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("CMS"), filed suit against CMS and its surety Selective Insurance Company of America ("Selective") for failing to pay Casey the balanc... Jason AKANDE, Plaintiff, v. WARDEN, CORRIGAN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, et al., Defendants. , D.Conn., November 16, 2009 Jason Akande, Central Falls, RI, pro se. RULING AND ORDER ALVIN W. THOMPSON, District Judge. The plaintiff, who is currently incarcerated at Donald Wyatt Detention Facility in Rhode Island, has filed a second amended complaint pro se, making a claim pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000) for denial of access to the courts. He names Grievance Coordinator Wilkins and Prison Counselor Jones of Corrigan Correctional Institution and Deputy Warden Janet Sicilia of Hartford Correctional Center as def... DRUMMOND AMERICAN LLC, Plaintiff, v. SHARE CORPORATION and Martha Mahoney, Defendants. , D.Conn., November 12, 2009 Patricia E. Reilly, Stephen P. Rosenberg, Littler Mendelson, P.C., New Haven, CT, for Plaintiff. Brian Turner, Law Office of Brian Turner, Austin, TX, Howard Fetner, Day Pitney LLP, New Haven, CT, for Defendants. MEMORANDUM OF DECISION MARK R. KRAVITZ, District Judge. This case arises out of the admitted breach of a covenant not to compete in a written employment agreement. Pending before the Court are Plaintiff's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment [doc. # 58], Plaintiff's Motion for Co... PANOLAM INDUS. INT'L, INC., Plaintiff, v. F & F COMPOSITE GROUP INC., et al., Defendants. , D.Conn., November 12, 2009 Lawrence G. Rosenthal, Mark Alan Rosenblum, Rogin, Nassau, Caplan, Lassman & Hirtle, Hartford, CT, for Plaintiff. G. Lee Finley, Finley & Associates, Plano, TX, Howard K. Levine, Sherwin Morris Yoder, Carmody & Torrance, New Haven, CT, for Defendants. RULING ON DISCOVERY MOTIONS DONNA F. MARTINEZ, United States Magistrate Judge. Pending before the court are the plaintiff's Motion for Protective Order regarding a site visit, doc. # 82, and the plaintiff's Motion to Compel, doc. # 85. Ora... UNITED STATES of America v. Andre HUDSON. , D.Conn., November 10, 2009 RULING ON MOTION TO REDUCE SENTENCE PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. § 3582 ELLEN BREE BURNS, District Judge. Pending before the court is the motion of the defendant, Andre Hudson ("Hudson"), for retroactive application of the sentencing guidelines for crack cocaine offenses pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2), which authorizes a court to reduce a sentence that is based on a sentencing guideline range that has been subsequently lowered by the Sentencing Commission. Specifically, Hudson seeks resentencin... John A. LINGUA, Plaintiff, v. SCHERING-PLOUGH CORPORATION and Schering-Plough Animal Health Corporation, Defendants. , D.Conn., November 10, 2009 Leon M. Rosenblatt, Lynn M. Mahoney, Law Offices of Leon M. Rosenblatt, West Hartford, CT, for Plaintiff. Douglas W. Bartinik, Felix J. Springer, Day Pitney LLP-HTFD, Hartford, CT, for Defendants. RULING ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT CHRISTOPHER F. DRONEY, District Judge. I. Introduction This case arises out of an age discrimination claim brought by the plaintiff, John Lingua, against his current employer, defendant Schering- Plough. Mr. Lingua alleges that his company discriminated aga... Sasha RODRIGUEZ and Cathelyn Gregoire, on behalf of all persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. SLM CORPORATION and Sallie Mae, Inc., Defendants. , D.Conn., November 10, 2009 Christopher Casper, J. Andrew Meyer, Jillian L. Estes, John A. Yanchunis , Jonathan B. Cohen, Nicole C. Mayer, Terry A. Smiljanich, W. Christian Hoyer, James Hoyer Newcomer & Smiljanich, P.A., Tampa, FL, J. Anthony Doran, M. Hatcher Norris, Butler, Norris & Gold, Hartford, CT, Allen M. Stewart, James D. Piel, Steve B. Jensen, Allen Stewart, P.C., Dallas, TX, Gary K. Shipman, Jean S. Martin, Matthew