CONNECTICUT
CT Post
Published 08:38 p.m., Friday, July 20, 2012
By Michael P. Mayko
HARTFORD — Twenty-two lawsuits seeking hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of 23 Haitian boys who claim they were sexually abused by Douglas Perlitz will meet their first legal test on Aug. 7.
U.S. District Judge Robert Chatigny set aside that afternoon to hear oral arguments from a small army of defense lawyers seeking to dismiss the cases on various legal grounds.
On that day Chatigny will listen to arguments from both sides, ask questions and request written legal briefs. He could write a decision by early next year.
An attempt to settle the cases failed during an all-day session July 9 in Boston.
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