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Courant Asks Judge Again To Throw Out Watchdog Wrongful Termination Suit
The Courant and Tribune companies have again request that my wrongful termination suit be thrown out, claiming that I do not have legal recourse. The companies succeeded in their first request to dismiss and my lawyer, Joseph Garrison of New Haven filed an amended complaint, which is the subject of this motion. Since I do [...]
Watchdog Wrongful Termination Suit Against Courant, Tribune, resurrected
As promised, my wrongful termination suit against The Courant and Tribune companies has been resurrected by my attorney, Joseph Garrison of New Haven. Garrison today filed an amended complaint in Hartford Superior Court, focusing on the expressed promises made to me by Courant executives that advertising pressure would not adversely impact my job as the [...]
Judge Dismisses Watchdog’s Wrongful Termination Suit Against Courant And Tribune Companies
Hartford Superior Court Judge Marshall Berger has dismissed my wrongful termination suit against The Hartford Courant and the Tribune Co., agreeing with the firms that I did not have a legal basis to bring to suit. The dismissal, dated Monday but made available to me this afternoon, is a victory for the newspaper companies and [...]
Better Bedding’s Death Decried By Furniture Trade Magazine
“Better Bedding, the East Hartford, Conn.-based sleep shop chain recently sold to Sleepy’s, deserved a better fate than it received,” writes David Perry in his recent Furniture Today article about the former Connecticut company. “The sale to Sleepy’s took the founding Wholley family, a name synonymous with integrity and professionalism, out of the business the [...]
Courant Insists It Has Legal Right To Tell Columnists/Reporters To Go Light On Advertisers And Coaches
The public and the staff of the nation’s oldest newspaper of continuous circulation might be interested to know that The Courant’s legal position is that it was has the right to fire a columnist if he or she is too tough on its advertisers or it they are too critical of a University of Connecticut [...]
No Evidence Of Sleepy’s Systematically Selling Old Mattresses As New
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said today that his investigation into Sleepy’s has not produced any evidence that the nation’s largest retailer of mattresses has been systematically selling returned mattresses as new. Nor has Blumenthal seen any concrete evidence that Sleepy’s has delivered mattresses that were infested with bedbugs, despite receiving 28 complaints to that [...]
Is Courant Justified To ID West Hartford Coach Prior To A Formal Charge?
I wonder whether The Courant was doing its journalistic duty or just trying to sell newspapers at the expense of a West Hartford teacher who might have done nothing wrong, but faces destruction of his reputation. I am referring to this morning’s CTNOW cover page story of a West Hartford teacher under investigation for sending questionable [...]
National Consumer Attorney Group Honors Connecticut Watchdog Editor & Publisher
The National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA) presented George Gombossy with NACA’s 2009 Media Award at their annual meeting held last month in Philadelphia. The award last year was given to two reporters from Business Week.
Gombossy was the first investigative consumer columnist in the Hartford Courant’s history, and unfortunately, probably its last, as he was fired on Aug. 14, 2009, after refusing to “be nice” to the papers’ major advertisers. For over three years, Mr. Gombossy served as the advocate for Connecticut’s consumers, working with thousands of readers who sent him complaints and tips. His Watchdog columns resulted in more than a dozen state investigations and improved customer service at many local and regional companies. He continues to rattle the chain of big business with his www.CtWatchdog.com website.
Ct Atty Gen Investigating Sleepy’s on 25 Customer Allegations Of Bedbugs
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal’s investigation into consumer complaints that Sleepy’s delivered used mattresses instead of new ones has expanded to include allegations from 25 customers that they were sold mattresses that had bedbugs. Sleepy’s adamantly denies selling used mattresses and says it is impossible for any customer to have had a bedbug infestation from its products. [...]
Watchdog Sues Tribune: accuses Courant of violating its written News Mission, by pressure to be nice to major advertisers
As promised, New Haven attorney Joseph Garrison has filed my wrongful termination lawsuit against The Courant, accusing the country’s oldest continuously published newspaper of violating its written News Mission, or what I call its ethics policy, when it fired me last month for refusing to “be nice” to major advertisers.
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