneys, but that might change if a Connecticut Bar Association initiative continues moving forward.
Employment and Immigration Law
Legitimate Criticism Or Actionable Abuse?
While the U.S. Supreme Court has stated that Title VII is not a "general civility code" for the American workplace, several states, including Connecticut, may attempt to encourage civility through a new cause of action aimed at reducing bullying at work.
Verdicts & Settlements
Building Owner Loses Insurance Claim
Cornish Contracting and Real Estate LLC v. The Travelers Indemnity Co.: The owner of a New London apartment building who spent approximately $43,000 to repair a partially torn roof after a storm lost his lawsuit against his insurance company.
Man Sues Police Over Dog Bite FREE
An East Hartford man who served prison terms for killing two people is suing police from prison, saying they unnecessarily used a police dog to subdue him in his last arrest.
Q&A On the Record
'We're Still Using Card Files'
When Kevin Kane became chief state's attorney in September 2006, his goal was to improve the criminal justice division's internal systems and procedures. Then Cheshire hit. The brutal suburban murders turned public focus to harsh remedies, such as a mandatory "three-strikes" law that would send repeat violent felons to prison for life.
Legal Tech
Some Lawyers LinkedIn, Others Tune Out
What if you gave a party, hundreds of people showed up, but almost nobody talked to each other? That describes the state of social networking for lawyers on sites like LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace and the new Plaxo Pulse.
Inadmissible
A Shameless Plug For One Of Our Own Products
For the first time, the Law Tribune will publish a special section about high-achieving women in the legal profession. We're asking readers to suggest people we might include.
Group Fights For More School Spending FREE
A nonprofit advocacy group will go before the state Supreme Court this week to push its claim that the state's failure to adequately fund public schools has irreparably harmed thousands of schoolchildren.
From $41 Million Down To Nothing FREE
A construction worker who was originally awarded $41 million after a poorly welded girder fell from an under-construction building on his head will now receive nothing.
Case Of The Week
Did Inmate Willingly Waive Jury Trial?
The defendant contends that the trial court failed to ensure he knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily waived his right to a jury trial even though his lawyer waived that right on behalf of his client.
Legal Tech
Music Downloading Battle Plays On
Last Monday, U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton conducted a speakerphone status conference from her New Haven courtroom with Richard Gabriel, the top lawyer for the Recording Industry Association of America.
Verdicts & Settlements
Teen Crushed By Buses To Receive $370K
Brian Toms v. Willie Price, et al.: Plaintiff Brian Toms was a 17-year-old junior at Ridgefield High on the morning of April 23, 2003. Ironically, he was participating in a school safety drill, and was asked to stand behind a bus and escort other students to safety. While doing so, an unattended second bus, its brakes off, rolled toward him and hit him as Toms attempted to squirm out of the way.
High Court Deems Lethal Injections Constitutional
Any worry Connecticut may have had about finding another method for administering the death penalty was alleviated last week when the U.S. Supreme Court voted 7-2 to uphold Kentucky's current protocol for lethal injections.
On The Record Q&A
'A Lot Of Hardship And Pain'
Bingham McCutchen partner D. Eric Brunstad is so well recognized in bankruptcy circles that it has now become rare for a U.S. Supreme Court bankruptcy case to go forward without him. If he's not writing a brief for one of the parties, he's likely to be tapped for amicus duties. And increasingly, he argues the case itself, as he did three times this Supreme Court term.
In-House Counsel Reaches Out
When a tax lien threatened a nonprofit West Indian dance troupe for Hartford children, the group sought attorney Priya Morganstern's assistance.
Lawyer Regrets 'Affront' To Two Judges
When attorney Jeffrey D. Cedarfield refused two judges' orders to commence jury selection in Waterbury Superior Court, he stated that he was fighting to secure a fair hearing for his client, Allstate. Instead, he jeopardized his livelihood.
Yale Jumps Into Mexican Fence Fray FREE
Perhaps no proposal has come to symbolize the passionate debate over illegal immigration than the idea that the United States might erect a fence along the Mexican border. Now students and faculty at Yale Law School are jumping into the legal argument over such a plan.
Molestation Cases Headed For Mediation
Childhood patients of the late Dr. George Reardon, who have sued his estate and St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, are headed for mediation as of Oct. 1.
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