W. Buckmiller, Shipman & Wright, LLP, Wilmington, NC, Joseph Bree Burns, Rome McGuigan Sabanosh,... Bing WU, Feng Chun Guan, Tina Wang, Gui Bin Cai, Jun Zhang, Qin Pin Yuan, Jin Lu Ma, Zhen Hai He, and Bao Wen Tan, Plaintiff, v. CHANG'S GARDEN OF STORRS, LLC, Chang's Garden of CT, Inc., Le Shih Chang, Hsiang I Chang, Hsiang I Chang, and WEI-WE CH, D.Conn., November 10, 2009 Michael J. Wishnie, Muneer I. Ahmad, Jerome N. Frank, Legal Services, Susan Victoria Hazeldean, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT, for Plaintiff. Christopher M. Harrington, James F. Sullivan, Keith R. Rudzik, Howard, Kohn, Sprague & Fitzgerald, Hartford, CT, for Defendants. MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON MOTION FOR MORE DEFINITE STATEMENT, MOTION TO STRIKE, MOTION TO DISMISS FOR LACK OF SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, AND MOTION TO DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM WARREN W. EGINTON, Senior Distric... Jane MILLS, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF NEW HAVEN, Robert A. Torelli, Jr., Stephen Verrelli, and Martin Tchakirides, Defendants. , D.Conn., November 10, 2009 Jane Mills, New Haven, CT, pro se. John J. Radshaw, III, Howd & Ludorf, LLC, Hartford, CT, for Defendants. RULING AND ORDER MARK R. KRAVITZ, District Judge. This is a suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City of New Haven and three of its police officers for an alleged false arrest, malicious prosecution, and violation of equal protection. See Am. Compl. [doc. # 13]. Now pending are two motions of the Defendants. The first, Defendants' Motion to Dismiss [doc. # 79], requests that the ... Hector L. BARRETO v. HARTFORD HOSPITAL, et al. , D.Conn., November 9, 2009 RULING ON MOTIONS TO DISMISS ALFRED V. COVELLO, District Judge. The plaintiff, Hector Barreto, commenced this action in state court. He contends that the defendants, Hartford Police Department and Hartford Hospital, failed to provide him with appropriate medical care after he suffered a stab wound to his left hand. The defendants removed the case to federal court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1441, 1443 and 1446, and have filed motions to dismiss. For the reasons that follow, the Hartford Police D... Gary DAMATO v. Warden MURPHY. , D.Conn., November 9, 2009 Jo Anne Sulik, Chief State Attorney Office, Civil Litigation Bureau, Michael E. O'Hare, Chief State Attorney Office, Rocky Hill, CT, for Defendant. Gary Damato Newtown, CT, pro se. RULING AND ORDER STEFAN R. UNDERHILL, District Judge. On August 12, 2009, I denied Gary Damato's petition for writ of habeas corpus, his motion for summary judgment and various other motions. See Doc. # 105. Damato now seeks reconsideration of that decision and leave to add exhibits to a notice he filed in Ju... Lou HADDOCK, as trustee of the Flyte Tool & Dye Company Inc. 401(k) Profit- Sharing Plan, et al., Plaintiffs, v. NATIONWIDE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. and Nationwide Life Insurance Company, Defendants. , D.Conn., November 6, 2009 Antonio Ponvert, III, Neal A. Deyoung, Richard A. Bieder, William M. Bloss, Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder, P.C., Bridgeport, CT, Gregory G. Jones, Grapevine, TX, Marc R. Stanley, Martin Woodward, Roger L. Mandel, Stanley, Mandel & Iola, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiffs. Charles C. Platt, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, New York, NY, Daniel H. Squire, Heath A. Brooks, Mark L. Bieter, Washington, DC, Thomas F. Clauss, Jr., Wiggin & Dana LLP, Stamford, CT, for Defendants. RULING ON MOTION TO STRIKE, MOTION ... SUMMERS-WOOD LP d/b/a Roly Poly Texas, Summers-Wood Management, LLC, John W. Summers and J. Michael Wood, Plaintiffs, v. Linda WOLF and Julie Reid, Defendant. , D.Conn., November 6, 2009 Gary E. Smith, Gary E. Smith, P.C., Pensacola, FL, Timothy P. Jensen, Hinckley, Allen & Snyder, LLP, Hartford, CT, for Plaintiffs. Altresha