New Haven, Connecticut insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of contract theory.

If an insured believes that his insurance company acted in bad faith, he can file a complaint with the Insurance Department. He can also file a civil lawsuit alleging a breach of the implied duty of good faith and fair dealing or tortious bad faith.

If a court ... More...    $1 (01-31-2024 - CT)

. The defendant, Marquis J. Harper, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of one count of attempt to commit robbery in the first degree as an accessory in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-8 (a), 53a-49 (a) (2) and 53a-134 (a) (2). On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) the evidence adduced at trial was insufficient to sustain his conviction and (2) the court i... More...    $0 (08-05-2018 - CT)

1 Appeal by plaintiff from so much of a judgment of the United States
2 District Court for the District of Connecticut, Geoffrey W. Crawford, Judge, as granted
3 summary judgment dismissing his claims against defendant City of Hartford (the
4 "City"), brought principally under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, for failing to supervise its police
5 officers with respect to appropriate use of force;... More...    $0 (03-13-2018 - CT)

In March 2014, Hartford police detective James Campbell and 10
Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) special agent Michael 11
Schatz––members of a DEA task force––were investigating a large‐12
scale  heroin‐trafficking  organization  operating  out  of  Hartford.
Based  on  information  from  a  wiretap  and  cooperating  sources, 1
Campbell and Schatz suspect... More...    $0 (12-30-2017 - CT)

The defendant, Jermaine E. Reddick, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered against him after a jury trial in the judicial district of New Haven, on charges of assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (5), criminal possession of a firearm in violation of General Statutes § 53a-217 (a) (1), and assault in the third degree in violationofGeneralStatutes§ 53a... More...    $0 (07-07-2017 - CT)

Thedefendant,EverLee1Holley,appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of possession of a narcotic substance with intent to sell by a person who is not drug-dependent in violation of General Statutes § 21a-278 (b). On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) instructed the jury on reasonable doubt and (2) denied his motion to suppress evidence. We... More...    $0 (07-07-2017 - CT)

It is well established that the state may immunize from prosecution a witness called in its case-in-chief. See generally General Statutes § 54-47a. Theprimaryquestioninthisappealiswhetherthestate, after immunizing such a witness for testimony given during the state’s case-in-chief, may decline to extend that immunity to the same witness in connection with his testimony during the defense case-in-... More...    $0 (10-22-2016 - CT)

The defendant, Daquan Holmes, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a54a1andcriminalattempttocommitmurderinviolation of General Statutes §§ 53a-492 and 53a-54a. On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) the trial court abused its discretion in denying his motion for a new trial, (2) the prosecutor engaged in prosecutoria... More...    $0 (10-22-2016 - CT)

The defendant, Daquan Holmes, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a54a1andcriminalattempttocommitmurderinviolation of General Statutes §§ 53a-492 and 53a-54a. On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) the trial court abused its discretion in denying his motion for a new trial, (2) the prosecutor engaged in prosecutoria... More...    $0 (10-08-2016 - CT)

In August 2003, agents of the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division
(“Army CID”) received an anonymous tip that Industrial Property Management
(“IPM”), a company providing security for and otherwise maintaining a
government-owned property in Stratford, Connecticut, pursuant to an Army
contract, had engaged in misconduct in connection with that work. In particular,
the... More...    $0 (05-30-2016 - CT)

In April 2012, after using a peer-to-peer file sharing program to retrieve
images constituting child pornography from an IP address associated with
Pattee, law enforcement officers obtained a search warrant for Pattee’s residence.
During the ensuing search Pattee admitted to an officer that he had downloaded
and viewed child pornography. The authorities ultimately recovered over... More...    $0 (04-22-2016 - CT)

The defendant, Craig Hines, was convicted, following a jury trial, of two counts of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a (a) and one count of carrying a pistol without a permit in violation ofGeneralStatutes§ 29-35(a).Onappeal,thedefendant claims that the court erred (1) in finding that he had been restored to competency to stand trial and (2) in removinghimfromthecourtroomduringjury... More...    $0 (04-22-2016 - CT)

In this certified appeal, we must determine whether a jury’s verdict convicting the defendant, Robert King, of both intentional and reckless assault is inconsistent as a matter of law. The state appeals, following our grant of certification,1 from the judgment of the Appellate Court reversing the conviction of the defendant of two counts of assault in the first degree inviolationofGeneralStatutes§... More...    $0 (04-21-2016 - CT)

This appeal requires us to consider the extent to which a criminal defendant is entitled to representation by a particular attorney at a new trial ordered in accordance with United States v. GonzalezLopez, 548 U.S. 140, 126 S. Ct. 2557, 165 L. Ed. 2d 409 (2006), as the remedy for the violation of his right to counsel of choice under the sixth amendment to the United States constitution, when that... More...    $0 (03-16-2016 - CT)

