Court Sustains Athletic Director’s Claim Against Player’s Mom

A federal judge from the District of Connecticut has denied a motion to dismiss brought by a mother, who was sued by an athletic director after multiple encounters in which she allegedly shouted and cursed the AD in public.   Specifically, the court found that defendant mom, Cathy Finkle, failed to sufficiently rebut the East Haven Public Schools AD Fred Balsamo’s claim that she either negligently or intentionally inflicted emotional distress upon him.   The incidents leading to the