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Lawsuit over bullying against Greenwich School District could go to trial in June 2022

Robert Marchant | Greenwich Time | GREENWICH, CT (August 1, 2021) — Nearly six years after the filing of a wrongful death lawsuit against the Greenwich Board of Education over its handling of the case of a student who, according to the lawsuit, was repeatedly bullied in school, a new trial date has been proposed… Read more >

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$18.75M settlement for family of Stamford woman killed in Greenwich

By John Nickerson, Stamford Advocate, STAMFORD, CT (August 5, 2019) — The family of a Stamford woman killed by a semitractor-trailer in Greenwich will receive a $18.75 million settlement from the truck’s company. Rather than allow a civil jury to come up with an even larger award, a New Jersey trucking company on Friday agreed… Read more >

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As Jury Deliberated, Connecticut Lawyers Reached $20M Settlement in Wrongful Death Case

By Robert Storace, Connecticut Law Tribune, STAMFORD, CT (August 2, 2019) — The estate of Ana Cristina Vomoca settled with defendants Jeffrey Bodnar and the companies that employed him as a driver—Food Haulers Inc. and its parent company Wakefern Food Corp. Vomoca died soon after the truck Bodnar was driving struck her car. Attorneys for… Read more >

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Death of Baby Leads to Filing of Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Women’s Health Care of New England

NORWALK, CT (November 27, 2018) – As a result of the preventable death of their baby boy, Zayn Botero-Choudhry, Maritza Botero and her husband, Naveed Choudhry, have filed a lawsuit against Women’s Health Care of New England, P.C., in Norwalk, CT, and Maryam Hedayatzadeh, M.D. The lawsuit asserts that Mrs. Botero was almost thirty-nine weeks… Read more >

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Court: Greenwich not immune from lawsuit over student suicide

Greenwich Time, GREENWICH, CT (August 10, 2018) — The town of Greenwich and its school system are not immune from a wrongful death lawsuit involving a 15-year-old boy who killed himself after what his parents say were years of being bullied, according to a ruling Friday from the second-highest court in Connecticut. Related Stories Palosz… Read more >

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Palosz case poised to move forward

By Robert Marchant, Stamford Advocate.  GREENWICH — Lawyers continue to spar over documents in a lawsuit filed by the parents of a 15-year-old Greenwich student who committed suicide in August 2013, as a key ruling might move the case forward after a slow start. A state Superior Court judge has denied a motion by the… Read more >

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Family of Bart Palosz sues Greenwich, public schools for failing to protect him from bullying

Almost two years after 15-year-old Bart Palosz committed suicide on the first day of his sophomore year at Greenwich High School, a lawsuit brought against the town sheds new light on the case and again raises the question of whether the school district should share the blame in the teenager’s decision to take his life. The… Read more >

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