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Week Of Monday August 23, 2010
Payouts Follow Workplace Deaths 
When Omar Thornton went on a shooting rampage at Hartford Distributors Inc. in Manchester earlier this month, he did more than just take the lives of eight co-workers. He affected the economic futures of the victims’ families. Although it may still be of little consolation now, the dependents of the shooting victims can rely on the support of workers’ compensation benefits.
State Tries To Rein In Curious Jurors
The Connecticut Judicial Branch is working to upgrade the way jurors are warned against playing detective and spoiling trials by engaging in independent research. The problem has reached a new level of urgency as Internet access gets increasingly easier and social networking grows ever more common, and trial judges are joining with court administrators to come up with fresh solutions.
Q & A
Rallying To Counter The Rise In IslamophobiaFREE
Earlier this month, members of the Texas-based Operation Save America — previously known as Operation Rescue — demonstrated outside a Bridgeport mosque. The group assailed worshipers with placards and T-shirts reading “Islam is a Lie,” and other provocative statements.
Where There’s A Will, There’s A Way – To ObjectFREE
Deaths in the family often bring out feelings of sadness and emptiness. But people aren’t always longing for the return of their loved ones. Some are in mourning because the financial windfall they expected to receive from Aunt Edna’s estate didn’t pan out like they anticipated because of the way she wrote her will.
Fall Ballot Is Filled With Friendly RivalsFREE
Given the hotly contested races for governor, U.S. Senate and attorney general, most voters probably aren’t focused on the battles for probate court judgeships. That’s too bad. It’s likely the only place on the ballot where you might find two incumbents squaring off.
After Hours
A New Career Sprouts From Grape VinesFREE
Things were coming together for Michael Connery’s plan to transition from the practice of law in the late 1990s. The New York firm he had worked at since graduating from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1975 was offering a program where attorneys could start scaling back their practice in anticipation of retirement from the law.
Verdicts & Settlements
Financier Paralyzed In Bike Accident Loses Jury Trial FREE
Edward Petner v. Electrical Contractors Inc. et al.: At 7:15 a.m. on Aug. 23, 2003, Darien hedge fund financier Edward J. Petner Jr. was riding his bike in Stonington, not far from his summer home near Westerly, R.I.
Editorial
Editorial: Speaking Of Pro BonoFREE
Connecticut lawyers interested in performing pro bono legal work, but having difficulty finding appropriate projects due to client conflicts of interest, may wish to consider partnering with various local, state or federal organizations and volunteering to speak in schools or before other groups about civil rights, consumer protection, credit and financial services, and other law-related topics.
A Legal Haven For Web-Savvy Poor PeopleFREE
When legal aid groups across Connecticut wanted to update the pamphlets that explained their services to low-income residents, the agencies realized they needed to get with the times. “Pamphlets are old school and Web access is new school,” said Patricia Kaplan, the executive director of the New Haven Legal Assistance Association.
Too Revealing?
Are you violent? That question, from a member of the local character and fitness panel examining new lawyer candidate Kathleen M. Flaherty back in 1994, was asked so quietly the official stenographer didn’t catch it.
Discrimination Complaints Require A Delicate Touch
Omar Thornton, the truck driver who went on the shooting rampage at Hartford Distributors Inc. in Manchester, complained to family members and his girlfriend that co-workers would mutter racial insults when Thornton, who is black, would walk by. Or, he claimed, they would scrawl offensive slurs on bathroom walls.
Verdicts & Settlements
Pinched Nerve Leads To $241K Jury Verdict
Karri-Ann Parker v. Juan C. Palacios: All 18-year-old Karri-Ann Parker wanted was to enjoy a slice of pizza with her family. Instead, she wound up with a chronic back injury thanks to a negligent driver.
Growing ‘Squmkins’ And Other Organic Goodies FREE
Jane Freeman stood in her law firm’s library earlier this month beaming with pride over her recent success. But it had nothing to do with a case that the land use attorney won.
Rather, Freeman was holding up a strange new vegetable that she had pulled from her organic garden in Stamford.
Objects On Mirror More Legal Than They Appear FREE
As Assistant Public Defender Ernest Green Jr. drove from Danielson to Hartford in March, he took notice of just how many drivers hung objects from their vehicles’ rear-view mirrors.
Boat Crash Lawyers Keep Up With The Jones Act
Whether they’re on Long Island Sound, the Saugatuck Rivers, Candlewood Lake or even Ashland Pond in Griswold, boat owners are crowding the state’s waterways during one of the hotter summers in recent memory.
Q&A
Must State Weigh Siblings’ Bond In Custody Cases?
New London solo attorney Scott W. Sawyer’s most famous client is Susette Kelo. Six years ago, her battle to save her home from an eminent domain taking went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Registration Rules Burden Some In-House Counsel FREE
When an in-house counsel in England visits a corporate subsidiary in Germany, the counsel generally is allowed to give legal advice and practice law under European Union rules. But if an in-house counsel at, say, General Motors in Detroit wants to visit a plant across the state line in Ohio, he isn’t allowed to offer legal advice there under U.S. rules.
Prosecutor’s Close Friendship Comes Under Scrutiny FREE
When it comes to personal relationships between opposing counsel, how close is too close? It’s a relevant question now that federal officials are investigating the relationship between Waterbury State’s Attorney John A. Connelly and prominent Waterbury criminal defense attorney Martin J. Minnella, according to several lawyers with knowledge of the case.
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