214 results for 'court:"USDC Connecticut"'.
J. Williams grants the trademark owner's motion to dismiss counterclaims filed by the infringing competitor, ruling its unfair competition and securities claims fail because there are no allegations of unlawful securities transactions and the claims also deal with the owner's actions in the Japanese market, which are outside the scope of the relevant statute.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Williams, Filed On: March 25, 2024, Case #: 3:20cv1056, NOS: Trademark - Property Rights, Categories: Securities, Trademark, Jurisdiction
J. Williams denies the trademark owner's motion for sanctions, ruling the infringing company provided documents requested after its initial discovery responses were insufficient, while the owner provides no support for its claim the documents are unusable or not what it requested following the first round of discovery.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Williams, Filed On: March 25, 2024, Case #: 3:20cv1056, NOS: Trademark - Property Rights, Categories: Sanctions, Trademark, Discovery
[Consolidated.] J. Chatigny denies, in part, the detectives' motion for summary judgment, ruling their alleged coercive tactics on several key witnesses to force identifications of the wrongfully convicted individuals likely affected the outcome of the trial and establishes a Brady violation for the state's failure to disclose off-the-record statements made by the witnesses.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Chatigny, Filed On: March 19, 2024, Case #: 3:19cv388, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, Evidence
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J. Meyer denies, in part, the board of education's motion for summary judgment, ruling that while the teacher being summoned to disciplinary meetings and having a negative comment on her performance review are not typical examples of adverse employment actions, they are sufficient to create an issue of fact and allow the First Amendment retaliation claim to proceed for the board's actions in the wake of critical comments made by the teacher regarding the district's Covid-19 policies.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Meyer, Filed On: March 19, 2024, Case #: 3:22cv425, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Education, Covid-19, First Amendment
J. Nagala grants, in part, the deckhand's motion for conditional class certification, ruling the four employee declarations regarding the employer's refusal to compensate them for time spent moving boats to and from jobsites, which deprived them of overtime pay, are sufficient at this stage to demonstrate a workplace policy that violates the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Nagala, Filed On: March 19, 2024, Case #: 3:23cv46, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: Evidence, Class Action, Labor
J. Shea denies the credit agencies' motion to dismiss, ruling that even though the borrower's settlement and revocation of acceptance with the car dealer do not objectively show a transfer of the debt, the "60 days late" statements on the borrower's credit report are objectively inaccurate and give him standing to pursue Fair Credit Reporting Act claims.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Shea, Filed On: March 18, 2024, Case #: 3:23cv518, NOS: Consumer Credit - Other Suits, Categories: Evidence, Consumer Law
J. Nagala grants the employer's motion for summary judgment, ruling that while the black employee was qualified for the school district's director of transportation position, he does not dispute the candidate who was ultimately hired was more qualified and had more relevant experience. Furthermore, the comments made in a newspaper that labeled him "lazy" and a "slacker" are not race-based and were made by an individual who was not intimately involved with the hiring process.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Nagala, Filed On: March 18, 2024, Case #: 3:21cv925, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Evidence, Employment Discrimination
J. Williams denies, in part, the employer's motion for summary judgment, ruling the age discrimination claim may proceed. Although the fired employee's performance review was not completely positive, she did not receive any failing marks and was not placed on a performance improvement plan, while she was also replaced by someone nearly half her age after her termination. However, because the employee's supervisor was aware of her disability, allowed her to work from home almost exclusively and never made any remarks about the disability in the lead-up to or during termination proceedings, the disability discrimination claims fail and must be dismissed.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Williams, Filed On: March 15, 2024, Case #: 3:21cv136, NOS: Amer w/Disabilities-Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Ada / Rehabilitation Act, Employment Discrimination
J. Bolden grants, in part, the employer's motion to dismiss, ruling the employee's termination alone is insufficient to establish either negligent or intentional infliction of emotional distress claims, especially considering the employer merely enforced its drug policy when it discovered the employee used prescription painkillers and marijuana to alleviate back pain.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Bolden, Filed On: March 15, 2024, Case #: 3:23cv1054, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Emotional Distress, Employment Discrimination
J. Vatti denies, in part, the financial advisor's objections to the insurer's motion to compel, ruling he must provide requested documents about his clients. The information is not protected by any sort of privilege and is crucial to the insurer's investigation into his application for long-term disability benefits that stems from his alleged inability to manage client funds after a traumatic brain injury.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Vatti, Filed On: March 15, 2024, Case #: 3:21cv1277, NOS: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) - Labor, Categories: Erisa, Evidence, Discovery
J. Haight grants the assistant superintendent's motion for judgment on the pleadings, ruling the parents' failure to cite any specific actions taken by the official as an individual that infringed or may have infringed on their constitutional rights is fatal to all of their constitutional claims related to the alleged discrimination their children suffered.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Haight, Filed On: March 14, 2024, Case #: 3:22cv1130, NOS: Education - Civil Rights, Categories: Education, First Amendment
J. Dooley denies the supervisor's motion to dismiss, ruling the fired employee has established a First Amendment retaliation claim. Although comments about the treatment of a homeless individual at the coworkers' medical clinic were part of the employee's job duties, she was not a public employee and, therefore, her speech was protected.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Dooley, Filed On: March 14, 2024, Case #: 3:23cv127, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Employment, First Amendment
