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Allison Dunn is a reporter on ALM's Rapid Response desk based in Ohio, covering impactful litigation filings and rulings, emerging legal trends, controversies in the industry, and everything in between. Contact her at [email protected]. On Twitter: @AllisonDWrites.
February 14, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune
State and federal trial courts have split on whether punitive damages are available for contract claims outside of the insurance context, according to a recent ruling from U.S. District Judge Michael Shea of the District of Connecticut.
By Allison Dunn
6 minute read
January 31, 2024 | Law.com
U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani appointed interim lead counsel in 15 putative class actions seeking to hold Zoll Medical liable after a data breach allegedly affecting more than a million people.
By Allison Dunn
5 minute read
January 23, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune
"The absence of authoritative state decisions on this issue, and the split at the trial court level, counsel in favor of certification at this point," U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea of the District of Connecticut wrote about parents' claims for loss of filial consortium.
By Allison Dunn
5 minute read
January 12, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune
"Counsel's constructive absence during either a significant portion of trial or an important aspect of trial so offends the constitutional protections surrounding the right to assistance of counsel that it renders the entire adversary process 'presumptively unreliable' and creates an uncurable error," Chief Justice Kimberly S. Budd wrote.
By Allison Dunn
5 minute read
January 11, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune
"The tragedy of this situation is that it will eventually result in the preventable death of a law enforcement officer, federal agent or civilian," Westport attorney Jeffrey S. Bagnell told the Connecticut Law Tribune on Wednesday. "Lawyers have not just a legal right but a moral obligation to share severe safety issues like this with the public. I do not care what Sig Sauer and its agents have to say about me after seeing the massive physical and emotional trauma this gun has caused."
By Allison Dunn
5 minute read
December 8, 2023 | Connecticut Law Tribune
The Connecticut Appellate Court affirmed a lower court's judgment, finding Liberty Insurance, Liberty Mutual and Safeco insurance companies had no duty to indemnify its policyholders under home, auto or an umbrella policy, for an underlying action stemming from allegations of underage drinking and an injury in a vehicle crash.
By Allison Dunn
7 minute read
April 27, 2023 | Connecticut Law Tribune
"In view of Radwan's emphasis on entrusting the jury with assessing the comparability of conduct and Feingold's endorsement of comparing permanent and probationary employees when the disparity in treatment is significant, I conclude that whether plaintiff and her comparators were similarly situated for purposes of establishing an inference of sex discrimination is best left to a jury to decide," Judge Robert N. Chatigny wrote.
By Allison Dunn
4 minute read
April 25, 2023 | Connecticut Law Tribune
A federal judge sided with the operator of a mobile grocery and merchandise-delivery app, finding that former delivery drivers pursuing a class action suit over unpaid and overtime wages are not exempt from arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act.
By Allison Dunn
6 minute read
April 4, 2023 | Connecticut Law Tribune
The Connecticut Appellate Court upheld an administrative appeal concluding that the Yale University Police Department properly denied a student's request to access certain body camera recordings created when officers were responding to "an uncorroborated allegation of a crime."
By Allison Dunn
5 minute read
February 16, 2023 | Connecticut Law Tribune
"Saint Francis alleges that its injury—lost patient cases and reduced ability to compete for new patients—resulted precisely from HHC wielding control over its physicians' referrals and amassing an anticompetitive market share," Judge Sarala V. Nagala wrote. "Saint Francis has plausibly alleged that a competing hospital system without the significant market power HHC allegedly enjoys could not have caused such an injury. Specifically, as physicians leave hospitals, including Saint Francis, these hospitals become less attractive to patients of managed care plans."
By Allison Dunn
6 minute read
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