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Winning Damages as a Victim of Vexatious Litigation in Connecticut
  • posted: Nov. 07, 2022
  • Gesmonde, Pietrosimone & Sgrignari, L.L.C.
  • Litigation

Our civil courts exist to provide people with justice for harm they have suffered. But the system is not perfect, and there are people who use it to file baseless Read More

Jury Trials Remain Suspended in Connecticut, but Resumption May Be in Sight
  • posted: Apr. 20, 2021
  • Gesmonde, Pietrosimone & Sgrignari, L.L.C.
  • Covid19,  Litigation

More than a year has passed since the coronavirus swept through the nation and caused state and federal courts to scale back their operations. Courts are slowly resuming normal functions Read More

Connecticut Jury Trials Still on Hold as COVID Cases Surge

The coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt the court system in Connecticut, with jury trials now being postponed indefinitely due to rising COVID-19 case numbers in the state. Although Connecticut Supreme Court Read More

INVASION OF PRIVACY; AN OLD TORT WITH NEW LIFE

 Since 1959 Connecticut has recognized that someone who unreasonably and seriously interferes with another person’s right to privacy can be held liable for damages. In Korn v. Rennison, the Connecticut Read More

SUDDEN ACCELERATION IN TESLA VEHICLES: FACT OR FICTION?

  Recently new allegations of unintended sudden acceleration in Tesla vehicles have made national headlines. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is reviewing a petition that alleges that Tesla models experience Read More

UPDATES ON THE CRUMBLING FOUNDATION SITUATION IN CONNECTICUT
  • posted: Jan. 10, 2020
  • Gesmonde, Pietrosimone & Sgrignari, L.L.C.
  • Litigation

  We previously discussed the issue of crumbling foundations in a blog called Crumbling Foundations in Connecticut back in April, 2018, and this blog explores some updates since the release of that blog.  These Read More

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES: CRASHING INTO CONNECTICUT

  In the last two years I have written several blogs on the safety risks inherent in autonomous vehicles:  The Future is Here Technology with Risks Safety at Risk  The common thread reveals technological advances Read More

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES: SAFETY AT RISK

  In previous blogs I wrote about the emerging trends in autonomous vehicles, and the risks inherent in the new technology. [GPS Blog - The Future is Here] [GPS Blog - Read More

DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF CONSORTIUM

HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH?   In prior blogs I discussed different types of damages recoverable for injury or harm caused by negligent or reckless conduct, as well as different components of Read More

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME AND THE IMPACT ON ROAD SAFETY

  Daylight saving time ended again on Sunday, November 3rd and, for just one day, we all got that lovely one extra hour of sleep that we all hope for. But Read More

UPDATES ON THE OPIOID CRISIS IN CONNECTICUT

 We previously reviewed the efforts taken in Connecticut to combat the opioid crisis, and reviewed the data pertaining to opioid related deaths in 2017 and 2018. (See GPS blogs Published Read More

MORE GUN LAWS IN CONNECTICUT - Part 1 of 3

 This most recent legislative session passed (modified) two more laws affecting gun owners. First is Public Act 19-5 which requires safe storage of firearms and allows schools to implement optional Read More

ENHANCED DAMAGES FOR DISTRACTED DRIVING: Statutory Double or Treble Damages

 In recent blogs we covered damages and distracted driving. Now, those topics come together with the passage of Substitute House Bill No. 7126, which amends section 14-295 of the Connecticut Read More

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES: Technology with Risks

  Last year I wrote about the future in a blog dealing with autonomous vehicles and some of the challenges that come along with the emerging technology.  As automakers and ride Read More

ELEPHANTS IN THE NEWS: What does it Mean to be an Elephant in Connecticut?
  • posted: Apr. 24, 2019
  • Gesmonde, Pietrosimone & Sgrignari, L.L.C.
  • Litigation

  While perhaps an unusual topic for a legal blog, a three judge panel at the Appellate Court heard arguments this week from an animal rights group on the issue of Read More

DAMAGES: COMPENSATORY VERSUS PUNITIVE DAMAGES

  In a prior blog I discussed the difference between economic and non-economic damages in the context of compensating those injured as a result of the negligent, reckless or intentional conduct Read More

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