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Connecticut Judge: Allegations Against Priest Credible
October 21, 2010A judge has found strong evidence to support allegations by a man that he was sexually abused by a Roman Catholic priest in the 1980s and issued a $10 million attachment of the ...
Former Seymour Priest Faces 2nd Suit
August 06, 2010A second man, claiming he was sexually molested as a young boy in the late 1970s, has sued a Catholic priest who most recently served at St. Augustine Church in Seymour. ...
Will OSHA's Proposed Fines Affect Civil Suits Against O&G and Others?
August 05, 2010On Thursday, The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration levied $16.6 million in fines alleging 371 safety and workplace violations at Kleen Energy Systems, the Middl...
Stabbing Victim Files Suit Against Cops
August 02, 2010Last November, Catherine Fergus was stabbed several times in the driveway of her New Milford home and a lawsuit against the town has been filed on her behalf.
 The lawsuit...
New Milford Stabbing Victim Sues Town for Negligence
August 02, 2010Catherine Fergus, the mother of three who police said was stabbed by her estranged husband outside her home last November, is suing the town, claiming police were negligent in n...
Seymour Priest Accused of Sex Abuse Placed on Leave
July 09, 2010The Rev. Stephen Bzdyra, who is accused of sexually molesting an altar boy in the 1980s in a lawsuit filed this week, has been placed on administrative leave by the Archdiocese ...
Seymour Priest Accuse of Sex Abuse in Lawsuit; Facebook Message Prompted Action
July 08, 2010William Dotson never told anyone about the sexual abuse he says he suffered at the hands of a priest when he was an altar boy in the 1980s, but decided to come forward recently ...
Lawsuit: Connecticut Priest Bribed Sexual Abuse Victim
July 08, 2010A Connecticut man filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing a Roman Catholic pastor of sexually abusing him when he was a boy and trying to buy his silence with bribes—including ...
Man Who Claims to be Son of Priest Sues Legionaries of Christ
June 22, 2010The Legionaries of Christ and the estate of the priest who once led the Roman Catholic order, the Rev. Marcial Maciel Degollado, are being sued by a man who says he is one of se...
Legion of Christ Sued Over Alleged Abuse
June 21, 2010A man who claims to be the son of Rev. Marcial Maciel Degollado, founder of the Legion of Christ, filed a lawsuit against the powerful Roman Catholic order on Monday, alleging t...
New Hips Gone Awry Expose U. S. Kickbacks in Doctors' Conflicts
June 11, 2010A stabbing pain in the hip forced Mark Hirschbeck to abandon his post at third base during an April 2003 game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Colorado Rockies....
Report on Murder-Suicide Shows Gaps on Response
May 25, 2010The first time he was arrested on charges of beating and kicking his wife, Selami Ozdemir was ordered into a family violence education program. Four months later, when he was ar...
Cyclist Awarded $2.9 M After Breaking Neck
May 17, 2010Water agency held liable for not warning of gates on bike trail. Download PDF for full story....
Six More Sue St. Francis Hospital in Reardon Sex Abuse CAse
May 13, 2010Six more people have filed suit against St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center alleging abuse by Dr. George Reardon, who worked at the hospital for 30 years and is believed to ...
MDC Ordered to Pay 2.9 Million to Injured Bicyclist
May 10, 2010A Superior Court jury in Hartford has awarded a former children's book illustrator $2.9 million for injuries suffered years ago in a bicycle accident on land owned by the Metrop...
Sex Abuse Lawsuit Says Bridgeport Diocese Knew of Priest's 'Bizarre' Behavior
March 04, 2010By the time the Rev. John Castaldo began molesting a boy named Brooks Thopsey at a Roman Catholic church in Trumbull roughly two decades ago, he had already exhibited behavior t...
New Church Sex Suit: Connecticut Man Says Egan Placed Troubled Priest Who Molested Him
March 04, 2010A Connecticut man claims he was molested as a kid by a pedophile priest who was assigned to his parish by New York's former Edward Cardinal Egan. Thopsey Brooks charges ...
AG Pushes for Public Medical Disclosure
March 01, 2010Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says since 2004 about 116 people in our state have died due to medical errors. He points to public disclosure as the best cure to lowering th...
First Lawsuit Filed in Kleen Energy Blast
February 23, 2010Two electricians who survived the Kleen Energy power plant explosionin Middletown have filed the first lawsuit against the contractor conducting the gas line purge that claimed ...
Stratton Faxon Files First Lawsuit Regarding Power Plant Explosion in Middletown. Explosion Sets Off Litigation
February 23, 2010Six hours after the Kleen Energy power plant blew up in Middletown on Feb. 7, New Haven plaintiffs’ lawyer Michael Stratton and his private investigator were surveying the...
Suit Alleges Connecticut Plant Ignored Safety Prcedures
February 22, 2010This Feb. 7, 2010 cell phone photo released by the Stratton Faxon law firm on behalf of Timothy...
$1.56 M Awarded to Estate of Woman Who Died at Hartford Hospital
January 23, 2010Hartford Hospital lost a malpractice case Friday when a jury awarded $1.56 million to the estate of a 44-year-old East Hartford woman who died after suffering cardiac arrest at ...
December 17, 2009
The months before and after Charla Nash was mauled by a chimpanzee were marked by confusion and inaction at the Department of Environmental Protection — events that now wo...
Hidden Mistakes in Hospitals
November 15, 2009After a few weeks of nagging shoulder pain, Jonathan Faile of Fairfield drove with his wife to Bridgeport Hospital and walked into the emergency room early on the morning of Sat...
Big Settlement Raises Job Site Liability Issues
November 02, 2009In the highest-ever construction injury settlement in Connecticut history, and one of the state’s costliest personal injury cases, a North Canaan laborer has settled a fed...
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