Social Security Disability Appeal
Nov 10, 2012OUTCOME: Win
Client with diabetes denied disability for two years. I try the case before an administrative law judge.
Glastonbury, CT
Personal injury Lawyer at Glastonbury, CT
Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Car Accidents ... +5 more
OUTCOME: Win
Client with diabetes denied disability for two years. I try the case before an administrative law judge.
OUTCOME: $50,000 settlement (policy limit)
Driver T-bones client. Client suffers back pain. I recommend waiting one year before we consider resolving case. Client agrees. One year after wreck, client diagnosed with hip injury requiring surgery. ... Hip injury was causing back pain.
OUTCOME: Favorable
Large CT Firm filed a Motion to Dismiss. I successfully argued the motion should be denied. Court agreed. Case settled thereafter. http://caselaw.findlaw.com/ct-superior-court/1598081.html
OUTCOME: $45,000 settlement pre-suit
Driver violates safety rules by operating a motor vehicle while using a cell phone. Strikes my client's car. Client suffers injury to her hand.
OUTCOME: Favorable
Experienced housing mediator tells me "you need to settle...you can't beat Legal Aid". I went to trial. I won at trial in a hotly contested Section 8 eviction.
OUTCOME: Lost
Won an appeal of a denial of special permit at trial. Lost on appeal when court ruled my clients lacked standing. I wish the Supreme Court took this up but they didn't. https://www.jud.ct.gov/external/ ... supapp/Cases/AROap/AP119/119AP141.pdf
OUTCOME: Win
Bitterly contested commercial eviction case. Obtained a prejudgment remedy against tenant. Won judgment on the eviction. And won dismissal of the tenant's appeal to the appellate court.
OUTCOME: Win
Neighbor sued my client. I conducted discovery. Developed a theory of the case and destroyed the plaintiff's case. After a trial, the judge entered a finding that the plaintiff's suit was vexatious. I ... then recovered additional money for my client as a result of the vexatious litigation.
OUTCOME: Favorable
Neighbor was misusing a common driveway. I obtained an injunction preventing the neighbor from misusing a common driveway. I also obtained money damages for my client.
OUTCOME: Confidential Settlement
Fatal car wreck. Brought wrongful death case.