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Connecticut High Court Nixes Workers’ Comp for Firefighter With Heart Condition
Jul 17 2023 // A firefighter must be shown to have worked 20 or more hours a week to be eligible for workers’ compensation benefits under state law, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled in reversing an appeals court and state...
Vermont Residents, Businesses Turn to Recovery From Flooding Amid Mud, Debris
Jul 13 2023 // Floodwaters receded in Vermont cities and towns pummeled by a storm that delivered two months of rain in two days, allowing officials to focus on recovering from a disaster that trapped residents in homes, closed roadways...
Rain Eases After Flooding Vermont, Other Northeast States But More Expected
Jul 12 2023 // A storm that left up to two months` worth of rain in Vermont and saturated other parts of the Northeast was moving out Tuesday, but more flooding was expected after already cutting off access to some communities, including...
Agent’s Failure to Disclose Dog Comes Back to Bite Homeowner
Jul 12 2023 // A Connecticut homeowner who is being sued by a woman who alleges his dog bit her in the face is not entitled to insurance coverage because his home insurance application, which was completed by his insurance agent,...
Audit Finds Connecticut State Police Falsified Traffic Stop Data
Jul 3 2023 // Hundreds of Connecticut state police troopers falsified information on at least 26,000 traffic stops from 2014 to 2021, skewing reports on the race and ethnicity of pulled-over motorists, according to an audit released...
Setting Range for Emotional Damage Awards Is Not Its Job, Says Connecticut High Court
Jun 28 2023 // It is up to the Connecticut legislature, not courts, to set any minimum or maximum controls on damages for emotional stress claims, the Connecticut Supreme Court held in a ruling in which it refused to second-guess a...
Connecticut Updates Captive Insurance Law
Jun 27 2023 // Connecticut is updating its captive insurance law to provide more flexibility for established captive cells and allow captives to accept and transfer risk using parametrics. The legislation also provides tax benefits for...
Connecticut High Court Nixes Workers’ Comp for Firefighter With Heart Condition
Jun 26 2023 // A firefighter must be shown to have worked 20 or more hours a week to be eligible for workers’ compensation benefits under state law, the Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled in reversing an appeals court and state...
Yale Student Can Be Sued for Defamation for Reporting Rape, Court Says
Jun 26 2023 // In a decision scrutinizing how colleges investigate sexual assault allegations, Connecticut’s highest court ruled Friday that a former Yale student is not immune from a defamation lawsuit by a fellow student who was...
Travelers Championship With Elevated Status, $20M Purse Opens With McIlroy Hole-in-One
Jun 23 2023 // Nathan Grube, the tournament director of the Travelers Championship, used to worry about the years when the U.S. Open took place on the West Coast. Many of the world’s top golfers would make a decision to take a...
Commuter Train Collision with Truck in Connecticut Seriously Injures Pickup Driver
Jun 16 2023 // A commuter train collided with a pickup truck in Connecticut on Wednesday, injuring the driver and heavily damaging the vehicle, authorities said. The crash happened just before 11:30 a.m. at a Metro-North Railroad street...
Connecticut Man Pleads Guilty to Role in Catalytic Converter Theft Ring
Jun 14 2023 // The U.S. Attorney for Connecticut reports that a New Britain man has pleaded guilty to participating in a stolen catalytic converter trafficking ring. Roberto Alicea pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit...
Braidwood v Becerra and Its Impact on Preventive Service Access
Jun 14 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Since Congress passed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, it’s faced many challenges, and the newest comes from a court case recently decided by a judge in...
Connecticut Lawmakers Pass Wrong-Way Driver Bill
Jun 9 2023 // Connecticut lawmakers, still grieving the death of a fellow legislator killed in a wrong-way crash in January, have given final legislative approval to a bill that attempts to address the large increase in wrong- way...
Gun Advocates Quick to Sue Over Connecticut’s New Gun Safety Law
Jun 8 2023 // Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont on Tuesday signed the most wide-ranging state gun control bill since a 2013 law passed in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, sparking an immediate lawsuit by gun rights...
Connecticut Governor to Sign Gun Control Bill Banning Open Carry, Assault Weapons
Jun 6 2023 // A slate of gun control measures was headed Saturday to Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont’s desk, after an all-night state Senate debate and early morning vote to approve the state’s most wide-ranging gun legislation...
Connecticut Lawmakers Vote to Allow Use of Deadly Force Against Bears
Jun 5 2023 // Connecticut lawmakers voted Friday to take steps to protect people from the state’s growing bear population. But they stopped far short of a bear hunt and restrictions on people unintentionally feeding the hungry...
Connecticut Couple Can No Longer Bear Wild Animal Snapping Photos on Their Property
Jun 2 2023 // A Connecticut husband and wife claim in a lawsuit that a bear with a camera is violating their Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. They want the state to stop it. Mark and Carol...
Colleague’s Death Spurs Connecticut Lawmakers to Pass Wrong-Way Driver Bill
May 22 2023 // Connecticut lawmakers, shaken by the death of a colleague killed in a wrong-way crash earlier this year, unanimously approved a bill Wednesday that attempts to curtail the growing problem of wrong-way drivers. The...
Connecticut Lawmaker, Other Driver Both DUI in Fatal Crash
May 12 2023 // A Connecticut state representative and a wrong-way driver were both over the legal limit for alcohol when they were killed in a highway crash in January, according to government officials and state police. Middletown...
