CT PostDaniel TepferHARTFORD—The state Supreme Court has overruled a lower court ruling and reinstated a lawsuit against Metro-North Railroad by the family of a Darien man who was killed in 2013 when he fell in front of a train.While a lower court had ruled the railroad is immune from negligence...
Connecticut Supreme Court says lawsuit against Metro North involving a Darien man struck and killed by a train can proceed
Hartford CourantEdmund H. MahonyThe 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 are not automatically preempted by the federal government’s rail safety regulations.The decision grew out of a...
Bemer sentenced to 10 years for sex trafficking; first civil case settles
The DayKaren FlorinDanbury 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, manipulative, destructive and long-running sex-trafficking scheme that targeted drug-addicted and mentally ill men.Bemer, 65, was placed in handcuffs as soon...