J. Meyer denies Home Depot's motion to dismiss, ruling the emotional harms suffered by the black woman who was falsely accused of being a thief and a getaway driver while in a store parking lot are sufficient to constitute a concrete harm and establish jurisdiction for her emotional distress claims. Although being accused of theft is not inherently racist, the employee used the words "you people" and "nigger" during his tirade, which is conduct sufficient to allow the emotional distress claims to proceed.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Meyer, Filed On: March 12, 2024, Case #: 3:23cv415, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Evidence, Emotional Distress, Jurisdiction
J. Shea denies, in part, the insurer's motion to dismiss, ruling that although the Covid-19 testing provider has not supplied evidence of the insurer's denial of other companies, its proof of hundreds of denied claims for reimbursement of its own testing services is sufficient to establish a plausible claim for an unjust business practice under the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Shea, Filed On: March 12, 2024, Case #: 3:22cv83, NOS: Insurance - Contract, Categories: Health Care, Insurance, Covid-19
J. Williams grants the employer's motion for summary judgment, ruling there is no evidence to indicate the company considered the employee's request for Family and Medical Leave Act to provide care for her mother when it fired her for falsification of a patient document; therefore, the FMLA interference claim fails as a matter of law. Additionally, even though she was fired two weeks after she made her FMLA request, the retaliation claim also fails because the document falsification gave the employer a legitimate reason to fire the employee.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Williams, Filed On: March 12, 2024, Case #: 3:22cv469, NOS: Family and Medical Leave Act - Labor, Categories: Employment Discrimination, Employment Retaliation
J. Williams grants, in part, the Postmaster General's motion to dismiss, ruling the sparse details regarding incidents of sexual harassment, which include a coworker attempting to initiate contact and making sexual comments, are insufficient to support the employee's claims for hostile work environment and sexual harassment.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Williams, Filed On: March 12, 2024, Case #: 3:21cv1066, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Employment, Evidence
J. Oliver denies, in part, the insurance company's motion to dismiss, ruling the lead plaintiff has standing to pursue damages for disparate treatment under the Affordable Care Act despite no longer being a member of the insurance plan. The previous denials of benefits for artificial insemination procedures are traceable to the insurer and can be redressed through damages. However, because the lead plaintiff will not suffer future harm as a result of her leaving the plan, she cannot seek prospective relief through a declaratory judgment, and that portion of her complaint will be dismissed.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Oliver, Filed On: March 12, 2024, Case #: 3:22cv229, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Health Care, Insurance, Class Action
J. Dooley grants the employer's motion to dismiss, ruling the fired nurse's First Amendment retaliation claim fails as a matter of law because her speaking out to request extended stay in the medical facility for a homeless individual clearly fell within the scope of her job responsibilities and, therefore, was not protected speech.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Dooley, Filed On: March 11, 2024, Case #: 3:23cv127, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Employment Retaliation, First Amendment
J. Nagala grants the employees' motion for class certification, ruling that although the class members were employed by FedEx for different periods of time and had minor differences in their job duties, they were all subject to the same pre-work security screenings and satisfy commonality requirements.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Nagala, Filed On: March 8, 2024, Case #: 3:21cv1644, NOS: Other Labor Litigation - Labor, Categories: Evidence, Class Action, Labor
J. Underhill grants the patentholder's motion for a preliminary injunction, ruling that because the infringing company and its owners have yet to make any payments on a $17 million judgment entered more than five years ago, the patentholder will likely never recover the judgment and will suffer irreparable harm without an injunction to prevent the fraudulent transfer of any remaining assets.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Underhill, Filed On: March 1, 2024, Case #: 3:22cv840, NOS: Other Fraud - Torts - Personal Property, Categories: Fraud, Settlements, Injunction
J. Underhill denies the motion to dismiss filed by the company that infringed on the flood prevention device patent, ruling allegations made by the patentholder regarding the company's owners and family members transferring their ownership interests after they became aware of litigation are sufficient to prove fraudulent intent and allow fraudulent transfer claims to proceed.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Underhill, Filed On: March 1, 2024, Case #: 3:22cv840, NOS: Other Fraud - Torts - Personal Property, Categories: Fraud, Patent
J. Shea grants Yale University's motion for summary judgment, ruling the employee's performance issues over a number of years, including many problems she admitted to during her deposition, gave the university a legitimate reason to fire her despite her claims of age and race discrimination.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Shea, Filed On: February 29, 2024, Case #: 3:21cv1552, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Employment Discrimination, Employment Retaliation
J. Meyer denies the state marshal's motion for summary judgment, ruling that while there is no direct evidence he was the one who damaged the tenant's belongings following her eviction, his control over the eviction process and circumstantial evidence, including the tenant's claim he was "angry, violent, and vicious," especially after she slammed the door on his foot, is sufficient to allow the civil rights claim to proceed.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Meyer, Filed On: February 29, 2024, Case #: 3:21cv1379, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, Evidence
J. Dooley grants the insurer's motion for summary judgment, ruling its policy with the homeowner sued by the parents of a child injured in her care does not require coverage for the underlying lawsuit. The nature of the child's injuries were caused by intentional conduct and, therefore, do not constitute an occurrence under the policy.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Dooley, Filed On: February 27, 2024, Case #: 3:22cv889, NOS: Insurance - Contract, Categories: Insurance, Contract