Antonio Ponvert III of Bridgeport-based Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder. Courtesy of Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder.
The brother of a psychiatric patient who claims he underwent a decade of physical and psychological abuse while in state care has launched lawsuits in state and federal court.
Plaintiff Albert Shehadi’s brother William Shehadi, 59, has been institutionalized since being found not guilty by reason of insanity for killing their father in 1995. In testimony that has shocked the state, it is alleged staff members at Connecticut Valley Hospital repeatedly kicked, hit and taunted William Shehadi, resulting in the arrests of 10 staff members and calls for reforms to state policies.
