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)

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with distributing heroin, fentanyl, cocaine and crack.

In May 2020, the DEA New Haven Task Force and Waterbury Police Department began an investigation into a drug trafficking organization that was distributing large amounts of heroin, cocaine and crack in the Waterbury area, and was believed to be headed by Zach... More...    $0 (06-08-2022 - CT)

New Haven, Connecticut civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on an Americans with Disabilities Act violation theory pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1201, which provides, in part:

The Congress finds that—

(1) physical or mental disabilities in no way diminish a person's right to fully participate in all aspects of society, yet many people with physical or mental di... More...    $0 (04-16-2022 - CT)

New Haven, Connecticut conspiracy to commit computer fraud charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Oleg Koshkin, who was charged for his role in operating a “cryptingâ€� service used to conceal “Kelihosâ€� malware from antivirus software, enabling hackers to systematically infect victim computers around the world with malicious software, including ransomware. Defendant, age 41,... More...    $0 (06-22-2021 - CT)

Hartford, CT - Russian National Who Operated Kelihos Botnet Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Conspiracy, Computer Crime and Identity Theft Offenses

Peter Yuryevich Levashov, aka “Petr Levashov,” “Peter Severa,” “Petr Severa” and “Sergey Astakhov,” 38, of St. Petersburg, Russia, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Hartford, Connecticut, to offenses stemming from his operation of the Keli... More...    $0 (09-13-2018 - 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)

New Haven, CT - Peter Ernsky sued Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, Inc. on an employment discrimination.

03/16/2018 31 RESPONSE TO by Peter Ernsky filed by Peter Ernsky. (McMinn, Michael) (Entered: 03/16/2018)
03/16/2018 32 NOTICE by Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, Inc. re 27 Order,,,, Statement re Order to Show Cause (Curtin, Matthew) (Entered: 03/16/2018)
04/04/2018 33 ORDER. The Cour... More...    $0 (04-04-2018 - 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)

Rivernider and Ponte organized and ran two related fraudulent schemes. 
The first, which Rivernider began in 2005, was called the “No More Bills”
4
(“NMB”) program.  Through the NMB program, the defendants solicited funds
from clients who were promised a 10% monthly return that would be used to pay
off the client’s debts.  After receiving financial information from investors, t... More...    $0 (07-10-2016 - CT)

Thepetitioner,GeraldineMoye,appeals from the judgment of the habeas court denying her amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus.1 On appeal, the petitioner claims that the habeas court improperly concluded that (1) her criminal trial counsel, Attorney Paul V. Carty, did not render ineffective assistancebyfailingtofullyinvestigatehercompetency or to request a competency hearing before she entere... More...    $0 (07-05-2016 - 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)

The defendant, Daniel B., appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of attempt to commit murder in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-49 and 53a-54a. On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction, (2) the trial court unduly restricted his access to certain information regarding a confidential informant who testified ... More...    $0 (03-28-2016 - CT)

The defendant, Lorenzo Adams, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered following a trial to the court, of attempt to commit larceny in the sixth degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-491 and53a-125b2 andbreachofpeaceintheseconddegree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-181.3 On appeal, thedefendantclaimsthatthestateadducedinsufficient evidence to sustain his conviction of both... More...    $0 (03-22-2016 - 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)

Thedefendant,PaulDavis,appealsfrom the judgment of conviction of accessory to murder in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-54a (a) and 53a-8 (a), conspiracy to commit murder in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-48 (a) and 53a-54a (a), and attempt to commit murder in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-49 (a) (2) and 53a-54a (a).1 On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) there was insufficien... More...    $0 (02-22-2016 - CT)

This breach of contract action, filed by the plaintiff, R.S. Silver Enterprises, Inc., against the defendants, Henry Pascarella and Riversedge Partners, returns to this court following our remand to the trial court for resolution of a jurisdictional challenge to the plaintiff’s standing to prosecute this action, as pleaded in thedefendants’ twenty-firstspecial defense. R.S. Silver Enterprises, In... More...    $0 (02-01-2016 - CT)