The defendant, Jose Jusino, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, ofmurderinviolationofGeneralStatutes§ 53a-54aand capital felony in violation of General Statutes (Rev. to 2009) § 53a-54b (3).1 Section 53a-54b provides in relevant part: ‘‘A person is guilty of a capital felony who is convicted of . . . (3) murder committed by one who has previously been convicted of... More...    $0 (03-06-2016 - CT)

This direct appeal,following an inquiry into allegations of juror misconduct, comes to us almost sixteen years after the defendant, Ruben Roman, was convicted of murder in violation of General Statutes (Rev. to 1997) § 53a-54a, assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (1), criminal possession of a pistol in violation of General Statutes (Rev. to 1997) § 53a-217c (a... More...    $0 (02-08-2016 - CT)

The defendant, Jorge Carrillo Palencia, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a court trial, of one count of risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes § 53-21 (a) (1). On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) the evidence adduced at trial was insufficient to sustain his convictionand(2)thecourtimproperlydismissedhispostsentencing motion to open the judgment of c... More...    $0 (01-19-2016 - CT)

Defendant Jeff Spruill appeals from a judgment of conviction entered on 
July 12, 2013, in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut 
(Robert N. Chatigny, J.), after a jury trial at which he was found guilty of two 
counts of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine and 
cocaine base (Counts One and Two), one count of possession with i... More...    $0 (12-20-2015 - CT)

The state and the defendant, Shelvonn
Jones, appeal from the judgment of the Appellate Court,
which reversed the judgment of conviction, rendered
after a jury trial, of assault in the second degree in
violation of General Statutes § 53a-60 (a) (2). See State
v. Jones, 139 Conn. App. 469, 470, 487, 56 A.3d 724
(2012). The state claims that the Appellate Court
improperly ... More...    $0 (12-14-2015 - CT)

Bridgeport, CT - Defendant convicted of killing longtime girlfriend

The State of Connecticut charged Abimael Ramos, age 31, with first-degree murder for shooting and killing his longtime girlfriend, Luz Morales, on May 23, 2011.

Defendant claimed that Morales was shot by one of two men who invaded his home and that Morales was upstairs taking a shower and that, during a struggle... More...    $0 (11-20-2015 - CT)

This case raises the questions of whether a trial court may set a monetary bond as a condition of release when an insanity acquittee is charged with committing new, violent crimes while housed at a maximum security psychiatric facility and, if the acquittee cannot post that bond, whether he may be held in the custody of the Commissioner of Correctionat aprisonwhileawaiting trialonthe newcharges. A... More...    $0 (10-23-2015 - CT)

The dispute in the present case has a long and circuitous history, which began more than one decade ago when the plaintiff, Landmark InvestmentGroup,LLC(Landmark),acommercialrealestate developer, entered into a contract to purchase an environmentally contaminated property in the town of Plainville (town) with the hopes of remediating and developingitforcommercialuse.Theselleroftheproperty, Chung F... More...    $0 (09-26-2015 - CT)

The appellant Anthony J. Silvestri1 appeals from the judgment of the Appellate Court affirming the judgment of the trial court in favor of the appellees, John Couto and Jane Couto.2 The trial court had found Silvestri personally liable for, inter alia, breach of contract, breach of implied warranty, and violation of the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act (CUTPA),GeneralStatutes§ 42-110aetseq.T... More...    $0 (08-12-2015 - CT)

Cara Munn and her parents brought suit against the Hotchkiss
School after Munn contracted tick‐borne encephalitis on a schoolorganized
trip to China. At trial, a jury found Hotchkiss negligent and
awarded the Munns $41.5 million in damages, $31.5 of which were noneconomic
damages. On appeal, the school argues that it did not have a
legal duty to warn about or protect agai... More...    $0 (08-03-2015 - CT)

A jury found that the defendant, the
Hartford Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation, acted
negligently and recklessly when it assigned Father Ivan
Ferguson, an alcoholic whose admitted acts of child
molestation were understood to be linked to his drinking,
to serve as the director of Saint Mary’s Elementary
School in Derby (Saint Mary’s School), where he sexually
abus... More...    $0 (06-27-2015 - CT)

11 Plaintiffs�Appellees (the “plaintiffs�), two former and one
12 current female New Britain police officers, brought suit in the
13 United States District Court for the District of Connecticut against
14 the City of New Britain, its police department, the police union, and
15 five individual police supervisors under Title VII of the Civil Rights
16 Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C.... More...    $0 (10-13-2014 - CT)

