Types of Cases We Handle for Individuals
Representative Matters
We had the pleasure of representing a woman who had worked for the Connecticut affiliate of a New York company for two decades. Upon retirement, the company promised to pay her medicare supplemental insurance premium for the rest of her life. When it learned she had taken a part-time position…
An attorney referred to us a good family friend who had been in a typical rear-end car accident. She had been represented by another attorney who told her she had no case. We pursued her claims, established that the other driver had been recklessly tailgating her for miles, and settled her case…
A former insurance agent hired us after she was terminated while taking FMLA leave. She had participated in a federal investigation into the company’s insurance business, and worked closely with the FBI as it pursued criminal charges. We argued she was a protected whistle blower and after…
We recovered a confidential settlement on behalf of our client, a former senior level manager with a Fortune 50 company, after 11 days of trial in federal court. The claims were for sex discrimination and retaliation. The Fortune 50 company was defended by two partners who head the employment…
Homeowner’s Father-in-Law Fells Tree, Striking Our Client
Attorney John Doran, with assistance from Anthony Minchella, represented an individual from New York who was struck by a falling tree while innocently installing a fence for his employer’s customer. Our client had been working at…
A Pennsylvania attorney referred us a woman who had fallen in her room’s bathtub at a Connecticut hotel near the casinos. This case normally might not be one where the hotel would seem at fault initially, but our investigation showed that the hotel had been undergoing renovations and…
Recovering Investment in Albanian Airline
We represented, on an alternative fee basis, a married couple who had invested $250,000 in a chartered airline flying non-stop from Kennedy airport to Albania and Kosovo. It was an attractive investment, or so they thought, because at that time…
We helped an attorney successfully defend claims by his former law partner and spouse that she was entitled to additional distributions from their former law partnership. We prevailed on a summary judgment motion, thereby avoiding a costly trial, and then successfully defended that ruling on…