Q. Burchett-Williams, Deborah S. Coldwell, Haynes and Boone LLP, Dallas, TX, Bethany L. Appleby, Wiggin & Dana, New Haven, CT, for Defendant. MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS [Doc. # 32] VANESSA L. BRYANT, District Judge. The Plaintiffs, Summers-Wood L.P. (d/b/a Roly Poly Texas), Summers-Wood Management L.L.C.,... UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Noel Desingo LARA, Defendant. , D.Conn., November 6, 2009 Alina Reynolds, Richard J. Schechter, U.S. Attorney's Office, Bridgeport, CT, Nora R. Dannehy, U.S. Attorney's Office, Hartford, CT, for Plaintiff. MEMORANDUM OF DECISION REGARDING MOTION FOR CLARIFICATION [Doc. # 33] VANESSA L. BRYANT, District Judge. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA ("National Union") moves the Court to clarify its Judgment and Order of Restitution dated April 17, 2009 (the "Order"). National Union maintains that the Order does not prevent Octagon N... STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. Ralston BROWN and Juan Gonzalez, Defendants. , D.Conn., November 6, 2009 Coleman C. Duncan, Daniel P. Scapellati, Halloran & Sage, Hartford, CT, for Plaintiff. Ralston Brown, Bridgeport, CT, pro se. George Patrick D'Amico, Miller, Rosnick, D'Amico & De Lucia, Bridgeport, CT, for Defendants. RULING ON PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE AN ORDER COMPELLING ATTENDANCE AT DEPOSITION DONNA F. MARTINEZ, United States Magistrate Judge. The plaintiff, State Farm Fire and Casualty Company ("State Farm"), brings this declaratory judgment a... Lou HADDOCK, as trustee of the Flyte Tool & Dye Company Inc. 401(k) Profit- Sharing Plan, et al., Plaintiffs, v. NATIONWIDE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. and Nationwide Life Insurance Company, Defendants. , D.Conn., November 6, 2009 Antonio Ponvert, III, Neal A. Deyoung, Richard A. Bieder, William M. Bloss , Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder, P.C., Bridgeport, CT, Gregory G. Jones, Grapevine, TX, Marc R. Stanley, Martin Woodward, Roger L. Mandel, Stanley, Mandel & IOLA, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiffs. Charles C. Platt, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, New York, NY, Daniel H. Squire, Heath A. Brooks, Mark L. Bieter, Washington, DC, Thomas F. Clauss, Jr., Wiggin & Dana LLP, Stamford, CT, for Defendants. RULING ON DEFENDANTS' OBJECTIONS... Gary A. LAMOUREUX, Richard A. Terwilliger, World Wide Medical Technologies, LLC, Advanced Care Medical, Inc., Advanced Care Pharmacy, Inc., Advanced Care Pharmacy LLC, and Ideamatrix, Inc., Plaintiffs-Counterclaim Defendants, v. ANAZAOHEALTH CORP.,, D.Conn., November 5, 2009 CLAIM CONSTRUCTION OPINION WILLIAM I. GARFINKEL, United States Magistrate Judge. Plaintiffs Gary A. Lamoureux and Richard A. Terwilliger are the named co-inventors of U.S. Patent No. 6,554,760 (the '760 Patent) (attached hereto as "Appendix A"), issued on April 29, 2003, and entitled "Pre-Loaded Needle Assembly." The '760 Patent claims an invention for a pre-plugged and pre- loaded needle assembly for the implantation of therapeutic elements into the body for the treatment of cancer. On Augus... Kelly DELLACAMERA v. Michael J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Social Security. , D.Conn., November 5, 2009 Ivan Michael Katz, Law Offices of Ivan M. Katz, New Haven, CT, for Kelly Dellacamera. Brenda M. Green, U.S. Attorney's Office, Bridgeport, CT, for Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security. RECOMMENDED RULING ON DEFENDANTS PARTIALLY ASSENTED TO MOTION FOR ENTRY OF JUDGMENT UNDER SENTENCE FOUR OF 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) WITH REVERSAL AND REMAND OF THE CAUSE TO THE DEFENDANT JOAN GLAZER MARGOLIS, United States Magistrate Judge. On September 4, 2007, plaintiff, Kelly DellaCamera, filed ... Sharon L. PERKINS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE CO., Defendant. , D.Conn., November 4, 2009 Edmond Clark, Madison, CT, Jeremy Heisler, Steven