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July 04, 2013 |

Judge Rules That 'Unscrupulous' Lawyer Must Pay For Ripping Off Friends

Attorney Lawrence Mulligan and his wife were like family to Bruce and Pamela Jalbert of Southbury. The couples traveled together, dined together and often socialized at each other's homes. So it was no surprise that Larry Mulligan would handle the Jalberts' legal matters.
4 minute read
July 27, 2000 |

Libel Experts

The cottage industry of expert witnesses in public-figure and public-official libel cases continues to boom despite nearly universal judicial disapproval. The courts have taken a hard line against the use of expert witnesses on libel defendants' state of mind. Nonetheless, as shown by excerpts of so-called "expert" testimony, the wasteful battle of libel experts is still being fought with vigor.
9 minute read
July 12, 2007 |

Light Sentence May Be Curse Not Blessing

After a defendant in a child porn case received no jail time, the feds are considering launching their own prosecution.
5 minute read
January 04, 2000 |

Berdon's Final Fusillade

In a last blast on the eve of his Connecticut Supreme Court departure, Justice Robert I. Berdon exposed unwritten voting practices that he says curb the chief justice's autonomy and dilute individual justices' effectiveness. Berdon urged the state legislature to investigate how power is wielded -- and possibly abused -- in the state's high court.
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October 14, 2009 |

Are Technology Patents Lost on Jurors?

Intellectual property attorneys say the primary concern when they're preparing for a legal battle over who owns a patent is to make sure they're able to explain in layman's terms what the case is all about. So how often do the attorneys worry about their message getting through?
6 minute read
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April 05, 2013 |

Improper Sodium Treatment Leads To $6.5 Million Verdict Against Danbury Hospital

Jeffrey Pattison, 44, died after his sodium levels were raised too quickly over a period of two weeks while at Danbury Hospital. A Danbury Superior Court jury awarded $6.5 million to his estate.
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August 14, 2008 |

Workers' Comp Award in Asbestos Case Reduced to Account for Cigarette Usage

The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that a laborer's lung damage from smoking can be segregated from respiratory problems caused by asbestos work, and his workers' comp award reduced by the portion of his ailment caused by cigarettes. "For the court to judicially create this apportionment where none had been before really caught the attention of a lot of people," said an attorney who co-authored an amicus brief in the case. "We saw this as more than a slippery slope -- this was a runaway train."
5 minute read
November 02, 2012 |

Skeptics Respond To Judicial Pay Raises

A request for pay raises for judges by Supreme Court Chief Justice Chase T. Rogers has provoked some tough questioning.
5 minute read
November 08, 2010 |

$1M Settlement For Pedestrian Killed On Main Street

Joyce Brown, executrix v. Shawn Maia et al.: On a drizzling and foggy night in November 2008, a semi-retired scientist, Robert T. Brown, 67, picked up a large pizza from an eatery on Manchester's Main Street. The unusually wide street runs north and uphill through the center of the downtown business district. Brown parked on the west side of the street, according to court documents, and headed to Mulberry Street Pizza, on the east side of the street. His receipt showed the pizza was picked up at 7:04 p.m.
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July 24, 2013 |

Opinion: Adult Adoptees Want Change In Birth Certificate Law

I was born in the State of Connecticut in 1959. I have both of my birth certificates to prove it. Both, you say?
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