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Harvard agrees to relinquish early photos of enslaved people, ending a legal battle

Highland Park parade shooting victims can sue gunmaker Smith & Wesson, court rules

Yale in Hot Seat—Again—Over Employee’s Drug Diversion
F.B.I. Agents Ask Court to Bar Trump Team From Disclosing Their Names The New York Times reported, “Two anonymous sets of F.B.I. agents and employees filed lawsuits seeking to prevent the Trump administration from releasing the identifies of agents and staff members who participated in the investigations into the Capital riot on Jan. 6, 2021.” READ MORE
Connecticut Lawyers in Spotlight for Repping FBI Agents Attorneys Christopher Mattei and Margaret Donovan are in the national spotlight after stepping up to represent the Federal Bureau of Investigation Agents Association (FBIAA) against the U.S. Department of Justice. READ MORE
Women settle lawsuits after Yale fertility nurse switched painkiller for saline The AP reported, “Dozens of women who say they suffered excruciating pain at a Yale University fertility clinic because a nurse stole fentanyl for her own use and replaced it with saline have settled their lawsuits against the Ivy League school.” READ MORE
Uvalde Shooting Victim Families Sue Microsoft, Meta, and gun manufacturer “Families of the victims of the 2022 elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, filed two lawsuits on Friday against Instagram’s parent company Meta, Activision Blizzard and its parent Microsoft and the gunmaker Daniel Defense, claiming they cooperated to market dangerous weapons to impressionable teens such as the Uvalde shooter.” READ MORE
KKB gains national reputation in gun-maker liability cases after settlement for Sandy Hook families After winning Sandy Hook families the largest settlement from a gun-maker, Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder is growing in national reputation for social justice work. This has lead to growth in the firm including recently adding two new attorneys. Read More
City of New Haven agrees to fatal fire settlement of $14.5 million New Haven proposes a $14.5 million settlement for the 2019 illegal rooming house fire victims’ estates, pending approvals, with the city covering a $1 million deductible. Mayor Elicker underscores the city’s commitment to amicable resolutions, despite the incident predating his term. READ MORE
$7.1 Million Awarded to Cooking Spray Burn Victim “A jury in Illinois has ordered Chicago-based Conagra Brands to pay $7.1 million to a Pennsylvania woman who was badly injured in 2017 when a can of commercial brand cooking spray ignited in a kitchen at her workplace and set her aflame.” READ MORE
A CT mom lost her only son. Why she claims the health system where she works is at fault. “When Drumm fell ill, at just 47, he checked himself into Hartford Hospital. But now, Kangas has sued the hospital, Starling Physicians, which practices there, and Dr. Michael Lawlor, whom she believes misdiagnosed Drumm’s endocarditis, leading to his wrongful death.” READ MORE
Stamford official claims Wilton eye surgeon permanently damaged his vision, blinded him Stamford’s CIO files a lawsuit after he alleges a routine eye surgery severely damaged his vision and shattered his hops to become a flight instructor in his retirement. READ MORE
Freedom Papers of Silvia Hector-Webber Brought To Light A public exhibit at the Briscoe Center for American History provide a glimpse into the story of Silvia Hector Webber’s journey to freedom. It was made possible in part by the dedicated work of Josh Koskoff and the legal team at Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder. READ MORE
Jury awards $8.5 million after CT man dies of blood clot following surgery A jury ruled that a Connecticut surgical practice failed to diagnose and treat a blood clot in a man’s leg after a knee replacement, resulting in his wrongful death. Orthopaedic Sports Specialists of Glastonbury has been ordered to pay $8.5 million to the estate and widow of Peter Sobin, 61, who died in 2015 after developing a clot in his calf, his lawyer said. READ MORE
Jury Awards $6.8 Million To Connecticut Woman Who Sued Stepfather For Alleged Sexual Abuse A jury in federal court in Hartford awarded $6.8 million to a former Connecticut woman who sued her stepfather for years of alleged sexual abuse. READ MORE
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