L. Wittels, Sanford, Wittels & Heisler, LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs. RULING RE: MOTION FOR FLSA COLLECTIVE ACTION AND RULE 23 CLASS CERTIFICATION (Doc. No. 119) AND MOTION TO STRIKE APPENDICES AND EXHIBITS RE: PLAINTIFF'S REPLY (Doc. No. 181) JANET C. HALL, District Judge. I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff, Sharon Perkins, originally brought this action against defendant, Southern New England Telephone Company ("SNET"), on behalf of herself a... Sharon L. PERKINS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE CO., Defendant. , D.Conn., November 4, 2009 Edmond Clark, Madison, CT, Jeremy Heisler, Steven L. Wittels, Sanford, Wittels & Heisler, LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs. RULING RE: PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR RELATION BACK OF NEW NAMED PLAINTIFFS' FLSA CLAIMS IN REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITY (Doc. No. 142) JANET C. HALL, District Judge. I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff, Sharon Perkins, brought this action against defendant, Southern New England Telephone Company ("SNET"), [FN1] on behalf of herself and a class of similarly situated employees alleging t... UNITED STATES of America v. Jonathan JAEGER. , D.Conn., November 4, 2009 Austin L. Furman, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, David Christopher Nelson, U.S. Attorney's Office, Hartford, CT, for United States of America. Jonathan J. Jaeger, Westport, CT, pro se. Ira W. Bloom, Mario F. Coppola, Wake, See, Dimes, Bryniczka, Day & Bloom, Westport, CT, for Jonathan Jaeger. RULING ON PENDING MOTIONS TO COMPEL [DOCS. 21 AND 31] AND PLAINTIFF'S ORAL MOTION FOR ATTORNEY'S FEES HOLLY B. FITZSIMMONS, United States Magistrate Judge. The Court heard oral argum... Meghan CAMPBELL, Plaintiff, v. Richard S. DANIELS, Defendant. , D.Conn., November 4, 2009 Joanne S. Faulkner, Law Offices of Joanne Faulkner, New Haven, CT, for Plaintiff. Richard S. Daniels, Jr., Quincy, MA, pro se. RULING ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO SET ASIDE DEFAULT DONNA F. MARTINEZ, United States Magistrate Judge. The plaintiff, Meghan Campbell, brings this action against the defendant, Richard Daniels, alleging violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1692 et seq. and the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act, Conn. Gen.Stat. § 42-110a et seq. Pen... Paul Daniel REEDER, Plaintiff, v. State of CONNECTICUT, Defendant. , D.Conn., November 4, 2009 Paul Daniel Reeder, Waterbury, CT, pro se. Thomas P. Clifford, III, Attorney General's Office, Hartford, CT, for Defendant. RULING RE: MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION (Doc. No. 31) JANET C. HALL, District Judge. Paul Reeder ("Reeder"), the plaintiff in this case, filed a Motion for Reconsideration on October 1, 2009 (Doc. No. 31). For the reasons that follow, the Motion is denied. While the Motion is not entirely clear as to what Reeder wishes this court to reconsider, the court construes ... Albert and Marie RODRIGUES, Plaintiffs, v. J.P. MORGAN CHASE BANK, as Trustee, and GMAC Mortgage Corporation, Defendants. , D.Conn., November 3, 2009 Daniel Shepro, Stuart Hawkins, Shepro & Blake, Stratford, CT, for Plaintiffs. Geoffrey K. Milne, Nicole L. Barber, Hunt Leibert Jacobson, P.C., Hartford, CT, for Defendants. RULING ON DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT PETER C. DORSEY, District Judge. Plaintiffs Albert and Marie Rodrigues brought this suit against Defendants J.P. Morgan Chase Bank ("J.P.Morgan"), the holder of a note and mortgage obtained by Plaintiffs, and GMAC Mortgage Corporation ("GMAC"), the servicer of the mor... UNITED STATES of America v. Terry L. PERKINS. , D.Conn., November 2, 2009 RULING RE: REDUCTION IN SENTENCE PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. § 3582 ELLEN BREE BURNS, District Judge. On April 30, 2008, the court issued an order denying the motion of the defendant, Terry