In the waning days of Chase Rogers’ decade as Chief Justice, the Supreme Court issued a flurry of decisions. One of the important ones is Ridgaway v. Mount Vernon Fire Ins. Co., 328 Conn. 60 (2018). Our office represented the plaintiff, whose case had been nonsuited for failure to comply with a court order to file a document. We claimed that a nonsuit (and the denial of the motion to open the nonsuit) was not proportional to the violation, citing the Millbrook test; Millbrook Owners Assn., Inc. v. Hamilton Standard, 257 Conn. 1, 14-15 (2001); which pertained to discovery violations. Until Ridgaway, it was unclear whether Millbrook applied outside the discovery context. The Supreme Court held
Intro by Karen L. Dowd We recently welcomed back Attorney Michael S. Taylor to the Firm as Of Counsel. As he decorated his office, he brought out a print of Red Elvis by Andy Warhol. Years ago, the painting was at issue in a case we successfully handled. I did not like or get the painting. Mike did. So on his return, he decided to explain his appreciation for the painting to me, an unreceptive Warhol viewer. While I still don’t like the painting, this makes for great, and timely, reading. RED ELVIS By Michael S. Taylor, Of Counsel Andy Warhol held a mirror to the face of America. Whether or not he was a genius – and the point is hotly debated among those who pronounce the truth of such