Prevention of Performance and Breach of Contract

 A recent Connecticut Supreme Court case (Blumberg Associates Worldwide, Inc. v Brown & Brown of CT)  addressed the prevention doctrine in breach of contract cases.  Under the prevention doctrine if a party to a contract prevents, hinders, or renders impossible the occurrence of a condition precedent to his or her promise to perform, or to […]

Withdrawn Negligence Defense In Rape Case Could Still Be A Problem

After making national news, Stamford Marriott Hotel & Spa has requested that its attorneys withdraw a special defense in a case involving a rape in its hotel parking garage.  In 2006, a 40 year old woman was sexually assaulted in front of her two small children in the hotel’s garage.  The assailant admitted the crime […]

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