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Summarizes CGS § 16-262e, which generally regulates when landlords may be liable for the costs of providing certain utility services to their tenants' buildings, the circumstances in which a utility company may terminate service to tenants because of their landlord's nonpayment and when landlords must provide utility companies with access to their meters or other facilities located on the premises of their tenants' buildings.

Discusses who is responsible if a tree (including a tree on state property) falls and damages another person's property under Connecticut law.

Discusses state law on liability for dog bites. Updates OLR research reports 2012-R-0459 and 2004-R-0308.

Discusses liability protections for Connecticut domestic non-stock corporation members and people who volunteer for these corporations.

Discusses whether there are any laws protecting neighborhood watch volunteers from liability.

Discusses Connecticut law on liability for dog bites.

Discusses the criminal liability of a person who, while driving under the influence of alcohol, causes a car accident that kills his or her passenger.

Discusses the civil liability of someone who operates a motor vehicle while intoxicated and causes the death of a passenger in an accident.

Discusses what financial liability family members or others have to pay for a relative in a nursing home.

Discusses state statutes that impose strict civil liability.

Discusses whether state law provides any immunity from liability for donors of food.

Discusses whether spouses are jointly responsible for debts incurred after they obtain a legal separation.

Describes the rationale for making parents partly liable for damages caused by their 16- and 17-year-olds' willful and wanton acts, in light of law enforcement's hesitance in assisting parents enforce house rules.

Explains if the state is liable for accidents or injuries sustained by firefighters at Connecticut regional fire schools because the state provides funding to them; and; who would be liable if the schools were under the jurisdiction of either the Commission on Fire Prevention and Control or the Dept. of Emergency Management and Homeland Security.

Discusses whose insurance carrier, the condominium association's or the unit owner's, is responsible for water damage to a condominium unit.

Provides a summary of PA 04-155, An Act Concerning Medical Malpractice Insurance Reform, which the governor vetoed.

Presents current issues facing Connecticut's Commission on Claims.

Discusses criminal and civil liability adults face for serving alcohol to minors.

Discusses when volunteer firefighters may be sued for actions undertaken in the course of performing firefighting duties in Connecticut. Surveys laws in the other New England states.

Discusses existing time limits for bringing civil claims against land surveyors, and what the effect would be if the statute of limitations currently applicable to architects and engineers were extended to land surveyors.

Discusses whether an individual can be civilly or criminally liable merely because he joins an organization which is formed to advocate certain lawful political or social goals.

Compares physicians' and hospitals' liability under the Connecticut Anatomical Gifts Act to that under the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (UAGA).

Discusses whether automobile leasing companies are subject to vicarious liability and must they carry insurance.

Discusses federal and state civil and criminal liability to which corporate officers and directors are subject.

Discusses if Connecticut law recognizes parent-teacher organizations (PTO), if so, whether it specifies their formation procedure, and if Connecticut provides any protection for PTO directors, officers, or members against civil liability.

Discusses whether a HMO can be held liable for a three-week delay in approving a doctor's prescribed change in medication for a seriously ill patient whose medical condition appears to have worsened because of the delay.

Discusses whether under Connecticut law, the state or municipalities could be liable for injuries caused by Connecticut police officers or firefighters while assisting in the rescue and recovery efforts in New York.

Discusses who is liable for injuries sustained as a result of the actions National guardsmen at the state's airports may take while in the line of duty.

Discusses several questions about the state's Dram Shop Act (CGS 30-102).

Discusses how the Department of Social Services (DSS) tells Medicaid, cash welfare, and Food Stamps recipients that the department can collect money from them or their legally liable relatives to repay the cost of government assistance.

Discusses Public Act 99-212, an Act Concerning Firearm Safety.

Discusses whether any Connecticut statute makes a person firing a gun responsible for where the bullet lands and any damage it causes.

Discusses a particular employer's unemployment compensation liability appeal and the relevant law, including the rationale for making all base period employers liable for the cost of providing employees with unemployment compensation benefits rather than the most recent employer alone.

Discusses whether a parent and her 19-year old Down Syndrome son can be held liable for property damage caused to another vehicle when the 19 year old stole and drove a vehicle that was left unattended and running on the side of road with its doors unlocked and the key in the ignition.

Discusses the doctrine of parental immunity underlying the 1998 Connecticut Supreme Court decision in Ascuitto v. Farricielli (244 Conn. 692), in which the court held that the doctrine applies to prevent children of divorced parents from bringing a negligence lawsuit against a noncustodial parent for injuries the child sustained while in that parent's home during a scheduled visitation.

Discusses what strict liability means as used in sSB 1167 and whether any other state law imposes strict liability.

Discusses whether directors and members of private social clubs can be held personally liable for civil rights violations or for personal injuries suffered because of negligence or intentional misconduct.

Discusses whether insurance companies maintain a list of vicious or dangerous dogs and, if so, what effect this may have on an owner's liability; owners are required to carry higher levels of insurance; and a landlord could (a) deny occupancy to a prospective tenant who owns a vicious or dangerous dog, (b) require a tenant to buy higher levels of liability coverage (homeowners' or tenants' policy), or (c) evict a tenant if he does not.

Discusses 1998 bills affecting parents and 16- and 17-year olds.

Discusses whether the parents of children who commit delinquent acts are liable for the damage or injuries their children cause.

Discusses how Connecticut and other states treat foster parents' liability for the violent acts of foster children in their care.

Discusses the liability of zoning enforcement officers under CGS § 8-12a (c).

Discusses whether the 1997 bill to provide financial assistance to needy grandparents raising their grandchildren passed.

Discusses current Connecticut laws which would allow a parent to be criminally charged if he or she knowingly, recklessly, or with criminal negligence gives another person access to a child and the child is abused.

Discusses how a municipality can legally shift liability from itself to a homeowner for injuries caused by snow and ice on sidewalks.

Compares the rights and responsibilities of an adoptive parent with those of a guardian.

Discusses whether the foster parents of a foster child are liable to an innocent accident victim if their child causes an accident while driving the vehicle of a friend.

Discusses whether a regular retirement or a disability retirement benefit is a collateral source within the meaning of our collateral source law.

Discusses CGS § 7-465, particularly as it concerns liability of health districts.

Discusses recent state Supreme Court case relating to lawsuits arising from athletic contests.