Conn. Justice Questions 'Credibility Contest' In Fatal Fire Suit

By Brian Steele ( November 5, 2025, 4:53 PM EST) -- A Connecticut Supreme Court justice wondered Wednesday if a trial court should rely on expert affidavits to determine the law in a foreign jurisdiction, probing whether a "credibility contest" was the right method for deciding that a lawsuit over a massive fatal fire belongs in the Philippines instead of the U.S....

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