The plaintiff brought this action against the defendant to recover damages for personal injuries sustained as a result of the defendant’s alleged negligence. The plaintiff was injured as a result...
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Plaintiff’s daughter was injured at cheerleading practice. The court refused the plaintiff’s request to admit excerpts of the transcript containing the deposition of the victim and her coach. The court...
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The plaintiff brought this action seeking damages from the defendant foe their alleged negligence resulting in the plaintiff sustaining injuries as a result of slipping and falling on the University...
Wrongful death action following the decedent drowning while swimming in an undesignated area at Lake McDonough, owned by the defendant. The court held that summary judgment based on governmental immunity...
Plaintiff suffered injuries when she fell at the defendant hospital, months after the fall she was informed that a nurse or nurse’s assistant was supposed to be responsible for her...
Plaintiff filed, amongst others, actions for negligent and intentional infliction of emotional distress against the defendant water company and its employees, after two employees accused him of stealing water from...
The decedent committed suicide after being subjected to unremitting bullying for several years in the Greenwich public school system. The plaintiff alleged that the school board was negligent in failing...
The minor plaintiff was enrolled at a school for children with special needs. She was injured when she had a seizure in the school parking lot. She was not wearing...
Plaintiff was injured in a car accident. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, awarding her economic damages but not noneconomic damages. The court held that: (1)...
The plaintiff, Zaida Melendez, was at the defendant’s laundromat when a folding table collapsed on her right foot—fracturing her right big toe. She brought an action against the defendant for...
The plaintiff brought this action forward alleging negligence on the part of the defendant, Chester Housing Association, for injuries sustained when she slipped and fell on a patch of snow-covered...
Plaintiffs sought to recover damages from the town of Newtown and its board of education for the alleged negligence of its staff during the Sandy Hook mass shooting; in which...
Plaintiff was injured in a car accident. The first judge initially denied the defendants motion to compel certain medical records. However, following a six to eight week continuance request by...
The plaintiffs filed a medical practice claim against the defendant physicians and hospital on behalf of the decedent due to the decedent suffering from a retroperitoneal hematoma while in the...
Plaintiff was injured when he slipped and fell on ice on the delivery ramp of the defendant school. Court held that summary judgment was proper because snow and ice removal...
The plaintiff in this case sought damages from the defendant for injuries sustained while riding a bike on the campus of a private university belonging to the defendant. The plaintiff...
Plaintiff sought to recover damages from the defendant executrix of the estate of her father for sexual abuse she suffered from the age of six to seventeen. Court held that...
The plaintiff brought this medical malpractice action seeking damages from the defendant for the decedent’s wrongful death. Prior to his death, the decedent sought to recover damages from the Department...
The plaintiff in this case sought damages from the Commissioner of Transportation for personal injuries the plaintiff sustained in a motor vehicle accident. The plaintiff alleged that the accident occurred...
The plaintiff, an insurance company, brought this action against the defendant seeking to recover uninsured motorist benefits which they had paid to an insured party who had suffered personal injuries...
Plaintiff sought to recover damages for bystander emotional distress, allegedly caused by insufficient treatment by the defendant on the decedent, who was the plaintiff’s fiancée. The court held: (1) that...
Plaintiff was injured when he climbed over a guardrail and stepped off a retaining wall without a fence atop of it. He subsequently, sought damages from the defendant town of...
The plaintiff brought this case forward seeking damages for personal injuries sustained as a result of a defective product. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant’s product, a spinal system used...
The plaintiff brought this case forward seeking damages for personal injuries sustained as a result of the defendant’s alleged negligence. The plaintiff suffered personal injuries as a result of the...
The plaintiff brought this action forward seeking damages for injuries sustained as a result of the defendant’s alleged negligence. The plaintiff sustained injuries while she was walking along a state...
Plaintiff was injured when he fell on a sidewalk owned by the defendant. The trial court admitted medical reports from the plaintiff’s doctor into evidence. However, the doctor was prevented...
The plaintiff in this case sought damages for injuries sustained as a result of the defendant’s reckless driving. The plaintiff sustained his injuries when the defendant, a police officer, struck...
Plaintiff sought damages for injuries sustained when she tripped on a public sidewalk that abutted the defendant’s property. Court affirmed the trial court’s summary judgment in favor of the defendants...
The plaintiff brought this case forward seeking damages for injuries she sustained following an incident with the defendant’s dog. The plaintiff alleges that at the time the incident occurred, both...
The plaintiff brought this case forward on behalf of the decedent. The plaintiff sought to recover damages and other relief for negligence on the part of the defendant. The plaintiff...
The plaintiff brought this action forward seeking damages against the defendant for negligence relating to personal injuries sustained in a car accident. The plaintiff contends that the car accident has...
Plaintiff slipped and fell on a puddle in an aisle of the defendant’s store. An employee of the defendant inspected the aisle forty seconds prior to the fall and did...
The plaintiff brought this action forward seeking damages from the defendant for medical malpractice causing partial amputation of the plaintiff’s feet. The plaintiff identified Dr. Gorman, an expert on standard...
The plaintiff brought this action seeking damages for injuries suffered as a result of the defendants’ alleged negligence. The plaintiff alleged that their injury occurred when the defendant hospital employee...
Plaintiff was injured while working and sought worker's compensation from the defendant. The defendant claimed they were not the principal employer of the plaintiff at the time the accident occured...
Plaintiff sought damages from the defendant landlord after being bitten by a tenant’s dog. Lease permitted the tenant to keep a pet in exchange for increased rent but required the...
Plaintiff was injured by an on duty police officer and sought to include third party determinations found in and Internal Affairs report regarding past misconduct on the part of the...