L. Perkins ("Perkins"), for retroactive application of the sentencing guidelines for crack cocaine offenses pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). The court ruled that Perkins was not eligible for a reduced sentence because he had been sentenced to the statutory mandatory minimum term of 240 months imprisonment [do... William PERROTTI, Plaintiff, v. TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY, Edward St. John, Harwood Loomis, Thomas O'Loskey and Jean Donegan, Defendants. , D.Conn., November 2, 2009 Craig Thomas Dickinson, Dickinson & Mallow, Waterbury, CT, for Plaintiff. Kerry L. Keeney-Curtin, Scott M. Karsten, Karsten, Dorman & Tallberg LLC, West Hartford, CT, Robert W. Smith, Middlebury, CT, for Defendants. MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT WARREN W. EGINTON, Senior District Judge. In this action, plaintiff William Perrotti alleges that the Town of Middlebury ("Town"), former Town First Selectman Edward St. John, architectural consultant Harwood L... UNITED STATES of America, v. Jeffrey A. WALKER, Defendant. , D.Conn., November 2, 2009 RULING ON MOTION FOR REDUCTION IN SENTENCE PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. § 3582 ELLEN BREE BURNS, Senior District Judge. Jeffrey Walker ("Walker"), an inmate at the Fairton Federal Correctional Institution in Fairton, New Jersey, has moved for a reduction in his sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2), a statute which authorizes a court to reduce a sentence that is based on a Sentencing Guideline range that has been subsequently lowered by the Sentencing Commission. He seeks a reduction due to Am... Hector TIRADO, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent. , D.Conn., November 2, 2009 Hector Tirado, Otisville, NY, pro se. John B. Hughes, Peter D. Markle, Robert M. Spector, U.S. Attorney's Office, New Haven, CT, Nora R. Dannehy, U.S. Attorney's Office, Hartford, CT, for Respondent. RULING AND ORDER MARK R. KRAVITZ, District Judge. Petitioner Hector Tirado has filed a Motion to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence [doc. # 1] pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, in which he asserts that his counsel was ineffective for failing to argue that the disparity in the recommended sen... UNITED STATES of America v. Paul SALCE, Jr. , D.Conn., October 30, 2009 RULING FOLLOWING EVIDENTIARY HEARING JOAN G. MARGOLIS, U.S. Magistrate Judge. On November 20, 2001, defendant pled guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge Ellen Bree Burns to mail fraud and money laundering arising from his employment at OR & L Construction Corporation ["OR & L"]. (Dkts. 1-3). On February 8, 2002, Judge Burns sentenced him to fifty-one months imprisonment, three years of supervised release, and restitution to OR & L in the amount of $1,306,545.59, due and payable immediately... Oscar MORALES, Plaintiff v. CANCUN CHARLIE'S RESTAURANT, et al., Defendants. , D.Conn., October 30, 2009 Michael J. Wishnie, Jerome N. Frank Legal Services, New Haven, CT, for Plaintiff. David R. Biondi, Trumbull, CT, for Defendants. RULING ON MOTION FOR SANCTIONS CHRISTOPHER F. DRONEY, District Judge. The plaintiff, Oscar Morales ("Morales"), seeks sanctions in the form of a default judgment and attorneys' fees pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 37 for defendants' willful violations of discovery orders. For the reasons that follow, the motion for sanctions is granted, and default judgment is entered... UNITED STATES of America v. Tyree ROBINSON. , D.Conn., October 30, 2009 James I. Glasser, U.S. Attorneys, New Haven, CT, for United States of America. ORDER OF CONTEMPT JANET C. HALL, District Judge. On August 27, 2009, at the initial hearing for defendant Tyree Robinson on the Petition for Warrant or Summons for Offender Under Supervision (Doc. No. 106), the court ordered Robinson to be taken into custody after determining that he was a danger to the community. See Transcript