STATEMENT OF THE CASE STEVENS , J. On October 17, 2013, the Commissioner of the Department of Children and Families (DCF) filed petitions to terminate the parental rights of the mother, R. M., and the three fathers of the children, Noelia, Yanilie and Ivelia. These petitions allege that parental rights should be terminated on grounds of abandonment, failure to rehabilitate, and no ongoing parent-child relationship pursuant to General Statutes 17a-112(j)(3)(A), (B)(i) and (D),...
PRESCOTT , J. This is an administrative appeal brought by the plaintiff, Joan Kloth-Zanard, 1 challenging a decision by the Department of Social Services (DSS) to record a lien against real property owned by the plaintiff to secure repayment of government assistance paid by the State of Connecticut to the plaintiff. For the reasons set forth below, the decision of the agency is affirmed. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY The record reveals the following facts and procedural history....
COSGROVE , J. FACTS On April 30, 2012, the defendants, Deputy Warden Raquel Torres and Warden Anthony Coletti, moved for summary judgment on the ground that the self-represented plaintiff, James A. Harnage, is not entitled to the relief that he seeks, and the defendants therefore are entitled to judgment as a matter of law. The defendants Filed a memorandum of law in support, accompanied by various exhibits. On July 9, 2012, the plaintiff filed an objection to the defendants' motion for...
COHN , J . The plaintiff, Paul T. Conee, appeals from a July 17, 2012 final decision of the defendant Department of Social Services (the department) rejecting the plaintiffs contention that his benefit under its Aid to the Aged, Blind, and Disabled (AABD) program was incorrectly determined. The department initially determined on December 29, 2011, that the plaintiff was entitled to $148 in AABD benefits. On March 28, 2012, the plaintiff requested an administrative hearing to contest this...
BRIGHT, J. The petitioner, Troy Little, alleges in his Amended Petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed on December 20, 2010, that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel prior to his criminal trial, at his criminal trial, and on appeal from his conviction. In particular, the petitioner claims in Count One that his trial counsel, Attorney Thomas Farver, failed to: (1) communicate to him a plea bargain offer made by the state; 1 (2) properly examine a key witness; and (3) request "...
GRAHAM, J. The plaintiffs, Roger Sherman Liberty Center, Inc., Mark Greenberg, Leonard F. Suzio, Jr., Christopher D. Coutu and Dorothy Durst, initiated this action by verified complaint on May 9, 2011, and filed an amended complaint on May 17, 2011. They seek a writ of quo warranto, declaratory judgment and injunctive relief, asking the court to render null and void Public Acts 2011, No. 11-6 (P.A. 11-6), on the ground that it violates the constitution of Connecticut. The plaintiffs have named...
LEVIN, J. This is an action seeking money damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained by the minor plaintiff, a special education student, at public school or on a school bus. On October 4, 1999, the plaintiffs, Pasquale Silano, Jr. (Pasquale), and his parents, Pasquale Silano, Sr., and, Francine Silano, commenced this action against the defendants, the board of education of the city of Bridgeport (board), James Connelly, Roberto Rodriguez and Alaine Lane. The plaintiffs filed a ten...
COHN, J. The plaintiff, Council 4, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO (union), appeals to the Superior Court opposing a February 26, 2009 advisory opinion (no. 2009-3) of the defendant citizen's ethics advisory board (ethics board), a unit of the office of state ethics. 1 The challenged advisory opinion concluded that workers' compensation commission (WCC) hearing reporters were not permitted under the state ethics code, General Statutes 1-84(c), to use...
VACCHELLI, J. This case is an administrative appeal from the August 13, 2009 decision of the Connecticut Siting Council (Siting Council) granting a certificate of environmental compatibility and public need for the construction, maintenance and operation of a telecommunications facility at 199 Town Farm Road in Farmington. The facility is a cell phone tower to be disguised as a pine tree. The applicant before the Siting Council was Cellco Partnership doing business as Verizon Wireless (Cellco)....
PECK, J. The plaintiff, Brenda Ungerland, filed the two count complaint in this action on June 12, 2009. The defendants are Morgan Stanley & Company, Inc. (Morgan Stanley), a provider of securities brokerage services, and Sharon Kells, an agent of Morgan Stanley, The pertinent facts as alleged by the plaintiff or as set forth in the exhibits are as follows: Ungerland was a customer of Morgan Stanley until August, 2001, during which time she received "false and fraudulent" investment...
B. FISCHER, J. The plaintiffs, Robert Pawlowski and Joan Pawlowski, are the administrators of the estate of their son, Steven Pawlowski. In that capacity, the plaintiffs initiated this wrongful death action, which stems from Pawlowski's death on November 10, 2001. Pawlowski was struck and killed by a car after he attended a party organized by members of the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity (fraternity) at 3327 Whitney Avenue, a private residence. The plaintiffs allege that Pawlowski, who was...
COHN, J. The plaintiff, Dina Jaeger, an intervenor before the defendant Connecticut Siting Council (CSC), has appealed from a March 12, 2009 final decision of the CSC that approved an application by Cellco Partnership (Cellco) for a certificate of environmental compatibility relating to a cellular tower. See General Statutes 16-50k. In its brief on the merits, Cellco raised the issue of the plaintiffs lack of aggrievement. 1 Because the plaintiff claimed to be aggrieved, but certain facts...
COSGROVE, J. The plaintiffs desire to use their undeveloped lot in the Sound View section of Old Lyme as a parking lot where members of the public could park their cars, for a fee, in the seasonally congested beach area of Old Lyme. The plaintiffs assert that the Old Lyme zoning regulations do not prohibit privately owned public use parking lots, but that such parking lots are regulated by a town ordinance that allows for parking lots so long as they meet certain requirements relating to the...
GRAHAM, J. I FACTS This case arises from the 2010 Democratic primary contest for Connecticut state comptroller between Kevin Lembo, the convention endorsed candidate, and Michael J. Jarjura, the mayor of Waterbury. The primary election is scheduled for August 10, 2010. More specifically, this case arises from the approval by the defendant statewide elections enforcement commission (SEEC) of public financing for Lembo's campaign. Jarjura's candidate committee is a plaintiff in this action,...
