Monday, September 21, 2009 |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport has settled a lawsuit with the former bookkeeper of a Darien parish who raised concerns about an ex-priest who stole more than $1 million. The two sides declined to disclose terms of the settlement reached on Monday, Sept. 14, which was the day the case was supposed to go to trial. Had the case gone to trial, plaintiff's attorney bMark Sherman/b said he planned to subpoena Bridgeport Bishop William E. Lori to testify.
Monday, September 14, 2009 | by THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY
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biEbonee Johnson v. Gargiulo Construction Co./i/b: Plaintiffs' lawyer Gerard McEnery has a pretty good idea why Peerless Insurance fired its Halloran Sage lawyers just six weeks before a critical hearing date. He used to be an insurance defense lawyer himself.
Monday, July 27, 2009 | by THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY
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ibGeorge A. D'Ambrosio v. Brian E. Donaton et al.:/b/i A top-level trainer of horses for the Olympic sport of show jumping received nearly $300,000 from a jury earlier this month after he was injured in a car accident. George A. D'Ambrosio was driving west on Route 35 in Ridgefield in June of 2005 when he was injured in a crash. The defendant turned into his path, and both cars were totaled.
Monday, July 13, 2009 | by THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY
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ibMichael Santopietro v. Elizabeth Lach-Pasko et al.:/b/i Patients who think they have been victims of medical malpractice can face a daunting battle getting the evidence - even when the evidence is literally their own flesh and blood. Such was the case for Torrington school bus driver Michael Santopietro, who was diagnosed with lung cancer at Charlotte Hungerford hospital in his hometown. A radiologist took a tiny biopsy with a vacuum needle, inserted through Santopietro's side, guiding the point to the small dot on his lung while using a CAT-scan. The chief of pathology at the hospital, Dr. Elizabeth Lach-Pasko, unequivocally diagnosed the biopsy material as cancerous.
Monday, June 29, 2009 | by THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY
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Marianne Varunes v. Janet Battey, et al.: A Hamden bookkeeper who broke her ankle in a fall at a restaurant lost her lawsuit after she was unable to prove there were problems with the establishment's dance floor.
Monday, June 22, 2009 | by THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY
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ibDonna Yeager v. Maria Alvarez, et al:/b/i A licensed practical nurse won a $1.4 million jury award after a car accident in a case that was complicated by workers' compensation law and a judge's unusual striking of an offer of compromise. Nurse Donna Yeager was injured in a rear-end collision while she was working for Patient Care Inc. She sued the driver of the other vehicle, Maria Alvarez, who carried a $300,000 liability insurance policy. The policy wasn't offered in settlement immediately because Yeager's injuries were not immediately apparent. She previously had lower back injuries, and the accident complicated those problems. Yeager also sustained new injuries to the part of her spine within her neck.
Monday, May 4, 2009 | by CHRISTIAN NOLAN
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United States v. Sikorsky Aircraft Company: To settle allegations that Sikorsky Aircraft Co. failed to test armor plating on Black Hawk helicopters manufactured for the U.S. Army, the Stratford-based company agreed to pay nearly $3 million in damages.
Monday, April 13, 2009 | by THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY
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ibScarlett Pipkin v. AIU Insurance:/b/i Retired Bridgeport schoolteacher Scarlett Pipkin, 58, sustained back injuries when she was struck in a low-impact collision by an uninsured motorist. Her uninsured motorist carrier, the AIU Insurance Co., initially offered to pay her $24,000. New Haven plaintiff's lawyer bWilliam S. Palmieri,/b whose initial demand for his client was $75,000, took the matter to trial before New Haven Superior Court Judge bMark Gould/b. During jury selection, said Palmieri, "Potential jurors expressed surprise that people have to sue their insurance companies for the coverage that one contracts for.The court informed them that this was appropriate, if the [insurer] contests liability. It's just a contract."
Monday, March 30, 2009 | by THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY
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biEdward Sherman v. Polymer Resources Ltd./b/i A driver for a Glastonbury trucking company, Edward Sherman, was struck on the shoulder by an overhead loading door in Farmington. He was picking up pallets of plastic raw materials from Polymer Resources Ltd., which owned and was responsible for maintaining the 170-pound door, manufactured by Overhead Door Inc.
Monday, February 16, 2009 |
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iBrian Guimond v. Newfield Construction Inc. and Midstate Site Development LLC/i: Canton school custodian Brian Guimond, 30, was checking doors to make sure they were locked about 9:45 p.m. on March 1, 2005. A layer of snow covered the ground, obscuring a gravel-covered walkway that had been installed three months earlier. The path was raised from two to five inches above the surrounding ground and, Guinmond tripped and fell over it.