of Proceedings held on August 27, 2009 ("Tr."), at 24:7-25:19 (Doc. No. 110). In resp... UNITED STATES of America v. James BOTTI, Defendant. , D.Conn., October 30, 2009 Alina Reynolds, Richard J. Schechter, U.S. Attorney's Office, Bridgeport, CT, Nora R. Dannehy, U.S. Attorney's Office, Hartford, CT, for United States of America. David T. Grudberg, Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt, Dow & Katz, P.C., New Haven, CT, for Defendant. ORDER ON MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION [Doc. # 170] HAIGHT, Senior District Judge: Defendant has filed a motion asking the Court to reconsider its ruling regarding the admissibility of testimony from three vendors--Skripek, Neves, and Papa--... David BJORKLUND v. WARDEN. , D.Conn., October 30, 2009 David Bjorklund, Suffield, CT, pro se. David M. Kutzner, Michael E. O'Hare, Chief State Attorney Office, Rocky Hill, CT, for Respondent. RULING ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS CHRISTOPHER F. DRONEY, District Judge. Petitioner, David Bjorklund, commenced this pro se action for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He challenges his Connecticut state court conviction for felony murder, robbery, assault and manslaughter on three grounds, including improper admission of... RBC NICE BEARINGS, INC. and Roller Bearing Company of America, Inc ., Plaintiffs, v. PEER BEARING COMPANY, Defendant. , D.Conn., October 29, 2009 Joseph W. Martini, Laura Ann Chubb, Wiggin & Dana, New Haven, CT, Raymond D. Thompson, Michaud-Duffy Group, Richard R. Michaud, Middletown, CT, for Plaintiffs. David S. Monastersky, John J. Bogdanski, Howd & Ludorf, Hartford, CT, James P. Muraff, Stephen Fedo, Thomas C. McDonough, Thomas E. Williams, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg, Chicago, IL, for Defendant. MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT [DOC. # 143] VANESSA L. BRY... Jake RUFFINO, Plaintiff, v. Theresa LANTZ, et al., Defendants. , D.Conn., October 28, 2009 Jake J. Ruffino, Somers, CT, pro se. Ann E. Lynch, Attorney General's Office, Hartford, CT, for Defendants. MEMORANDUM OF DECISION GRANTING THE DEFENDANTS' PARTIAL MOTION TO DISMISS [Doc. # 12] VANESSA L. BRYANT, District Judge. Plaintiff Jake Ruffino ("Ruffino") filed a complaint pro se under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000) challenging a requirement that inmates who are undergoing their first thirty days of Phase Two of the Administrative Segregation Program at Northern Correctional Instit... Robert PAYNE and Payne Investments LLC, Plaintiffs, v. TAYLOR VISION RESOURCES, Taylor Strategic Acquisitions, Taylor Strategic Divestitures, and Taylor Financial Services LLC, all defendants collectively operating under the name Taylor Companies, , D.Conn., October 28, 2009 Jose Antonio Aguiar, Kevin W. Gillen, Michael P. Berman, Berman & Sable LLC, Hartford, CT, for Plaintiffs. Douglas John Varga, Jacob D. Zeldes, Zeldes, Needle & Cooper, Bridgeport, CT, Jacob A. Stein, Stein, Mitchell & Mezines, Washington, DC, for Defendants. ORDER RE PREJUDGMENT INTEREST ALVIN W. THOMPSON, District Judge. For the reasons set forth below, the plaintiffs' request for an award of prejudgment interest pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes § 37-3a is granted in part. Prej... Tatum BASS, a minor, by William K. BASS and Nina B. Bass, her parents and next friends, Plaintiff, v. MISS PORTER'S SCHOOL and Katherine Windsor, Defendants. , D.Conn., October 27, 2009 David A. Ball, Richard L. Albrecht, Cohen & Wolf, P.C., Bridgeport, CT, Heather R. Spaide, Casper & De Toledo, Stamford, CT, for Plaintiff. James M. Sconzo, Jonathan C. Sterling, Michael G. Petrie, Jorden Burt, Louis N. George, Hassett & George, Simsbury, CT, for Defendants. ORDER JANET BOND ARTERTON, District Judge. In a Request for Production dated January 22, 2009, Defendants sought documents that were "related to [Plaintiff's] alleged teasing and taunting through 'text messages' and... RBC