ROGERS , C.J. The issues in this case, which comes to us on certification from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit pursuant to General Statutes 51-199b(d), 1 are: (1) Does Connecticut public policy support imposing a duty on a school to warn about or protect against the risk of a serious insect-borne disease when it organizes a trip abroad (2) If so, does a damages award of approximately $41.5 million, $31.5 million of which are noneconomic damages, warrant a...
ESPINOSA , J. The primary question presented in this appeal is whether evidence of uncharged sexual misconduct that occurred twelve years before a charged offense is too remote to be admissible pursuant to the factors set forth in State v. DeJesus, 288 Conn. 418 , 476, 953 A.2d 45 (2008). The defendant, Roberto Acosta, appeals 1 from the judgment of the Appellate Court affirming his judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, of sexual assault in the first degree in violation...
ROBINSON , J. In this appeal, we consider whether an attorney, who represented clients in contingency fee matters that originated while he was a member of a two person law firm and continued to represent them after the dissolution of that firm, is obligated to share a portion of those fees with his former law partner when those fees were not paid until after the firm's dissolution. The defendant, Jeffrey S. Bagnell, appeals 1 from the judgment of the trial court, rendered after a court...
The defendant's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 171 Conn.App. 328 , 157 A.3d 120 (2017), is denied.
The defendant's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 171 Conn.App. 311 , 157 A.3d 97 (2017), is granted, limited to the following issues: "1. Did the Appellate Court properly affirm the trial court's judgment by concluding that, notwithstanding any improper conduct by the state, the defendant was not deprived of a fair trial "2. Did the Appellate Court properly conclude that the trial court lost jurisdiction to hear the defendant's motion for a new trial "3....
The defendant's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 170 Conn.App. 733 , 155 A.3d 756 (2017), is denied. EVELEIGH, J., did not participate in the consideration of or decision on this petition.
The defendant's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 170 Conn.App. 99 , 153 A.3d 715 (2017), is denied.
The defendant's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 169 Conn.App. 906 , 155 A.3d 328 (2016), is denied.
