Connecticut

No One Stops to Help Connecticut Hit-and-Run Victim, 78

Although several people dialed 911, no one stopped to help Angel Arce Torres as the 78-year-old victim of a hit-and-run accident lay motionless, in broad daylight, on a well-trafficked street in Hartford, Conn. The retired forklift operator was on foot, returning from buying milk at the grocery store, when he…

Jun 6, 2008 9:56 PM CDT

Suit Claims Baby Bottles Are Made With Dangerous Chemical

A lawsuit filed against Playtex Products claims its plastic baby bottles contain a dangerous chemical known as bisphenol A. The suit was filed in New Haven, Conn., federal court after Canada announced it may ban the use of BPA in baby bottles over concerns it could be harmful, the Associated…

May 29, 2008 4:09 PM CDT

Conn. Ethics Counsel’s Fake Letter Helped Get Ethics Chief Axed

An in-house lawyer for the State Ethics Commission in Connecticut reportedly fabricated a letter purporting to be from a parking lot attendant that helped get her boss, ethics chief Alan Plofsky, fired in 2004 for claimed misconduct. Gov. M. Jodi Rell says her office will investigate former commission lawyer Maureen…

May 20, 2008 9:02 PM CDT

Prosecutor Explains Possible Case Against JuicyCampus

Only a few of Chelsea Gorman’s closest friends knew she had been raped one night as the freshman was walking back to Vanderbilt University. Yet, months after the attack, the attack became a topic of anonymous gossip—and vicious criticism of Gorman—on the JuicyCampus Internet site. The anonymous campus gossip site—which…

May 19, 2008 11:49 PM CDT

How the Rich are Different: As Foreclosure Looms, They Can Pay

The mortgage meltdown includes even some homeowners in the nation’s most affluent communities. But the rich, as F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote, are different than the rest of us. They have more money (as Ernest Hemingway is said to have noted), and hence may well be able to pull out of…

Apr 25, 2008 10:21 PM CDT

Edwards Angell Goes Green in Conn.

A 21-attorney Connecticut law office hopes to become the first in the state to earn a LEED certification, as a result of a $4 million renovation project to create an environmentally friendly “green” workspace and refurnish its 28,000-square-foot workplace. Moving from traditional mahogany trim to walnut trim and replacing traditional…

Apr 23, 2008 4:26 PM CDT

10 Thelen Reid Lawyers Jump Ship to Big Labor Boutique

Ten lawyers from Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner have jumped ship, joining the New York, Newark, N.J., and New Haven, Conn. offices of Littler Mendelson. They are: Joel Finger and Jean Schmidt as partners; Joseph Field, I. Michael Kessel and Eric Witkin as special counsel; Marguerite Stenson Wynne as…

Apr 17, 2008 6:59 PM CDT

JuicyCampus on ‘Absurd’ AG Probes: We Don’t Have to Enforce Our Rules

An anonymous campus gossip website that is now the subject of at least two state attorney general investigations has responded to claims that it may have violated its own terms and conditions by providing a bulletin board for allegedly malicious, defamatory and potentially harmful posts. The site has violated no…

Mar 27, 2008 7:14 PM CDT

Angry Ex-Client Says Med-Mal Case Contradicts Criminal Plea

After pleading guilty to a manslaughter charge and serving a prison term of more than three years for a punch that allegedly caused a neighbor’s death, a Connecticut man is suing his defense lawyer for malpractice. A subsequent medical malpractice case by a surviving relative against the hospital that treated…

Mar 27, 2008 4:10 PM CDT

Another State AG Probes JuicyCampus Gossip Website

Updated: The attorney general of Connecticut is following the lead of his New Jersey counterpart and has launched an unusual investigation of an anonymous campus gossip website on a cutting-edge consumer legal theory. And a California lawmaker is suggesting a similar investigation by the AG in his home state. Richard…

Mar 25, 2008 5:53 PM CDT

Man Wins Murder Trial, But Gets Almost 9 Years

Tyrone Jones didn’t have much time to celebrate after a Connecticut jury acquitted him of murder Tuesday. The next day, the judge in the murder case sent Jones to prison for violating his probation in a previous assault case. The basis of his decision to do so? Testimony by a…

Mar 20, 2008 6:34 PM CDT

$50,000 Excessive Force Case Could Cost Calif. City $500,000

An 11-year court battle over an excessive force case that could have been settled for $50,000 probably ended yesterday for the city of Palo Alto, Calif., when the state supreme court upheld a jury verdict for the plaintiff. With plaintiff attorney fees and interest, the total cost of the case…

Mar 13, 2008 6:06 PM CDT

Conn. Attorney Cited for Bravery in School Bus Accident

When a delivery van rammed a school bus in front of his Plainville, Conn., law office last month, attorney Jason Famiglietti says he did what anyone else would do. He helped the high school students inside to exit the bus through the emergency door, then invited them into his law…

Mar 5, 2008 12:33 AM CST

Judge Refuses Default Judgment in File-Sharing Suit, Cites Lack of Evidence

Legal observers say a judge’s refusal to grant a default judgment in a suit alleging illegal file-sharing is a setback for the music industry. U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton of Connecticut said in Feb. 13 ruling that a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by several recording companies appeared to lack…

Feb 27, 2008 7:43 PM CST

Judge’s Widow Can’t Pursue Suit Claiming Overwork Caused His Death

The widow of a Connecticut judge who claims her husband died from overwork can’t sue the state under a special statute that extended the time limit for her to file suit. The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Monday (PDF) that the law was unconstitutional because it was designed to benefit just…

Feb 27, 2008 1:09 PM CST