Latest Connecticut Headlines
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Connecticut Increases Motor Vehicle Fees
Jul 5 2011 // Cash-strapped Connecticut has increased a number of fees and charges at its Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). Among the fees are an $8 increase — up to $72 — for renewing licenses, a $25 fee for failing to renew on...
Conn. Man Wins Nearly $1M for Botched Eye Surgery
Jun 29 2011 // A 60-year-old Army veteran won a $925,000 settlement with the Department of Veterans Affairs after he was blinded in one eye during a routine outpatient cataract operation, his attorney said this week. Jose Goncalves of...
Roth Joins XS Brokers to Head New Connecticut Office
Jun 28 2011 // Patricia Roth has joined XS Brokers Insurance Agency Inc., a Northeast excess and surplus lines wholesale brokerage and managing general agency firm based in Quincy, Mass. Roth has joined the firm’s senior management...
Connecticut Insurance Licensing Going Paperless
Jun 27 2011 // Applying for insurance licenses in Connecticut is about to become a paperless experience. Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas B. Leonardi announced that beginning Aug. 1, 2011, applications for licensing will be...
Lawyers Immune to Ex-NFL Player’s Fraud Suit, Connecticut Court Rules
Jun 23 2011 // A state appeals court in Connecticut has ruled that ex-NFL player and investment firm founder Bob Simms can’t sue his ex-wife’s lawyers for fraud during a long-running divorce and alimony case, saying...
Connecticut Couple Wins $58M Malpractice Award
Jun 6 2011 // A jury has awarded a Connecticut couple $58 million after their baby was born with severe injuries in what the couple’s attorneys called the largest medical malpractice verdict in state history. The jury in Waterbury...
Connecticut Couple Wins $58M Malpractice Award
May 27 2011 // A jury awarded a Connecticut couple $58 million after their baby was born with severe injuries in what the couple’s attorneys called the largest medical malpractice verdict in state history. The jury in Waterbury...
Connecticut House Passes Municipal Liability Limits Bill
May 20 2011 // The Connecticut House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved a bill that limits the liability of cities and towns that make certain types of public lands available for recreational purposes. House members on...
Son’s Suicide Prompts Connecticut Father to Sue Town
May 19 2011 // The father of a Montville, Connecticut high school sophomore who killed himself has filed a notice that he intends to sue the town and the school district for negligence, alleging his son was driven to suicide by...
Connecticut Hospital Settles Sex Abuse Lawsuits
May 12 2011 // A Connecticut hospital has settled 32 lawsuits involving a now-dead doctor suspected of molesting scores of children over three decades through a bogus human growth study. Monday’s settlement came in the middle of...
Pool Company President Takes Blame for Connecticut Boy’s Drowning
Apr 15 2011 // A swimming pool company president charged in a Connecticut boy’s 2007 drowning pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide, a misdemeanor, for not installing a state-mandated safety device. David Lionetti had...
U.S. Shuts Down Massive Cyber Theft Ring
Apr 14 2011 // U.S. authorities claimed one of their biggest victories against cyber crime as they shut down a ring they said used malicious software to take control of more than 2 million PCs around the world, and may have led to theft...
Connecticut Says Bus Firm Used Uninsured Buses
Apr 11 2011 // Connecticut officials say they are investigating a charter bus company that allegedly transported 250 students to Washington, D.C., on unregistered and uninsured buses. The state Department of Motor Vehicles says its...
Connecticut Builders, Fire Officials Spar over Sprinkler Rule
Apr 5 2011 // With his Connecticut home-building business down more than 90 percent, the last thing Robert C. Fusari Sr. says he needs is a new rule telling him to spend thousands of dollars to install home sprinkler systems that...
Connecticut Lawmakers Approve Local Lawsuit Protection Bill
Apr 4 2011 // A proposal to protect Connecticut cities and towns from lawsuits over injuries on lands owned by municipal authorities has passed a key legislative committee. The Planning and Development Committee recently to approved a...
Crackdown on Distracted Drivers Under Way in Connecticut
Mar 30 2011 // Police in Connecticut are bolstering patrols this week to look for distracted drivers as part of a federal pilot program. Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman and police officials announced the fourth and final enforcement wave of the...
Connecticut Lawmakers Approve Local Lawsuit Protection Bill
Mar 28 2011 // A proposal to protect Connecticut cities and towns from lawsuits over injuries on lands owned by municipal authorities has passed a key legislative committee. The Planning and Development Committee voted 19-1 Friday to...
Connecticut Woman Tests State Workers’ Comp Laws
Mar 22 2011 // The fiancée of a victim of last August’s shooting rampage at a beer distributorship in Manchester, Connecticut is putting the state’s workers’ compensation benefits law to the test. Stephanie Laurin was...
Connecticut PIA Elects New Officers
Mar 11 2011 // James Berliner has been elected president of the Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut. He is president of Berliner-Gelfand & Co. Inc., in Bridgeport. Other newly elected officers are Vice President Brian...
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Mar 7 2011 // Jennifer McPhillips has been promoted to senior director of federal government affairs for the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) and will serve as one of the...