On May 22, 2012, members of a Drug Enforcement Agency task force went 
to Thompson’s apartment with an arrest warrant. After placing Thompson in 
handcuffs and conducting a protective sweep of the apartment, the officers asked 
if Thompson would consent to a search of the apartment. Thompson eventually 
consented, but he later moved to suppress two digital scales and $2,000 in cash... More...    $0 (12-25-2015 - 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 evidence presented to the court is that the veterinarian cannot say that it is
more likely than not that the horse either became ill or died because of eating the new
feed. Given that, it would be pure speculation to conclude that the illness or death were
related to the feed. It would also be highly prejudicial to Defendant for the jury to hear
about the death. The motion ... More...    $0 (11-27-2015 - CT)

The plaintiffs, Michael Costello and Dominic Costello, as individuals and as coexecutors of the estate of Anna Josephine Costello (decedent), appeal from the judgment of the trial court rendered following the granting of the motion filed by the defendant, Yale-New Haven Health Services Corporation, to strike the second count of the substitute complaint.1 On appeal, the plaintiffs claim that the c... More...    $0 (11-23-2015 - CT)

In this declaratory judgment action, the plaintiffs, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company and Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company, appealfromthejudgmentof thetrialcourtdetermining that, pursuant to a personal umbrella insurance policy issued by theplaintiffs in favor ofthe defendant Jeffrey S. Pasiak,1 the plaintiffs had a duty to defend the defendantandtoindemnifyhimfordamagesawardedagainst ... More...    $0 (11-02-2015 - 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)

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 uncontested wrongful termination action, the plaintiff, Brian O’Toole, appeals from the trial court’s sua sponte dismissal of his complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The plaintiff claims that the trial court improperly dismissed his complaint because the court had (1) concurrent jurisdiction to decide his claim brought pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 4301 et seq., and (2) subje... More...    $0 (02-24-2014 - 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)

In this consolidated appeal, the plaintiffs in the first action (SC 18643), Craig Ugrin and Samantha Ugrin, and the plaintiffs in the second action (SC 18644), William Baker and Lisa Baker, appeal from the judgment of the trial court in favor of the named defendant, the town of Cheshire (town).1 The plaintiffs filed virtually identical complaints against the town after a massive sinkhole developed... More...    $0 (10-30-2012 - CT)

This unconventional premises liability case concerns injuries sustained by a social invitee as a result of the intentional and criminal acts of a third party. The plaintiff, Marisol Perez, administratrix of the estate of Hiram D. Colon, Jr., appeals from the judgment of the trial court, rendered after a jury trial, in favor of the defendant, Elizabeth Cumba. The plaintiff claims that the court imp... More...    $0 (10-02-2012 - 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 plaintiff, Maria E. Mills, executrix of the estate of Clarence Israel Mills (decedent), appeals from the summary judgments rendered by the trial court in favor of the defendants the city of Bridgeport (city); Philip C. Handy, the director of the city’s department of parks and recreation; Anthony Armeno, the city’s acting chief of police at the time of the subject incident; 5 Star Amusement... More...    $0 (09-16-2012 - CT)

This action involves a claimed drainage easement over property owned by the defendants, Scott D. DeRosa, Carl F. DeRosa, Patricia A. DeRosa and Cori DeRosa Quirk. The plaintiff, Scott E. Hurlburt, appeals from the judgment of the trial court rendered after the granting of the defendants’ motion for a judgment of dismissal for failure to make out a prima facie case. Specifically, the plaintiff cl... More...    $0 (08-14-2012 - CT)

In this action arising from a corporate merger, the defendant Michael J. Parrella, Sr.,1 appeals from the judgment of the trial court, rendered after a jury trial, in which the jury awarded damages to the plaintiffs, Jerrold M. Metcoff and David B. Wilson, for losses they sustained as a result of misrepresentations made to them by the defendant in and at the time of the merger agreement. On appeal... More...    $0 (08-21-2012 - CT)

The defendant, Jeffrey Pasiak, appeals from the judgment of the trial court denying his motion to set aside the verdict of a jury awarding $835,700 in damages to the plaintiff Sara Socci1 for injuries and losses she claimed to have suffered due to his tortious conduct toward her during an incident at his home office on May 9, 2006. The plaintiff claimed, more particularly, and the jury found, by i... More...    $0 (08-21-2012 - CT)

The plaintiffs, Adriana Ruiz and Olga Rivera,1 appeal from the grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant Victory Properties, LLC.2 On appeal, the plaintiffs claim that the trial court improperly concluded that, under the undisputed facts of the case, the defendant owed them no duty. We agree with the plaintiffs and, accordingly, reverse the judgment of the trial court.

The plainti... More...    $0 (05-01-2012 - CT)