Legal Opinion
Clarke v. Sweeney
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided March 30, 2004No. CIV.A.3:00 CV 717(CF)PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON THE DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
DRONEY, District Judge.
This case arises out of the shocking murders of a young boy and his mother by a Bridgeport drug dealer named Adrian Peeler in January of 1999. Adrian Peeler killed Leroy “B.J.” Brown, Jr. and Karen Clarke to prevent them from testifying against his brother, Russell Peeler, who was awaiting trial for the murder of Karen Clarke’s boyfriend in the Connecticut Superior Court.
The plaintiff, Pearline Clarke, is B.J.’s grandmother and Karen’s mother, 1 and brought this action individually and as the administratrix of Karen…
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