NICE BEARINGS, INC. and Roller Bearing Company of America, Inc ., Plaintiffs, v. PEER BEARING COMPANY, Defendant. , D.Conn., October 27, 2009 MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER GRANTING THE DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR PARTIAL JUDGEMENT ON THE PLEADINGS [DOC. # 141] VANESSA L. BRYANT, District Judge. The Plaintiffs, RBC Nice Bearings, Inc. and Roller Bearing Company of America, Inc. ("Plaintiffs"), brought this case for injunctive relief and damages against Peer Bearing Company ("Defendant" or "Peer"), asserting trademark infringement, unfair competition, advertising injury, and palming off/passing off claims in violation of Section 43(a) ... The Estate of Frederick MALI and Lucretia Mali, Plaintiffs, v. FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant. , D.Conn., October 27, 2009 Jacob B. Radcliff, Jamie Brickell, Robert M. Fleischer, Pryor Cashman LLP, New York, NY, John S. Rosania, Michael D. O'Connell, O'Connell, Flaherty & Attmore, Hartford, CT, for Plaintiffs. Elizabeth M. Festa, Mark B. Seiger, Robert D. Laurie, Seiger Gfeller Laurie LLP, West Hartford, CT, for Defendant. RULING ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND MOTION TO STRIKE AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES CHRISTOPHER F. DRONEY, District Judge. I. Introduction This case arises out of an insurance dispute between ... Nina REEVES, Plaintiff, v. Scott COOPCHIK, Defendant. , D.Conn., October 27, 2009 Adele Ruth Jacobs, Law Office of Adele R. Jacobs, Bridgeport, CT, for Plaintiff. J. Kevin Golger, McNamara & Kenney, Bridgeport, CT, for Defendant. RULING ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT PETER C. DORSEY, District Judge. Plaintiff, Nina Reeves, brings this personal injury action alleging that Defendant, Scott Coopchik, negligently and carelessly and/or recklessly caused Plaintiff injury and damages while she was a passenger on his motorboat. Defendant Scott Coopchik moves pursu... ERNST & YOUNG LTD. Bermuda and Ernst & Young LLP, Petitioners, v. Susan M. QUINN, et al., Respondents. , D.Conn., October 26, 2009 RULING RE: PETITION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION AND FOR A STAY (Doc. No. 1) JANET C. HALL, District Judge. I. INTRODUCTION Ernst & Young Ltd. Bermuda ("Ernst & Young Bermuda") and Ernst & Young LLP ("Ernst & Young US") (collectively, "Ernst & Young") bring this Petition to Compel Arbitration and For a Stay pursuant to the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards ("Convention"), implemented at 9 U.S.C. §§ 201-208. Ernst & Young asserts that the claims brought against ... Kerry WILLIAMS, Plaintiff, v. DELOITTE SERVICES, LP, Defendant. , D.Conn., October 26, 2009 Angelo Cicchiello, Emanuele Robert Cicchiello, Cicchiello & Cicchiello, Hartford, CT, for Plaintiff. Beverly W. Garofalo, Sally Downes Welch, Tanya Ann Bovee, Jackson Lewis, Hartford, CT, for Defendant. RULING RE: DEFENDANT'S PARTIAL MOTION TO DISMISS (Doc. No. 10) AND SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSE TO AMENDED COMPLAINT (Doc. No. 40) JANET C. HALL, District Judge. I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff, Kerry Williams ("Williams") brings this action against his former employer, defendant Deloitte Services LP ... NEW ENGLAND HEALTHCARE EMPLOYEES WELFARE FUND, et al. v. iCARE MANAGEMENT, LLC, et al. , D.Conn., October 26, 2009 John M. Creane, Michael E. Passero, Law Offices of John M. Creane, Milford, CT, for Plaintiffs. Jonathan M. Starble, Starble & Harris, Avon, CT, for Defendants. MEMORANDUM OF DECISION JOAN GLAZER MARGOLIS, United States Magistrate Judge. On December 9, 2008, plaintiffs New England Health Care Employees Welfare Fund ["Welfare Fund"], and New England Health Care Employees Pension Fund ["Pension Fund"][collectively "plaintiff Funds" or "plaintiffs"] commenced this action under Section 515 o... Jose REYES, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF BRIDGEPORT, Defendant. , D.Conn., October 