News
| 6/11/2013 Non-Delegable Duty Does Not Obviate Need to Prove Possession and Control In Millette v. Connecticut Post Limited Partnership (AC 34059), the plaintiff, a security guard for a construction site, was injured when he was caused to fall on a stairway covered by scaffolding . . . |
| 5/30/2013 SUPREME COURT EXTENDS ABSOLUTE IMMUNITY FOR ATTORNEYS TO CLAIMS OF FRAUD English Common Law has shielded attorneys from suits alleging defamation for statements made during the course of litigation since Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue. See Beauchamps v. . . . |
| 4/30/2013 Connecticut Supreme Court Rules That Accidental Failure of Suit Statute May Not be Available When Plaintiff Fails to Comply With C.G.S. § 52-190a In Santorso v. Bristol Hospital, 308 Conn. 338 (2013), the Connecticut Supreme Court reiterated its holding from Plante v. Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, 300 Conn. 33 (2011) concerning the availability . . . |
| 4/19/2013 Beverly Knapp Anderson
Beverly Knapp Anderson will be rejoining Fontaine Alissi |
| 4/8/2013 Nurse Paralegal Becomes President-Elect of AALNC Julie Dickinson MBA, BSN, RN, LNCC, our Nurse Paralegal, has been elected by the Board of Directors of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants (AALNC) to the position of President-Elect. . . . |
| 1/24/2013 After Third Try, Case Dismissed and Decision Affirmed on Appeal A medical malpractice action was commenced against an oral and maxillofacial surgeon. Appended to the plaintiff’s Complaint was a letter from a health care provider purporting to comply with the . . . |
| 1/22/2013 Appellate Court Affirms Defendant's Verdict
The Appellate Court affirmed our defendant's verdict in a medical malpractice case that involved a significant infection after accupuncture treatment by a chiropractor. |
