In an action alleging improper taking possession of the plaintiffs’ real and personal property, successfully obtained dismissal on behalf of the defendant of various counts including negligent and intentional infliction of emotional distress and state and federal constitutional claims.

In State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Simonelli, et al., in a declaratory judgment action as to the availability of liability coverage, the Court (Hall, J.) entered judgment on the pleadings on behalf of the insurer in a declaratory judgment action. The Court found that the underlying defendant was not an “insured” and therefore […]

Successfully obtained summary judgment on behalf of the defendant on various counts arising out of the alleged improper taking possession of the plaintiffs’ real and personal property and damage sustained thereto.

Our client, a Westbrook beach association established by a special act of the legislature, successfully defended a suit before the Middletown Superior Court in which an owner of adjoining property claimed title to a portion of the beach that had substantially expanded in size as result of accretion caused after a jetty had been constructed. […]

The Rockville Superior Court, after a several day trial, ruled that our clients had proven by clear and convincing evidence that they acquired title by adverse possession of a strip of land that they believed was part of their residential property in Vernon. Suit was filed by Halloran & Sage after the adjoining property owner […]

Halloran & Sage obtained a favorable decision of the Connecticut Appellate Court reversing a decision of the Superior Court on behalf of our client, the Town of Columbia. The Appellate Court ruled that the Town of Columbia Zoning Board of Appeals correctly determined that a construction business was being operated in violation of the zoning […]

Halloran & Sage is pleased to announce attorney Casey O’Connell has been chosen as a member of the Connecticut Law Tribune New Leaders in the Law (class of 2015). He was selected by a five-judge panel that reviewed dozens of entries. The Connecticut Law Tribune selects a diverse list of Connecticut attorneys that display qualities […]

A major insurance company was sued for alleged bad faith handling of a workers’ compensation claim. In ordering a directed verdict, the court agreed with Matthew Necci’s argument that the plaintiff had not provided evidence to make out a prima facie case. The Court agreed that the Exclusivity Provision of the Workers’ Compensation Act precluded […]

Duncan Forsyth and Jennifer Pedevillano successfully defended a Local Health District in an appeal by the homeowners. The Local Health District reviewed the homeowners’ application to perform certain improvements to a residential property and concluded the homeowners’ proposed improvements did not meet the requirements of the Public Health Code. The homeowners appealed to the State […]

Joseph Fortner, Jr. recently secured a permanent injunction for a Connecticut-based, national restaurant group against a competitive restaurant which infringed the firms’s client’s service mark by using a confusingly similar name in the same market. In Barteca Restaurants, LLC v. Milonga Arepas & Tapas, Inc., 2015 WL 1119982 (D. Ct 2015), the Defendant opened a […]