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Category Archives: Connecticut Superior Court Decisions
In re a Name
A Connecticut Law blog asks “what’s in a name” as Connecticut’s Supreme Court tackles the issue of gay marriage in light of the California Supreme Court’s ruling in the case of In re Marriage Cases. Continue reading
Adverse Possession in Connecticut: Adding 100 Yards Of Fill Is Open And Obvious
If fences make for good neighbors adverse possesion cases certainly do not. Unless of course the fence is at the heart of an adverse possesion case.
In Brusseau v. Soper, 2008 WL 1914248 (Leuba, JTR.) a party prevailed in an adverse possesion action when he proved that starting in 1988 the defendant added 100 yards of fill to an area that was 66 feet long and 25 feet wide. Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
Why bLAWg? Marketing
Why I don’t get clients from my blog. This blog is for you, the Slovakian guy, logging into this site at 3 a.m. eastern standard time, and reading about John Trautwein. Continue reading
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Proposed Change to Mechanic’s Lien Statute
Attorney McKeen discusses proposed legislation affecting mechanic’s liens in Connecticut. Continue reading
Adverse Possession: The Pictures That Prove
In case you needed it, I have yet another reason to keep those old pictures of family picnics: adverse possession. Most broadly defined, adverse possession, is a method of acquiring title to real property without compensation by possession for a … Continue reading
Citing The Wrong Floor Results In A Defective Notice To Quit
Judge Weise in Hartford Housing Session held that a notice to quit was defective when it named the right street, right room number, but wrong floor. Lim v. Dasilva (Doc. No. HDSP-144141 (Weise J.). The defendant resided in room number … Continue reading
Connecticut Dog Bite Law
Meet my two year old dog, Brady. Along with all of the love and joy she brings into my life, she also brings a whole lot of liability and responsibility. As her owner am strictly liable for her actions. If she … Continue reading
A Connecticut Court Awards Tenants’ Attorney’s Fees In Withdrawn Eviction Case
Landlords and their attorney’s should be careful when they withdraw actions against tenants. In Figueroa v. FAH Redstone Ltd. Partnership, 2007 WL 4633547 (2007) (Peck, J.), the Court awarded attorney’s fees to tenants when a landlord withdrew an eviction … Continue reading
Foul Ball Liability In Connecticut (He’s Out Part 2)
I can practically feel the excitement of defense counsel in the case of Mantovani v. Yale University, 44 Conn.L.Rptr.13 (2007)(Cosgrove, J.) when he or she read Teixeira v. New Britain Baseball Club, Inc. and thought that their client would prevail on summary judgment. After … Continue reading
