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Sandy Hook Families Achieve Historic Victory Holding Gunmaker Accountable For Role In School Massacre
February 15, 2022
The families of five children and four adults killed in the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School today announced a landmark victory in their long-running case against Remington, the company that made and marketed the AR-15 weapon used in the massacre. READ MORE
Massachusetts Supreme Court Orders Case Against Harvard Over Use Of Slave Photos To Proceed
June 23, 2022
“This historic win marks one of the first times in United States history that a court has ruled that slaves’ descendants can seek accountability for the atrocities to which their family members were subjected over 170 years ago.”
Jury Awards $6.8 Million To Connecticut Woman Who Sued Stepfather For Alleged Sexual Abuse
June 2, 2022
The jury ordered damages paid to the victim following a trial in U.S. District Court in Hartford. The victim was represented by Attorney Antonio Ponvert III of Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder in Bridgeport.
Lawsuit Alleges Yale Fertility Clinic’s Painkillers Had Been Tampered With For Years
May 16, 2022
Kelly Fitzpatrick, an associate attorney with the law firm, said these women trusted that the clinic was providing “appropriate, attentive care as they sought one of life’s most treasured goals — parenthood. Yale betrayed our clients at a time of intense vulnerability,” Fitzpatrick continued. “Not only were they subject to excruciating pain but they were ignored.”
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CT settles psychiatric hospital abuse lawsuit for $9 million “Our goal in bringing these lawsuits was to hold abusers and state officials accountable for the torture of a profoundly vulnerable human being who depended upon them for treatment and care,” said Shehadi’s attorney, Antonio Ponvert III of the Bridgeport-based firm Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder. READ MORE
Wallingford Woman Who Lost 4 Limbs Sues Hospital, Claims Malpractice “At the time of her hospitalization, mom was making blankets for each of her grandchildren,” they said in the statement. “She will never be able to finish the last three, and she no longer has a wrist to wear the Apple Watch.” READ MORE
Lawsuit alleges Yale fertility clinic’s painkillers had been tampered with for years Thirty more women filed a lawsuit against a Yale clinic Monday alleging that their painkillers had been tampered with for years, resulting in agonizing fertility procedures, according to a Connecticut law firm. This brings the total number of plaintiffs to 59, according to the law firm Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder. READ MORE
Sandy Hook Families Achieve Historic Victory Holding Gunmaker Accountable For Role In School Massacre The families of five children and four adults killed in the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School today announced a landmark victory in their long-running case against Remington, the company that made and marketed the AR-15 weapon used in the massacre. READ MORE
Connecticut judge orders Infowars’ Alex Jones to pay damages to families of Sandy Hook shooting victims in defamation lawsuits A Connecticut judge has ruled conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is responsible for all damages in the defamation lawsuits brought against him by the families of those killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting after his repeated claims that the Newtown massacre was a hoax. READ MORE
Judge dismisses charges against women arrested during Route 8 protest after George Floyd death A Superior Court judge on Friday dismissed the charges against two women arrested during a protest — sparked by the death of George Floyd last year — that shut down Route 8 for several hours. READ MORE
Antonio Ponvert Interviewed About Police Brutality LISTEN HERE
Family of man who committed suicide sues Waterbury Hospital The family of a man who committed suicide at Waterbury Hospital has filed suit against the hospital, its parent company and the doctors who treated him. READ MORE
Statement from President Joe Biden on Sandy Hook Settlement “Today, the families of nine victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting have secured a historic settlement with the gun manufacturer Remington. While this settlement does not erase the pain of that tragic day, it does begin the necessary work of holding gun manufacturers accountable for manufacturing weapons of war and irresponsibly marketing these firearms. READ MORE
Sandy Hook Families Achieve Historic Victory Holding Gunmaker Accountable For Role In School Massacre The families of five children and four adults killed in the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School today announced a landmark victory in their long-running case against Remington, the company that made and marketed the AR-15 weapon used in the massacre. READ MORE
Remington Subpoenas Report Cards of 5 Children Killed in Sandy Hook Shooting As part of a lawsuit defense, the company that made the guns used in the Sandy Hook shooting demanded the disciplinary and attendance records of dead children. READ MORE
Supreme Court Allows Sandy Hook Relatives to Sue Gun Maker The Supreme Court cleared the way on Tuesday for relatives of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims to sue the Remington Arms Company, the maker of the rifle used in the massacre. READ MORE
Setting Sights on the AR-15: After Las Vegas Shooting, Lawyers Target Gun Companies For years, advocates of gun control have struggled to pierce a legal shield that protects firearms manufacturers from liability, even as gunmen in mass shootings have relied on their powerful wares to amplify the carnage of their attacks. READ MORE
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YMCA Awards Koskoff Attorney For Distinguished Volunteer Service Attorney Preston C. Tisdale, of Trumbull, a long-time advocate of civil justice, has been named this year’s recipient of the Central Connecticut Coast YMCA H. Richard Brew Service Award. READ MORE
Koskoff Continues Litigation Team Expansion Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder announced the continued expansion of its litigation team with the addition of Atty. Colin Antaya, a strong advocate for obtaining justice for his clients and making the world a safer and better place for all. READ MORE
Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder Expands Litigation Team Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder has hired two new attorneys: Kelly Fitzpatrick and Douglas P. Morabito, a longtime federal prosecutor. READ MORE
Koskoff’s Horwitz Joins American College of Trial Lawyers Membership in the college, by invitation only, is afforded to lawyers with at least 15 years of experience and may not exceed 1% of the total lawyer population of any state or province. READ MORE