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Hearing officer admits testing and chain-of-custody documents into record in Finkelstein appeal
Summary
At a Connecticut Department of Public Health hearing continuing the appeal by Shalomo Finkelstein of a Oct. 16, 2024 notice of violation, the hearing officer admitted multiple exhibits — including chain-of-custody records, a laboratory affidavit and company documents from Assured Decontamination Services and EMLS — and swore a subpoenaed witness.
The hearing officer at a Connecticut Department of Public Health panel admitted a set of exhibits into the record on Feb. 26, 2025, in the appeal of Shalomo Finkelstein v. City of Hartford, and swore a subpoenaed witness from Assured Decontamination Services.
The records admitted included chain-of-custody documents, a WIPE analysis, company correspondence and a laboratory affidavit verifying test results from EMLS. The hearing officer said one item "was entered into the record as an appellant exhibit, and that was by mistake. It should be entered into the record as a local health exhibit." The panel reclassified and entered the documents accordingly.
Why this matters: the documents admitted will be part of the evidentiary record the panel uses to resolve Finkelstein's appeal of the Oct. 16, 2024 notice of violation. The laboratory affidavit and chain-of-custody records are…
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