Caroline E. Skelton

Caroline is an associate in the firm's Casualty Department where she handles matters involving transportation related claims, employment liability, and personal injury for the firm's Connecticut clients. Caroline earned her juris doctor from Quinnipiac University School of Law in 2017 and her B.A. from York College of Pennsylvania. During college, Caroline spent a semester at Oxford University in England where she studied social psychology and moral philosophy.

During law school, Caroline served as the Business Managing Editor of the Quinnipiac Law Review. During her second year she served as an intern for the Honorable Joan G. Margolis in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. She also worked as a law clerk at a small law firm in Hamden, Connecticut where she worked on cases involving property insurance, personal injury, and family law.

Caroline is admitted to practice in Connecticut.

Year joined

2017

Results

Defense obtains a minority view win in a personal injury/dram shop action in the Connecticut Superior Court.

Hospitality & Liquor Liability
February 16, 2022

After suffering severe brain damage in a motor vehicle accident, the plaintiff brought claims of negligence and recklessness against our restaurant client and other various defendants, including the owners and operator of the offending vehicle, who was charged with multiple criminal offenses (still pending) for operating under the influence. On behalf of our client, cross-claims were asserted for contribution and indemnification.

Thought Leadership

Marshall Dennehey Opens Office in New Haven, Connecticut

March 1, 2022
Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin announced today that the Am Law 200 firm has opened its newest office in New Haven, Connecticut, in the Granite Square office complex located at 700 State Street.

Classes / Seminars Taught

Civil Litigation State of Affairs - The Impact of COVID-19 in New York and Connecticut & What’s Next, Marshall Dennehey Client Webinar, May, 2021