Plaintiff was injured when a robotic camera used during a robotic hysterectomy surgery performed at the defendant hospital fell on her left side. Motion to dismiss was granted because the...
The plaintiff mother sought damages for injuries suffered to her child after she was assaulted at school. The court held that the trial court’s finding that there was perhaps 400...
Plaintiff was injured in a work accident and claimed that the defendant's failure to install adequate safety meassures constituted an intent to injure the plaintiff sufficient to meet the exception...
Plaintiff, the executor of his wife’s estate, sought damages from the defendant alleging that the cigarettes manufactured by the defendant were defectively designed and this defective design was responsible for...
Plaintiff sought damages from police officers after the decedent committed suicide during a standoff with the police. The defendant filed a motion to dismiss on the ground of the doctrine...
Plaintiff brought forward a claim for medical malpractice. The plaintiff sought to amend their complaint. The defendant claimed the amended complaint did not relate back and was therfore barred by...
Plaintiff contracted a tick-borne encephalitis on an educational trip to China organized by the defendant school. Prior to the trip a school employee viewed on the US Center for Disease...
Plaintiff police officer sought to recover damages for injuries suffered when attempting to force entry into the defendant’s home in response to the defendant entering the home in violation of...
Plaintiff, an assistant nurse manager, was shot by a patient admitted to the hospital by a police officer pursuant to § 17a-503 (a). The court held that the defendant has...
Plaintiff sought damages from the defendant doctor for releasing her medical records without her consent. Court concluded that a duty of confidentiality arises from a physician-patient relationship and the unauthorized...
Defendant constables failed to respond to a report that a woman was under-dressed and standing in the middle of a field during a severe rainstorm. The next morning the woman...
Plaintiffs’ sough to recover damages for the wrongful death of the decedent alleging that the hospital failed to notify the decedent of a suspicious mass in her left lung. Court...
Plaintiff suffered a perforated colon following a hernia surgery performed by a resident surgeon at the defendant hospital. Court held that the resident surgeon was an agent of the hospital...
Plaintiff was injured while at a municipal swimming pool during a water therapy session run by a privant company who reserved use of the pool for a nominal fee. The...
Plaintiff was a police officer injured by a patient at the defendant's hospital while the plaintiff was attempting to detain the patient. Plaintiff alleged negligence on the part of the...
plaintiff sough damages for the wrongful death of her husband caused by asbestos exposure during his employment with the defendant. the court found the plaintiff provided inadequate expert testimony to...
Plaintiff sought damages from the city for their failure to inspect the public housing wherein the decedents lived and eventually died in a fire. Plaintiff claimed the defendants had acted...
Plaintiff suffered injuries while at work as a result of a machine which had been improperly repaired. The plaintiff claimed that because the defendant was substantially certain that an injury...
Plaintiff suffered injuries while at school and brought a negligence action against the school and the city. The defedants claimed they were protected by governmental immunity. The plaintiff claimed that...
Plaintiff sought damages for injuries sutained in a car accident. Insurance company claimed they did not have to pay for damages incurred by the plaitiff based on the application of...
Plaintiff was injured in a car accident when a state owned bus went through a red light and hit him. Puruant to a Ct. statute, the state waived sovereigh immunity...
Plaintiff was injured after being struck by a vehicle. Prior to the accident the driver of the vehicle was detained by a police officer who could not verify that the...
Plaintiffs sough damages against rifle manufacturers, distributors, and sellers. Plaintiffs alleged wrongful death claims against the defendants for their gross negligence in advertising and selling military grade weapons.
P's husband was put on life support, and later died, due to negligence by the hospital staff following a routine heart surgery. Defendant argued that the loss of consortium award...
Plaintiff sued for wrongful death and claimed that the defendant had negligently failed to carry out their contractual obligations. Defendants had a contractual obligation to prevent alcohol consumption on their...
P sued for breach of contract and neg inflicition of emotional distress after D denied insurance claim for a fire in P's home. . Court held the waiver rule applies...
Plaintiff contracted an STD from her boyfriend as a result of the defendant, a physician mistakenly informing the plaintiff's boyfriend that he did not have any STDs. The court found...
Plaintiff was injured when she was struck by the defendant’s taxi. Defendant parked the taxi and left it unlocked with the key in the ignition. The taxi was then stolen...
Plaintiff's daughter was assaulted by classmates during school. Plaintiff alleged that the school acted negligently by failing to provide adequate supervision for the children in their care. Defendants' argue that...
Defendent, a car deal, loaned a deal number plate to the plaintiff for 30 days. on the thirtieth day of the loan the plaitiff was involved in a car accident....
Assault and battery case where liability was barred via the special defenses of justification and defense of others. Court held justification instruction was improper but did not harm the defense...
Plaintiff alleged negligent hiring against a school board for failure to perform background checks and confirm the credentials of a special education teacher. They further alleged that the teacher cause...
Plaintiff filed suit against drug company for wrongful death caused by decedent's use of the medication.
P suffered complications from a mesh put in her by the defendant. Court concluded that evidence of journal articles regarding the procedure were inadmissible as hearsay because there was no...
Plaintiff sought to recover damages for medical malpractice for injuries suffered following an episiotomy repair from the defendant. Jury was given alternative approach instructions and rendered a verdict in favor...
Plaintiff was injured when she fell on the stairs of her aparment. She lost at trial and her appeal was denied becuse of the general verdict rule. Supreme Court held...
Plaintiff was injured when she bit by a tenants dog. At trial summary judgment was granted because there was no issue of material fact about the landlord having actual or...
