The Connecticut Supreme Court decided many interesting cases regarding tort issues this year. One recent case just posted in mid-September shed new light on a variety of complex issues. Mirjavadi v. Vakilzadeh arose from the kidnapping of the plaintiff’s daughter, Saba, by the plaintiff’s ex-husband, who took the 2-year-old child back to Iran. The kidnapping took place at a supervised visitation occurring at the Stamford Town Center mall. A related criminal case, State v. Vakilzaden, previously had gone before the Supreme Court twice.
While there were previously other defendants in the case, those matters were resolved and the case was tried in the trial court with Maria Varone, a legal aide attorney who had been hired to supervise the regular father-daughter visits, as the sole remaining defendant. The father abducted the daughter with the help of a relative, who distracted the attorney at a key moment.
