District judge reopens Van de Velde suit
State law claims resurrected in former Saybrook dean’s lawsuit against Yale, NHPD
Former Saybrook College Dean James Van de Velde’s ’82 lawsuit against the University and the New Haven Police Department opened a new chapter yesterday, when Connecticut District Court Chief Judge Robert Chatigny reopened Van de Velde’s state law claims.
Yale officials said they plan to respond to Chatigny’s ruling by refiling their motion to dismiss the state law claims.
Van de Velde, who was the only suspect ever named in the 1998 murder of Yale student Suzanne Jovin ’99, filed the 2001 lawsuit against five NHPD officials, including former New Haven Police Chief Melvin...
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