A Connecticut Law Blog

by Ryan McKeen
Let’s play Jeopardy!
Lawyer:  Alex, I’ll take the “practice of law” for $1,000.
Alex: For $1000 “an exercise in futility”.
Lawyer: What is asking a pro se litigant to consent to a continuance?

July 21st, 2010 | Category: A Connecticut Law Blog, Litigation | Comments (1)

by Ryan McKeen
Ms. Bysiewicz is about to return to the Connecticut Supreme Court for the first time since she was in law school.
Parties have until noon today to file briefs. I’ll post them when and if I get them. It normally takes months to prepare Supreme Court briefs. These briefs will have been written in [...]

May 14th, 2010 | Tags: bysiewicz, ct supreme court, gersten, horton | Category: A Connecticut Law Blog, Litigation | Leave a comment

by Ryan McKeen
A really busy week here.  Lest anyone think my heart’s not into blogging. Here’s a quick thought.  :-p
Being a litigator is like being a closer for a baseball team. Get the save you’re a hero. Blow the save you’re a goat.  There’s really no gray area. It doesn’t matter that you may have [...]

May 5th, 2010 | Category: A Connecticut Law Blog, Litigation | Comments (2)

by Catherine Blinder, Communications Director, CT Fair Housing Center
Four years after filing a federal lawsuit, the CT Fair Housing Center and the State of Connecticut Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities have settled a landmark housing discrimination case with New Horizons Village, an apartment complex which markets itself as providing independent housing for [...]

October 6th, 2009 | Category: A Connecticut Law Blog, Landlord/Tenant, Litigation | Leave a comment

by Ryan McKeen
Some will win, some will loseSome were born to sing the bluesOh, the movie never endsIt goes on and on and on and on….-Journey
Can Congress please limit how many attorneys can be in any one given class? Seriously. This lawyer needs his Tiger Woods PGA 2010 with motion control for his Nintendo Wii.
A [...]

September 8th, 2009 | Tags: barbri class action | Category: A Connecticut Law Blog, Litigation | Leave a comment

How about some ethics?
You solemnly swear that you will do no falsehood, nor consent to any to be done in court, and, if you know of any to be done, you will give information thereof to the judges, or one of them, that it may be reformed; you will not wittingly or willingly promote, sue [...]

July 15th, 2009 | Category: A Connecticut Law Blog, Litigation | Comments (2)

by Ryan McKeen
Effective July 1, 2009, the cost of litigating claims in Connecticut is going up:
1. the jury fee in civil actions, from $ 350 to $ 425;
2. the filing fee for bringing a case in the Superior Court, from (a) $ 225 to $ 300 and (b) from $ 120 to $ 175, for [...]

June 15th, 2009 | Category: A Connecticut Law Blog, Legislation, Litigation, Small Claims | Leave a comment

Just finished reading the 2008 Connecticut Appellate Review by Wesley W. Horton and Kenneth J. Bartschi and they touched upon the very important case of Allen v. Cox. The authors pose the question: Does a cat get one free bite? Their answer, “No, if the cat has a bad reputationl yes, if it has a [...]

May 21st, 2009 | Tags: cat attack, cat bite, ct cat liability, liability pets | Category: A Connecticut Law Blog, Litigation, Personal Injury, Property | Comments (3)

The following situation comes up more often then you think.
A contractor performs services. Several months later, a homeowner notices a defect and calls the contractor to repair the work that was done months ago. The contractor comes out and performs the work and there’s a billing dispute.
Under Connecticut law, a contractor must file a mechanic’s [...]

May 19th, 2009 | Tags: contractors, ct home improvement, mechanic's liens | Category: A Connecticut Law Blog, Connecticut Superior Court Decisions, Litigation, Real Estate, Small Business | Comments (1)