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Ahern v. RSD 13, 219 Conn. App. 404 (5-23-2023)

In Ahern, the Connecticut Appellate court affirmed the summary judgment granted in favor of high school cheerleading coaches, as well as the Superintendent of Schools. The Court noted that the ...

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Dobie v. City of New Haven 219 Conn. App. 487 (4-18-2023)

This civil suit was brought after a City of New Haven snowplow knocked a manhole cover out of its seat, and the Plaintiff, operating in a motor vehicle behind the plow, drove into the open manhole. ...

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McKinney v. City of Middletown 49 F. 4th 730 (2022)

--Plaintiff McKinney was arrested for robbery of a Subway by the Middletown Police Department, and displayed behavior while in lockup, suggesting emotional disturbance --per protocol, he was to be ...

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Doe v City of New Haven 214 Conn. App. 553 (2022)

--Plaintiff was a high school student who had sexual contact with his dramatic arts teacher. --The contact occurred on multiple occasions, with the Plaintiff and teacher making sure no one ...

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Dobie v. City of New Haven 204 Conn. App. 583 (2021)

-Plaintiffs car went into a manhole that had just been kicked out by a City of New Haven snowplow. -Plaintiff was thrown against the car’s interior and suffered personal injuries. -The ...

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Fisk v Redding, 337 Conn 361 (2020)

--Plaintiff Gregg Fisk was injured after jumping off a retaining wall onto asphalt pavement approximately 6 feet below. --He broke his leg in several places, and brought suit against the Town of ...

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Borelli v. Renaldi ___ Conn. ___ (2020)

This suit stemmed from a police pursuit in the town of Seymour that ended in fatal injuries to a passenger in the pursued vehicle. The Court affirmed the grant of summary judgment to Officer Renaldi ...

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Doe v. Sulzicki, 193 Conn. App. 903 (2019) (per curiam) affirming 2018 WL 2292898 (2019)

The minor Plaintiff was sexually abused by his math teacher (Sulzicki) during his elementary and middle school years. Virtually none of the activity occurred on campus, with most of it occurring at ...

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Northrup v Witkowski, 332 Conn. 158 (2019)

In Northrup v. Witkowski, Plaintiffs were Naugatuck residents and homeowners who lived at the bottom of a “bowl“ topographically, and were subject to frequent flooding due to undersized drainage ...

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Mara v. Rilling et.al., ___F.3d ___ (2d Cir. 2019)

Attorney Gerarde recently convinced the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to reverse a U. S. District Court decision denying summary judgment to the Fairfield, CT Police Department in a ...

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