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J. Bryant denies the police officers' motion for summary judgment, ruling they are not entitled to qualified immunity on excessive force claims brought by the estate. There are too many questions of fact to allow the court to determine whether the officers' actions following an attempted block-in of the decedent's vehicle were reasonable. The speed of the decedent's vehicle, the path of the vehicle in relation to the officers who fired the fatal shots, and whether the decedent struck police vehicles or police vehicles struck the decedent's car are all questions of fact that must be answered by a jury.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Bryant, Filed On: December 4, 2023, Case #: 3:18cv1594, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, Immunity, Wrongful Death
J. Bryant grants the board of education's motion for summary judgment, ruling the black employee cannot make a prima facie case for race discrimination. Although a white male was hired for the CFO position, it is undisputed he scored the highest on the exam used to test all of the candidates, which gave the board a legitimate reason to select him for the job. Meanwhile, the employee's abuse of the school's health insurance program to allow her ex-husband to remain on the plan for years after he was ineligible gave the board a legitimate reason to fire her.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Bryant, Filed On: September 22, 2023, Case #: 3:20cv1463, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Education, Employment Discrimination, Employment Retaliation
J. Bryant grants the insurers' motion for summary judgment, ruling the undisputed evidence in the record proves the construction company failed to provide any justification for the 49 payments made on fraudulent bond claims, which entitles the insurers to more than $2.9 million in treble damages on the civil theft claim.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Bryant, Filed On: September 22, 2023, Case #: 3:21cv58, NOS: Other Fraud - Torts - Personal Property, Categories: Fraud, Insurance, Damages
J. Bryant finds in favor of a severely disabled man on his Fair Credit Reporting Act claim, which alleged that CoreLogic violated the act by failing to disclose the man’s consumer report upon request. However, the court finds no actual damages, only statutory and punitive damages in the amount of $4,000 total, because there are “too many unanswered questions” for the court to find that WinnResidential would have accepted the man’s application to move in with his mother had she received his consumer report sooner.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Bryant, Filed On: July 20, 2023, Case #: 3:18cv705, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Damages
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J. Bryant upholds the bankruptcy court's dismissed of rapper 50 Cent's counterclaims against the law firm and attorneys who previously represented him and made a claim for attorney fees during his bankruptcy proceedings. His fiduciary duty claims were duplicative of his legal malpractice claims because they sought the same relief and operated on the same set of allegations. Meanwhile, the conflict of interest claim was properly dismissed because 50 Cent made only conclusory allegations the attorneys' representation of Rick Ross, a material witness in the underlying case against the rapper filed by a woman involved in a sex tape, prejudiced the outcome of the case. Affirmed.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Bryant, Filed On: June 30, 2023, Case #: 3:21cv911, NOS: Bankruptcy Appeal 28 USC 158 - Bankruptcy, Categories: Bankruptcy, Fiduciary Duty, Legal Malpractice
J. Bryant denies the architectural designer's motion for a preliminary injunction, ruling his failure to provide evidence his commercial speech, including advertisements for architectural services despite not being a licensed architect, was chilled by the Connecticut Architectural Licensing Board's inquiry into whether such advertisements violate state licensing laws prevents him from proving irreparable harm.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Bryant, Filed On: June 27, 2023, Case #: 3:23cv624, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Licensing, First Amendment