• Dobie v. City of New Haven

    Dobie v. City of New Haven, 346 Conn. 487 (2023) Connecticut Supreme Court decision affirming the Appellate Court's ruling in Dobie v. City of New Haven, 204 Conn. App. 583 (2021) directing the entry of judgment in favor of the City, finding that the alleged negligent act of City's snowplow oper... Read On

  • McKinney v. City of Middletown

    McKinney v. City of Middletown, 49 F.4th 730 (2d Cir. 2022) U.S. Court of Appeals decision affirming summary judgment in favor of the defendants, finding that the defendant officers were entitled to qualified immunity on the basis that their incremental and combined use of a baton, a canine, and... Read On

  • Doe v. City of New Haven

    Doe v. City of New Haven, 214 Conn. App. 553 (2022) Connecticut Appellate Court decision affirming summary judgment in favor of the defendants pursuant to their defense of governmental immunity as to the plaintiff's negligence claims related to his sexual abuse by his former theatre teacher. Do... Read On

  • Fisk v. Town of Redding

    Fisk v. Town of Redding, 337 Conn. 361 (2020) Connecticut Supreme Court decision reversing the Appellate Court and affirming judgment in favor of the Town on a claim of absolute public nuisance, concluding that a finding that a condition may be inherently dangerous is not inconsistent with a cor... Read On

  • Northrup v. Witkowski

    Northrup v. Witkowski, 332 Conn. 158 (2019) Connecticut Supreme Court decision affirming summary judgment in favor of the defendants pursuant to their defense of governmental immunity as to the Town's repair and maintenance of its storm sewer drainage system, and overruling its 1931 decision in ... Read On

  • Costa v. Town of Plainville

    Costa v. Town of Plainville, 175 Conn. App. 402 (2017) Connecticut Appellate Court decision affirming summary judgment in favor of the defendants pursuant to their defense of governmental immunity as to the supervision of students during an off-campus senior class picnic wherein the plaintiff su... Read On

  • Arrigoni Enterprises, LLC v. Town of Durham

    Arrigoni Enterprises, LLC v. Town of Durham, 629 Fed. Appx. 23 (2d Cir. 2015) U.S. Court of Appeals decision affirming the dismissal of plaintiff's inverse condemnation claim, summary judgment in favor of the defendants on the plaintiff's substantive due process claim, and the judgment in favor ... Read On

  • Coderre v. Town of Wallingford

    Coderre v. Town of Wallingford, 668 Fed. Appx. 399 (2d Cir. 2016) U.S. Court of Appeals decision affirming summary judgment in favor of the defendants, finding that the defendants did not violate the plaintiff's Fourth Amendment rights as they had probable cause to arrest the plaintiff pursuant ... Read On

  • Pines v. Bailey

    Pines v. Bailey, 563 Fed. Appx. 814 (2d Cir. 2014) U.S. Court of Appeals decision reversing the trial court's denial of summary judgment to the defendant and directing the entry of judgment based upon the defendant's entitlement to qualified immunity on the plaintiff's § 1983 malicious prosecuti... Read On

  • Doe v. Waraksa

    Doe v. Waraksa, 560 Fed. Appx. 67 (2d Cir. 2014) U.S. Court of Appeals decision affirming summary judgment in favor of the town defendants on the basis that a volunteer member of the Town of East Windsor's Emergency Management Agency was not acting under color of state law at the time he alleged... Read On

  • Himmelstein v. Town of Windsor

    Himmelstein v. Town of Windsor, 304 Conn. 298 (2012) Connecticut Supreme Court decision affirming both the trial court's grant of summary judgment and Appellate Court's ruling in Himmelstein v Town of Windsor, 116 Conn. App. 28 (2009), finding that a plaintiff's exclusive remedy for injuries sus... Read On

  • Doninger v. Niehoff

    Doninger v. Niehoff, 642 F.3d 334 (2d Cir. 2011) U.S. Court of Appeals decision concluding that the defendants were entitled to qualified immunity on the plaintiff claims that school administrators violated her First Amendment rights by preventing her from running for Senior Class Secretary as a... Read On

  • Goldberg v. Town of Glastonbury

    Goldberg v. Town of Glastonbury, 453 Fed. Appx. 40 (2d Cir. 2011) U.S. Court of Appeals decision affirming summary judgment in favor of the defendants, finding that officers had reasonable suspicion of criminal activity to justify an investigatory stop of the plaintiff in response to a to a 911 ... Read On

  • Sullivan v. Stein

    Sullivan v. Stein, 319 Fed. Appx. 42 (2d Cir. 2009) U.S. Court of Appeals decision affirming summary judgment in favor of the defendants on the plaintiffs' Fourteenth Amendment equal protection claim, Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment due process claims, finding that the plaintiffs failed to demon... Read On

  • Alexander v. Town of Vernon

    Alexander v. Town of Vernon, 101 Conn. App. 477 (2007) Connecticut Appellate Court decision affirming summary judgment in favor of the defendants, finding that the decedent's estate could not establish the necessary causal relationship between defendant police officers' alleged inaction and the ... Read On

  • Riggins v. Town of Berlin

    Riggins v. Town of Berlin, No. 3:18-cv-1734, 2023 WL 3173768 (D. Conn. 2023) United States District Court decision granting motion for summary judgment in favor of town on former town planner's sexual harassment hostile work environment claim on the ground that the town took reasonable steps to prevent harassment by the non-employee harasser over whom it had limited control. Read On

  • Larson v. Town of Sherman

    Larson v. Town of Sherman, No. DBDCV-196030046, 2023 WL 370964 (Conn. Super. Ct. Jan. 19, 2023) Administrative appeal decision affirming the town's termination of its fire marshal after a hearing in accordance with Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-299. Read On

  • Kyzer v. Borough of Naugatuck

    Kyzer v. Borough of Naugatuck, No. 3:19-cv-1511 (JBA), 2022 WL 2802349 (D. Conn. 2022) United States District Court decision granting defendant municipality and police officers' motion for summary judgment as to plaintiff's Fourteenth Amendment claim on the basis transfer of plaintiff's decedent... Read On

  • Callahan v. Human Resources City of New Haven

    Callahan v. Human Resources City of New Haven, No. 3:20-cv-1881, 2022 WL 445819 (D. Conn. 2022) United States District Court decision granting motion to dismiss free speech retaliation claims brought by former employee who alleged that she was fired and not rehired to other positions because of ... Read On

  • Haraj-Sai v. Cooke

    Haraj-Sai v. Cooke, No. CV21-6119318-S, 2022 WL 2951912 (Conn. Super. Ct. July 26, 2022) Connecticut Superior Court decision granting motion strike intentional infliction of emotional distress claim brought against superintendent of schools for allowing a student to return to school after making death threats against the plaintiff. Read On

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