Earlier this month, the Connecticut Appellate Court ordered a new trial for Richard Lapointe, who was convicted in 1992 and sentenced to life without parole for the sexual assault and murder of Bernice Martin, his wife's 88-year-old grandmother, in Manchester in 1987. The chief state's attorney's office has appealed the decision to the state Supreme Court. It should also reopen the investigation, because there is good reason to think someone else committed the crimes for which Lapointe was convicted.
A plaintiff can pursue a legal malpractice claim even though an appeal is still pending in the underlying suit, the Connecticut Appellate Court has ruled. The plaintiffs sued their attorneys for allegedly causing a $500,000 default judgment in a business suit by failing to respond to discovery requests and file defenses in a timely fashion. The plaintiffs also claimed the attorneys were responsible for a $25,000 arbitration award and the attorney fees they incurred.
A federal rule that a wrongful discharge complaint accrues upon notice of termination doesn't apply to state law employment discrimination claims, the Connecticut Appellate Court has ruled in reversing summary judgment for the employer. The superintendent of a Connecticut power plant was informed that the plant would be closed and his position eliminated. However, other plant employees - all substantially younger than the superintendent - kept their jobs.
An employee who was injured while "power walking" during an unpaid lunch break on the employer's premises is not eligible for workers' compensation benefits, the Connecticut Appellate Court has ruled. The plaintiff was power walking on her employer's grounds during an unpaid lunch break when she fell and injured her shoulder. She had walked - at a brisk pace, churning her arms up and down to boost her heart rate - during lunchtime every day for 10 years.
[...] after losing a docket fight in a federal appellate court, the State of Connecticut alone in 2004 unsealed more man 10,000 case files on its secret docket, most of which dealt with divorce or family law cases involving public officials and celebrities, including Clarence demons, Bruce Springsteen's saxophonist. [...] a 2003 Reporters Committee survey found that most district courts surveyed admitted to having secret civil cases pending, though "[m]any federal courts would not say how many cases they had, and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts does not monitor the number of secret cases filed in federal courts across the country." According to Doe's attorney, Gary M. Davis of Pittsburgh, Doe informed the court that she had no objection to releasing the docket providing h...
An assault defendant could not introduce messages from a social networking site for the purpose of impeaching the credibility of a key prosecution witness, the Connecticut Appellate Court has ruled in affirming a conviction. The defendant was charged with assault with a deadly weapon based on allegations that he stabbed two men outside a party. At trial, the prosecution introduced a witness who testified that she spoke with the defendant at the party before the incident.
If Sen. Joe lieberman votes next year to organize the Senate under a Democratic majority leader, or is the deciding vote in defeating a conservative Supreme Court nominee, or in filibustering a conservative appellate court nominee, President Bush may have only himself to blame. When I spoke to Connecticut Republican Chairman George Gallo about Snow's remarks, he told me he had had "ongoing conversations with Ken Mehlman and [RNC Political Director] Mike Duhaime. 1 told them our priorities in Connecticut were to re-elect Gov. [Jodi] ReIl, retain our three Republican House members, and increase our numbers in the state senate and house.
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