Halloran & Sage obtained a defendant’s verdict in a matter in which an inn was accused of allowing a dangerous condition to exist in its parking lot causing a guest to injure his ankle. The plaintiff alleged that he fractured his right ankle when stepping or falling off a retention wall in the parking lot […]
Arnold I. Menchel recently presented two lectures at the Connecticut Mental Health & The Law 2014 Seminar, one entitled Confidentiality/Privacy of Mental Health Records and the other entitled Mental Health Parity. This event was held for mental health professionals and offered information on laws and procedures in the clinical setting. Arnold’s presentations covered an update […]
Halloran & Sage is pleased to announce that attorney Frederick J. Trotta, Sr. has joined the Firm. He will be practicing out of the New Haven office in the areas of Medical Malpractice, Trucking, and Personal Injury. Frederick Trotta, Sr. will join the firm as partner. He handles matters for a wide range of clients, […]
On June 3, 2014, the Appellate Court released its decision in Wells Fargo Bank v. Tarzia, 150 Conn. App. 660 (2014) in which it affirmed a judgment of strict foreclosure. In doing so, it rejected the defendant’s arguments that (1) the plaintiff had not stated a claim for strict foreclosure because it pled only that […]
Halloran & Sage attorneys were successful in convincing a federal government agency and the Department of Justice to rescind a federal debarment order. In this case a contractor was debarred from providing construction services to the federal government for a period of three years. Given the far reaching ramifications of the government’s action to the […]
Halloran & Sage obtained a defendant’s verdict in a matter in which a national discount department store was accused of not providing a safe, handicap parking space for an elderly shopper. The plaintiff alleged that life altering injuries were suffered by the already disabled client after a fall in the store parking lot. Evidence presented […]
A federal court judge recently granted a national discount department store’s motion for summary judgment concluding that the mode of operation doctrine did not apply in this slip and fall case. The case involved a store guest slipping on a liquid as she stepped from a carpeted area onto the uncarpeted store floor. It was […]
In Brown v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Co., 150 Conn. 405 (2014), the plaintiff, Ralston Brown, sought to recover policy proceeds under his homeowner’s policy of insurance after his house was damaged by a fire that occurred on April 21, 2006. However, Brown’s policy had been canceled prior to the date of loss for […]
A federal court judge recently granted a national discount department store’s motion for summary judgment concluding that the mode of operation doctrine did not apply in this slip and fall case. The case involved a store guest slipping on a liquid as she stepped from a carpeted area onto the uncarpeted store floor. It was […]
On June 3, 2014, the Appellate Court released its decision in Wells Fargo Bank v. Tarzia, 150 Conn. App. 660 (2014) in which it affirmed a judgment of strict foreclosure. In doing so, it rejected the defendant’s arguments that (1) the plaintiff had not stated a claim for strict foreclosure because it pled only that […]