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Fairfield Fire Lt. John Calandriello Named Race Director of Faxon Law Fairfield Road Races
April 10, 2020Fairfield, CT—For the third time in 40 years, a Fairfield Firefighter will direct the Faxon Law Fairfield Road Races. Fire Lieutenant John Calandriello, a professional fir...
Faxon Law New Haven 20K Elite Coordinator Heads to Atlanta for Olympic Marathon Trials
February 27, 2020Atlanta, GA—The Faxon Law New Haven Road Race is proud to announce the race’s Elite Athlete Coordinator, John Tolbert, is headed to Atlanta this weekend for the 2020...
10 years later, Kleen Energy families still seek closure
February 07, 2020Ten years after an explosion at the nearly-finished Kleen Energy Systems power plant in Middletown killed six employees and injured dozens more, families of victims and survivor...
Metro-North Braces for Trial in State Court After SCOTUS Declines to Hear Case
January 13, 2020The U.S. Supreme Court Monday denied a request from Metro-North Commuter Railroad Co. that it accept jurisdiction over Connecticut litigation over a man’s fall in front of...
Report by Cheshire-based Legion of Christ reveals its former leader molested at least 60 children
December 23, 2019An internal investigation by the Cheshire-based Legion of Christ has identified 175 victims of sexual assault by priests, including 60 victims of the now-disgraced founder of th...
Hospital Suit Settled Out of Court
October 30, 2019BRATTLEBORO — A lawsuit against Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, Windham Radiology Associates and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic has been settled out of court. The suit,...
Not the retiring type: Faxon Law New Haven Road Race regular Luke Puskedra is back
September 01, 2019A few weeks ago, Luke Puskedra found himself in a van full of running friends as part of a team called “Worst Pace Scenario,” running three 7-mile legs of the Cascad...
Making a Run
August 30, 2019The Faxon Law New Haven Road Race is unusual among New Haven events insofar as the event comes to many of its spectators. As runners gradually burn through 20 kilometers of New ...
Bruce Bemer, Glastonbury businessman convicted in sex ring, has settled a string of lawsuits from victims
July 12, 2019As he awaits an appeal of his felony human trafficking conviction, Glastonbury businessman Bruce Bemer has settled nearly a dozen lawsuits filed by young men, many with mental i...
Case Proceeds Against Metro-North After Man Falls From Platform Before Oncoming Train
July 11, 2019The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 did not preempt negligence claims against Metro-North Railroad over the 2013 death of Kevin Mur...
Court reinstates lawsuit against Metro-North by family of Darien man killed by train
July 08, 2019HARTFORD...
Connecticut Supreme Court says lawsuit against Metro North involving a Darien man struck and killed by a train can proceed
July 05, 2019The state Supreme Court ruled Friday that the estate of a man struck and killed by a Metro-North train can press a suit against the commuter line because state negligence claims...
Bemer sentenced for role in Danbury sex ring, agrees to pay settlement to one victim
June 17, 2019DANBURY—A Glastonbury millionaire will be trading in a life of luxury for at least 10 years in jail for his role in a local sex-trafficking ring.Dressed in a n...
Bemer sentenced to 10 years for sex trafficking; first civil case settles
June 17, 2019Danbury Superior Court Judge Robin Pavia on Monday sentenced Bruce Bemer, the Waterford-New London Speedbowl owner, to 10 years in prison, saying he had engaged in a detailed, m...
Glastonbury businessman Bruce Bemer sentenced to 10 years in prison in Danbury sex trafficking case
June 17, 2019Glastonbury businessman Bruce Bemer was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for his role in a Danbury sex trafficking ring that preyed upon vulner...
Meek Mill's Request Not To Be Deposed Countered By Shooting Victim's Family
June 07, 2019They say they have every right to question the rapper. An unfortunate incident left two families mourning the losses of Jaquan Graves and Travis Ward. The two...
Dare repeats as men’s champ
June 02, 2019FAIRFIELD—After crossing the finish line at the Faxon Law Fairfield Half Marathon on Sunday, Timothy Milenkevich rolled over onto the Jennings Beach pavement, which d...
Bemer sex-trafficking sentencing delayed; civil case moves forward
May 24, 2019The sentencing of businessman Bruce Bemer, who faces up to 60 years in prison for sex trafficking of drug addicted and mentally disabled men, will be delayed until at least mid-...
A Price to Pay
May 18, 2019Glastonbury businessman Bruce Bemer, who was convicted of human trafficking crimes in April for paying for sex acts with young men brought to him by an associate, could face maj...
Attorney in Brattleboro Memorial Hospital lawsuit: Plaintiff's death 'preventable'
April 27, 2019BRATTLEBORO — A woman who was suing Brattleboro Memorial Hospital for failing to exercise reasonable care in the treatment of a "highly suspicious mass on her left kidney"...
Racing season a go, but future of Waterford track uncertain
April 12, 2019The New London-Waterford Speedbowl, which wealthy businessman Bruce J. Bemer bought at auction in 2014, is on track for a delayed opening this season and its future ownership is...
Bemer found guilty in sex trafficking case
April 10, 2019A jury in Danbury Superior Court on Wednesday found businessman Bruce J. Bemer guilty of sex trafficking charges that could land him a prison term of up to 60 years and appears ...
State rests its sex trafficking case against Waterford Speedbowl owner
April 04, 2019Businessman Bruce J. Bemer and Robert King exchanged photos and text messages about the young men King was providing to Bemer for sexual encounters, according to testimony Thurs...
Suit: Signs were there - Attorney claims former Waterbury priest preyed on children
February 03, 2019WATERBURY ...
The rise and fall of Rev. Daniel McSheffery, the ‘sickest, sociopathic monster ever to wear a Roman Catholic collar in Connecticut’
February 01, 2019A grainy photograph from 1964 shows a collar-wearing Rev. Daniel McSheffery receiving his badge from Hartford’s city manager and fire chief – the young priest toweri...
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