26, 2009 John R. Williams, New Haven, CT, for Plaintiff. John Richard Mitola, City of Bridgeport, Office of the City Attorney, Bridgeport, CT, for Defendant. MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON SUMMARY JUDGMENT WARREN W. EGINTON, Senior District Judge. Plaintiff Jose Reyes, a former police sergeant with the Bridgeport Police Department, has brought this action against defendant City of Bridgeport, alleging racial discrimination, a racially-hostile work environment and retaliation for filing complaints of e... DISTRICT LODGE 26 OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS, AFL-CIO, Plaintiff, v. UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, PRatt & Whitney, Defendants. , D.Conn., October 23, 2009 Gregg D. Adler, Mary E. Kelly, Livingston, Adler, Pulda, Meiklejohn & Kelly, Hartford, CT, for Plaintiff. Albert Zakarian, Douglas W. Bartinik, Steven M. Greenspan, Day Pitney LLP-HTFD, Hartford, CT, for Defendants. RULING RE: MOTION BY STATE OF CONNECTICUT FOR LEAVE TO PARTICIPATE AS AMICUS CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF [Doc. No. 18] JANET C. HALL, District Judge. Plaintiff District Lodge 26 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO ("District Lodge ... Megan BUDD, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. , D.Conn., October 23, 2009 William L. Stevens, Slavin, Stauffacher & Scott, LLC, Watertown, CT, for Plaintiff. Lauren M. Nash, Ndidi N. Moses, U.S. Attorney's Office, New Haven, CT, for Defendant. ORDER MARK R. KRAVITZ, District Judge. On October 15, 2009, the Court held oral argument on Defendant's Motions for Summary Judgment [docs. # 42 and # 46]. [FN1] Having carefully considered the parties briefs and arguments, the Court granted summary judgment for Defendant from the bench and explained its reasons for doin... TIFD III-E INC., the Tax Matters Partner of Castle Harbour-I Limited Liability Company, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. , D.Conn., October 23, 2009 Ann H. Rubin, Anthony M. Fitzgerald, Carmody & Torrance, Waterbury, CT, David J. Curtin, Michael J. Desmond, William S. McKee, William F. Nelson, Bingham McCutchen, John A. Galotto, McKee & Nelson, Washington, DC, David S. Hardy, Carmody & Torrance, New Haven, CT, Suzanne C. Feese, King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff. Christine Grant Michaelis, Lara E. Ewens, Robert J. Higgins, Barry E. Reiferson, U.S. Department of Justice Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC, John B. Hughes, U.S. A... John F. LAWRENCE, Plaintiff, v. The RICHMAN GROUP OF CONNECTICUT, LLC, et al., Defendants. John F. Lawrence, Plaintiff, v. Wilder Richman Securities Corp., Defendant. , D.Conn., October 23, 2009 Brian P. Daniels, David R. Schaefer, Brenner, Saltzman & Wallman, New Haven, CT, Brian E. Tims, Jacob D. Zeldes, Marie A. Casper, Zeldes, Needle & Cooper, Bridgeport, CT, for Plaintiff. David A. Ball, Richard Slavin, Stuart M. Katz, Cohen & Wolf, P.C., Bridgeport, CT, Robert W. Turken, Bilzin Sumberg Dunn Baena Price & Axelrod, Miami, FL, for Defendants. ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO AMEND AND CLARIFY JUDGMENT JANET BOND ARTERTON, District Judge. On September 4, 2009, the Court entered an order,... Zulayka RUIZ, on behalf of her minor child, A.J.H., Plaintiff v. Michael J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendant. , D.Conn., October 23, 2009 Dennis G. Ciccarillo, Michalik, Bauer, Silvia & Ciccarillo, LLP, New Britain, CT, for Plaintiff. Brenda M. Green, U.S. Attorney's Office, Bridgeport, CT, for Defendant. MAGISTRATE'S OPINION THOMAS P. SMITH, United States Magistrate Judge. There is no question in this action under 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) that the plaintiff's child, a little girl ("AJH") now nine years old, has a severe impairment within the meaning of the regulations: AJH has cerebral palsy. 20 C.F.R. 916.924(c). 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