Ryan McKeenThis past weekend, I had dinner with a good friend. My friend has graduated law school and is presently enjoying the best summer of his life studying for the bar. My friend has been honored with a scholarship to clerk at a firm in Europe for six months where he will work for a firm and take classes at a … Read more
In February, I wrote about two sisters who were fighting over a winning lottery ticket. Below, in bold, is an update on this case. The Connecticut Appeals Court has ruled a 1995 pact struck by two widowed sisters to split each other’s future gambling winnings is still binding despite the fact they no longer … Read more
This morning while making breakfast, I had a local news station on. Somewhere between making the coffee and my english muffin, I heard a newscaster say that “so and so is suing so and so for fifteen thousand dollars.” I thought to myself “probably not.” I hear this several times a year on the news, so … Read more
I can’t top these two posts from Attorney Norm Pattis – so I won’t try. These posts are as insightful as any you will find in the law blogosphere. Here’s a snippet from Loretta’s Restrained Sister: My client learned one day that her hurband was, er, um, inserting a significant portion of himself into a female neighbor. … Read more
One of the many hats that I wear is President of the Enrico Fermi High School Class of 1998. Which means that every 5 years or so, I help to organize a reunion. 2008 is time for our 10 year reunion. So with the help of my webmaster Tim, I created another website for the reunion: … Read more
I read Chief Justice Rogers remarks to the Connecticut Bar Association which are available on the judicial branch website. Under the leadership of Chief Justice Rogers all Connecticut Courts are now open at 8:30 a.m. This is a welcome development. It used to be that different courts opened at different times and there was no easy … Read more
Judge Weise held in the case of Toler v. Grant 2008 WL 9000815 (2008) that an eviction action can be brought by only one owner of jointly owned property. In other words, consent by other owners of jointly owned property is not necessary to evict a tenant. In his opinion, Judge Weise examined a number … Read more
As I write this, it’s about 100 degrees outside and I’m sitting in my basement watching the Red Sox. I’m thinking about what to write for this week so I decided to search Connecticut case law for any Red Sox references. My search results yielded a total of six mentions of the “Red Sox.” I came … Read more
About 6 weeks ago, I wrote about Douglas Wallace’s suit to stop Hillary Clinton from being President because according to his interpretation of the Constitution – a woman cannot be President. I figured this case was worth revisiting since it is being widely reported that Senator Clinton will suspend her campaign for the Democratic nomination on … Read more
Dogs aren’t the only animals finding their way into Connecticut Case law these days. Monk Parakeets are flocking their way onto Connecticut’s dockets. Friends of Animals Inc. had its suit against United Illuminating Dismissed by Judge DeMayo. Friends of Animals was seeking to stop United Illuminating from capturing and killing monk parakeets that are nesting on … Read more