• Dippin' Dots, Inc. v. Frosty Bites Distribution, LLC

    Plaintiff-Appellant Dippin' Dots, Inc. ("DDI") marketed and sold a brightly-colored flash-frozen ice cream product that consisted of free flowing small spheres or beads of ice cream. DDI had a distinctive logo made up of oval of blue, yellow...
  • Rufo v. Inmates of Suffolk Cty. Jail

    In 1971, inmates at a county jail in Suffolk County, Massachusetts sued the county sheriff, the state commissioner of corrections, the mayor of the city of Boston, and nine city councilors, claiming that inmates not yet convicted of the crimes charged...
  • Cyr v. J.I. Case Co.

    Plaintiff Mark Cyr sustained injuries when a bulldozer backed into him and crushed his leg. Cyr brought a strict liability and negligence action against defendants, manufacturer and seller. A jury returned special verdicts for defendants. Cyr appealed...
  • Barchus v. Johnson

    The buyer accepted the option to purchase certain lands by telephone within the option time limit but sent a written acceptance of the option eight days after the expiration of the time within which the seller had agreed to become bound by such acceptance...
  • Succession of Dubos

    The decedent was survived by collateral relations only. The decedent's half uncle was related to the decedent in the nearest degree, the third degree. After the half uncle died, his universal legatees sought to take the decedent's estate in his...
  • Blackmer v. Toohil

    The pedestrian sustained injuries after she tripped and fell over an oil hose that was laid across the sidewalk. The pedestrian filed a personal injury action against the oil truck owner. An auditor entered a decision for the pedestrian finding that the...
  • Favrot v. Barnes

    The ex-husband appealed from a trial court judgment awarding alimony to his ex-wife. The ex-husband claimed the award was unwarranted and alternatively excessive. The ex-husband claimed that a pre-marital agreement stipulating the separateness of property...
  • Bender v. James (In re Hintze)

    Matthew Bruce Hintze and Larina K. Hintze (the "Debtors") delivered a promissory note in the principal amount of $375,000 to Christopher James, the Defendant, on November 10, 2010. The promissory note included the following language: "As...
  • Walker v. Kelly

    The plaintiff, on behalf of himself and his minor son, Michael Walker, brought the present action under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-572 against the defendants, parents of Sharon Kelly, their minor daughter. The plaintiff alleged that Sharon willfully and...
  • Cullings v. Goetz

    Plaintiff complainant was injured by a sliding door at a garage. Plaintiff brought an action against defendants, lessee Goetz and lessor Nickleys, seeking damages for his injuries. The lease between Goetz and Nickleys was an oral one, and ran from month...