Lawyer Representing High School in Mold Case Disqualified for Alleged Attempt to Alter or Conceal Evidentiary Document

HARTFORD, Conn. - According to a decision officially released May 21 by the Supreme Court of Connecticut, the lawyer representing Amity Regional Senior High School in its long-standing mold-related dispute with Atlas Construction Company was appropriately disqualified from the litigation for allegedly attempting to alter or conceal a document with evidentiary value. Carole W. Briggs v. Honorable Robert F. McWeeny, No. SC 16515 (Conn. Sup. Ct.).

The document, an engineering study on the ceiling problems at the high school, allegedly contradicted the opinions of Amity's expert witnesses regarding the cause of mold and water intrusion problems. The report was not …