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  • Commonwealth v. Gross

    Publication Date: 2020-10-26
    Practice Area: Evidence
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge McLaughlin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-1156

    The trial court properly excluded evidence of defendant's pre-arrest breath test results given the unreliable nature of such results and the fact that excluding such evidence did not interfere with defendant's presentation of his voluntary intoxication defense in this first-degree murder case. The superior court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.

  • Olson v. Olson

    Publication Date: 2020-03-23
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
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    Court: Connecticut Superior Court, Stamford/Norwalk at Stamford
    Judge: Judge McLaughlin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: FA-10-4018452-S

    Plaintiff's Motion to Dismiss Granted; Court Found U.K. Court Still Had Exclusive Jurisdiction

  • K.N.B. v. M.D.

    Publication Date: 2020-02-10
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge McLaughlin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0132

    Protection order under the Protection of Victims of Sexual Violence or Intimidation Act affirmed where plaintiff presented credible testimony of a non-consensual sexual encounter with defendant and that she sought a protective order to avoid the apprehension and fear of continuing to encounter defendant. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • D.R.L. v. K.L.C.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-12
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge McLaughlin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0943

    Trial court properly overruled grandparents' exceptions to custody order where trial court thoroughly addressed statutory best interest factors and properly considered mother's concern with grandparents' interference into parenting issues. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Vaughan v. Olympus America, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-04-29
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care | Manufacturing
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge McLaughlin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0476

    Trial court abused its discretion in dismissing decedent's administrator's negligence and fraud claims against medical device maker for lack of personal jurisdiction and dismissing other defendants on forum non conveniens grounds because device maker engaged in relevant acts with an in-state company that was also its agent sufficiently to support specific jurisdiction and the private and public factors supported Philadelphia as the forum. Reversed.

  • In re: Adoption of K.C., a minor

    Publication Date: 2018-12-04
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge McLaughlin
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    Case Number: 18-1436

    Involuntary termination of parental rights affirmed where credible evidence demonstrated parent made only one inappropriate attempt to contact child in the six months prior to filing of the termination petition. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • In the Interest of A.J.K.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-03
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge McLaughlin
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    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0794

    Trial court properly terminated father's parental rights because Department of Human Services presented clear and convincing evidence for termination under §§2511(a)(1), (2), (5) and (8) where the record supported the factual findings that father did not have the capacity to parent the child and that termination was in the child's best interests. Affirmed.

  • S.S. v. K.F.

    Publication Date: 2018-06-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge McLaughlin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0764

    Trial court abused its discretion in ordering children to remain enrolled in a school district where neither parent lived and ordering the parties to pay the resulting tuition because neither parent requested or expected that result when mother filed a relocation petition and the trial court made little inquiry into the parties' financial situations. Vacated and remanded.