In this case, defendant-appellant Stavros M. Ganias appeals from a judgment convicting him, following a jury trial, of tax evasion. He challenges the conviction on the grounds that his Fourth Amendment rights were violated when the Government copied three of his computer hard drives pursuant to a search warrant and then retained files beyond the scope of the warrant for more than two-and-a-half ye... More...    $0 (06-17-2014 - CT)

The defendant, Hector M., appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a trial to the court, of two counts of sexual assault in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-71 (a) (1), two counts of sexual assault in the third degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-72a (a) (2), two counts of risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes § 53-21 (a) (2)... More...    $0 (02-24-2014 - CT)

The dispositive issue in this certified
appeal is whether the ten year maximum allowable
period of special parole1 established by General Statutes
§ 54-125e (c)2 operates as an aggregate limitation on
the total effective sentence of special parole when a
defendant is convicted of, and sentenced for, multiple
offenses. The state appeals, following our grant of its
petit... More...    $0 (12-24-2013 - CT)

The plaintiff, Fairchild Heights Residents
Association, Inc. (association), appeals from the
judgment of the Appellate Court, which reversed the
judgment of the trial court and directed that court to
dismiss the association’s claims alleging negligence and
violations of the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices
Act (CUTPA), General Statutes § 42-110a et seq., against
th... More...    $0 (01-28-2014 - CT)

In a matter involving employment discrimination and First Amendment retaliation claims, Plaintiff-Appellant Edwin Garcia appeals from a September 27, 2011 final judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Thompson, C.J.), granting summary judgment to the Defendants-Appellees. Garcia, a former sergeant with the City of Hartford Police Department (“Hartford PDâ€�)... More...    $0 (01-28-2013 - CT)

The plaintiff, Michael Sweeney, appeals from the judgment of the trial court rendering summary judgment in favor of the defendants, the Friends of Hammonasset (Friends) and Deanna Becker. The plaintiff claims that the court concluded improperly that (1) the theory of liability set forth in his complaint sounded in premises liability, on which he could not prevail as a matter of law because the def... More...    $0 (01-01-2013 - CT)

Approximately fifteen years ago, the plaintiff, Lost Trail, LLC (Lost Trail), purchased two adjacent parcels of land in the town of Weston (town). Lost Trail’s apparent intention was to divide the aggregated land into four lots suitable for building under the town’s zoning regulations. After Lost Trail reconfigured its property, consistent with this purpose, town officials informed Lost Trail ... More...    $0 (01-10-2013 - CT)

The principal issue in this appeal is whether a physician who fails to advise an unaware patient of the potential driving risks associated with her underlying medical condition breaches a duty to the victim of the patient’s unsafe driving because of the failure to advise. The plaintiff, John Jarmie, appeals from the judgment of the trial court in favor of the defendants, Frank Troncale, a physic... More...    $0 (09-24-2012 - CT)

The plaintiff, Sandhya Desmond, appeals from the judgment of the trial court dismissing her complaint against the defendants, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Inc. (hospital), and Yale-New Haven Health Services, Inc., alleging workers’ compensation fraud; statutory negligence; breach of contract; violations of the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act (CUTPA), General Statutes § 42-110a et seq.; and v... More...    $0 (09-16-2012 - CT)

The principal issue in this appeal is whether the trial court properly denied the motion of the defendant, Alan M. Sorkin, to open the judgment granting the application to compel arbitration filed by the plaintiff, Devore Associates, LLC, and defaulting the defendant for his failure to appear at the scheduled hearing on that application. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The trial ... More...    $0 (11-28-2011 - CT)

This appeal originates from a contract for the purchase of commercial real estate in Danbury that was deeded to the buyers. The buyers appeal from the trial court’s judgment granting the sellers’ motion for summary judgment. On appeal, the buyers claim the court erred in finding there was no material question of fact with respect to their claims of breach of contract, negligent misrepresentati... More...    $0 (11-27-2011 - CT)

The defendant, Mandell & Blau, M.D.’s, P.C.,1 appeals from the judgment of the Appellate Court,2 reversing the judgment of the trial court rendered following a jury verdict in favor of the defendant. Sawicki v. New Britain General Hospital, 115 Conn. App. 25, 26, 971 A.2d 709 (2009). The defendant claims that the Appellate Court improperly concluded that the trial court improperly denied the mot... More...    $0 (10-21-2011 - CT)

The plaintiff, Henry J. Martocchio, appeals from the judgment of the trial court granting the motion for contempt brought by the defendants Roland Savoir and Tina Savoir1 (grandparents) and ordering that the plaintiff submit to a psychological evaluation. On appeal, the plaintiff claims, inter alia, that the court improperly concluded that he was in contempt of a previous court order and that the ... More...    $0 (08-03-2011 - CT)