Connecticut’s State Tartan

In case you’ve ever wondered or cared, Connecticut has a State Tartan: The following-described tartan shall be the official tartan of the state: A plaid, with large blue stripes representing Long Island Sound, large green stripes representing forest, medium gray stripes representing granite, red and yellow pin stripes representing autumn leaves and white pin stripes representing … Read more

Shining A Light On Connecticut’s Probate Courts

Rick Green is at it again, as he should be: I think we need to shine a bright, glaring light on the often-obscure world of probate court in Connecticut. We need to ask why life-changing legal decisions are still made in courts where 40 percent of the judges aren’t even lawyers. We need to ask … Read more

Baseball Is A Contact Sport

Sometimes I love reading cases. In D’Amico v. Tomkalski, 1999 WL 162985 (1999), Judge Pellegrino writes a home run of an opinion. The plaintiff, a baserunner in a softball game, was struck by a ball thrown by a second baseman as he was either on the base path or moving out of the base path. The runner … Read more

Connecticut’s Scenic Roads

I’ve been doing a lot of driving through Litchfield County and it seems that every road is marked a scenic road. Yesterday, I thought to myself: “What is a scenic road?” I ask and the Connecticut General Statutes answer: A “scenic road” means any state highway or portion thereof that (1) passes through agricultural land or abuts land … Read more

CT Right To Dry Bill: Dead

I’ve been informed by someone who understands the legislature much better than I do that the bill is dead. There’s only 8 days left for the legislature to attach the bill as an amendment to another bill or come back as a “strike all amendment.” I’ll say this, the legislature’s website is very confusing. There has … Read more

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