Cramer & Anderson has presented two $500 scholarships each year since 2020 to New Milford High School graduating seniors in honor of the firm’s Founding Partner Henry B. “Hank” Anderson. Applicants for the Henry B. “Hank” Anderson Memorial Scholarships are required to submit a copy of their transcript and write an essay responding to this prompt: […]
By Senior Partner Ryan HenryAnd Attorney Elizabeth “Lizzy” Gilbert In Connecticut, a car accident is never just a collision between vehicles. It’s also a collision of insurance policies – and there is a direct correlation between the drivers who cause the most severe accidents and those who carry the least insurance. While most responsible drivers
Uber has transformed how we travel, but when a ride-share experience results in injury, the question of who is responsible becomes critically important. Recent legal developments, including an $8.5 million jury award to a woman raped by an Uber driver, are reshaping Uber’s liability with regard to its passengers. The Feb. 5 jury verdict in
Cramer & Anderson is the Gold Sponsor for New Milford RiverFest, the celebration of the community and the Housatonic River that takes place at Young’s Field Park on the banks of the river on Oct. 4 and 5 this year. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days and admission is free, though there is
New Milford High School graduating seniors Grace Miller and Leo Mahlke are the recipients of the 2024 Henry B. “Hank” Anderson Memorial Scholarships. Two scholarships of $500 each are presented each year by Cramer & Anderson to honor Founding Partner Hank Anderson, who died in June 2019 at age 101. (Left, Hank Anderson in his later years wearing his
Water Witch Hose Company #2, a fire department in New Milford, bestowed honorary member status on Cramer & Anderson Partner Randy DiBella at its Sept. 7 meeting for his longtime community service pro bono work. “Through the years we have been able to look towards [Attorney DiBella] for legal counsel, which plays a pivotal role
Gov. Ned Lamont issued an executive order Aug. 5 that empowers municipal officials to impose new mask mandates in response to rising COVID numbers and the threat posed by the Delta variant. The Governor stopped short of issuing an official statewide call for universal masking, but the section of the executive order directed at towns
Arbitration and mediation are both examples of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) that are handled outside of the courtroom. Mediation can be used in many areas of the law, including divorce, personal injury and other litigation, property disputes, and more. While mediators have no power to resolve or decide a dispute, they often succeed in
The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEEP) issued a determination Oct. 20 that represents another critical setback for a controversial 18 MW solar photovoltaic facility planned for Candlewood Mountain. The project has been deemed a threat that could lead to the “extirpation” of a species on Connecticut’s endangered, threatened, and special concern species list. That
The Town of Kent filed a post-hearing brief with the Connecticut Siting Council Oct. 22 that details reasons why the application from Homeland Towers and New Cingular Wireless/AT&T to construct a cell tower at one of two sites in town is fatally flawed and must be denied. Homeland Towers and New Cingular Wireless/AT&T are asking