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EXPERIENCE:
- representation of plaintiff at trial in a Danbury case involving conversion of investment funds. The jury returned a verdict in the amount of $352,842.83 against the investment manager who filed an appearance in the case and then moved to Florida and did not show up for trial. But the jury found in favor of the investment manager's wife who we sued for aiding and abetting and who did show up for trial. This case is currently on appeal (AC 49079). - representation of plaintiff at trial in a Middletown case involving a high school locker with a jagged edge that went unrepaired for some time, and when two students were wrestling in the boys' locker room, one of them cut his forearm on the locker resulting in a scar on his arm. The jury returned a $30k verdict, reduced to $20k because the jury decided that the client was 1/3 at fault for playing in the locker room. The trial court set the verdict aside on grounds of governmental immunity and the case went on to have a lengthy appeals history handled by appellate counsel resulting in a decision on the imminent harm exception to governmental immunity (Haynes v. City of Middletown, SC 19175). - representation of plaintiff in oral argument before the Connecticut Supreme Court in a product liability case where the client fell off a defective ladder at Home Depot and got injured, but the case got thrown out by the trial court because Home Depot had disposed of the ladder eliminating the evidence. The Supreme Court reversed the trial court and established a new cause of action in Connecticut for spoliation of evidence. Rizzuto v. Davidson Ladders, Inc., et al., 280 Conn. 225 (2006) - representation of plaintiff at trial in a Bridgeport auto case where the client sprained his ankle when his foot jammed into the brake pedal as his car was struck from the rear. The jury returned a $60k verdict for non-economic damages (no economic damages were claimed). - representation of plaintiff in a motorcycle case in Bridgeport involving a collision with a car that started to take a left-hand turn in front of the motorcycle on a curvy road, causing the bike to skid and slide sideways into the car. The injuries included a broken femur and fractures in the facial area, and the case settled for $315k. - representation of plaintiff in a medical case where the treater left a heat pad on the leg of a child for too long, resulting in burns to the child's lower leg requiring surgery. There was no physical pain involved because the client already had a medical condition preventing sensation in the legs, but she did end up with a scar on her leg as a result of the skin repair surgery for the burn. This case settled for $350k. - representation of plaintiff in an auto case where a pedestrian was knocked over by a slow-moving car in a Costco parking lot. The police report blamed both parties, but the client suffered a fracture in her shoulder area from her fall to the ground and the case settled for $150k.
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BAR ADMISSIONS:
State of Connecticut, District of Connecticut EDUCATION: B.A., Yale College (1996) J.D., Columbia Law School (2001) |