Latest Connecticut Headlines
All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Judge Upholds Conn. Widow’s Settlement
May 5 2008 // A Greenwich, Connecticut probate judge has upheld a settlement of more than $1 million between a cruise ship line and the widow of a missing passenger. George Smith IV of Greenwich had been on a 12-night honeymoon cruise...
General Contractors Not Liable For Inspections, Rules Conn. High Court
May 5 2008 // A Connecticut general contractor who delegates special inspections of all steel welding work as required by the state’s building code to a subcontractor is not liable for injuries resulting from an accident that...
Court Allows Conn. Landlady’s Suit Against Rogue Insurance Executive Frankel For House Damage
May 5 2008 // A federal judge ruled in favor of a Greenwich, Conn., woman trying to collect more than $2 million for back rent and damage to a home occupied by rogue financier Martin R. Frankel. Judge Ellen Bree Burns rejected a request...
People
May 5 2008 // Charlotte, N.C.-based wholesale insurance broker AmWINS Group, Inc. has named James Drinkwater president of its AmWINS Brokerage division. Drinkwater will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the division. Prior...
Origin of Massive Connecticut Apartment Fire ‘Suspicious’
Apr 30 2008 // Investigators will assume the cause of a massive apartment fire that reduced a Norwich, Connecticut apartment complex to smoldering rubble is suspicious unless proven otherwise, a police official said. “They’re...
Connecticut Woman Sues Husband for Sticking Carrot in Her Eye
Apr 25 2008 // A Monroe, Conn. woman is suing her husband, claiming he caused her to lose an eye when he threw a carrot at her during an argument. The lawsuit filed by Pamela Vecsey claims that when she and her husband, 48-year-old...
Connecticut Regulators Recovered $500K for Consumers Last Quarter
Apr 22 2008 // Complaining Connecticut consumers recovered more than $500,000 in claims in the first quarter of 2008, according to the state’s insurance department. Those recoveries came from over 1,400 complaints lodged with the...
Connecticut Supreme Court Allows State’s Damages Suit Against Marsh
Apr 21 2008 // Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal can attempt to recover damages from insurance broker Marsh & McLennan Inc. for harming the economy of the entire state, the state’s Supreme Court ruled. The ruling...
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Fraud Investigation Leads Connecticut to Revoke Agent’s License
Apr 16 2008 // The Connecticut Insurance Department has revoked the license of a Middlesex County insurance agent who it says forged clients’ signatures and held thousands of dollars in payments in his own bank account. Those...
Conn. Supreme Court: General Contractor Not Liable for Inspections
Apr 15 2008 // A Connecticut general contractor who delegates special inspections of all steel welding work as required by the state’s building code to a subcontractor is not liable for injuries resulting from an accident that...
Connecticut Opens Center to Promote Safer Driving by Teenagers
Apr 14 2008 // The state Department of Motor Vehicles is setting up a safe driving program for teenagers in response to several fatal car accidents in Connecticut over the past year. Gov. M. Jodi Rell says the Center for Teen Safe...
Connecticut House Votes for Tougher Teen Driving Restrictions
Apr 11 2008 // Connecticut has moved closer toward enacting tougher rules for teenage drivers, reforms spurred by a several fatal crashes over the past year that involved teens at the wheel. The House of Representatives voted 109-33 in...
Connecticut Supreme Court Allows State’s Damages Suit against Marsh
Apr 10 2008 // Connecticut’s Attorney General Richard Blumenthal can attempt to recover damages from Marsh & McLennan Inc. for harming the economy of the entire state, the state’s Supreme Court ruled. The ruling stems...
Connecticut Jury Awards Doctor $4M Health Care Lab Case
Apr 7 2008 // A state court jury in Bridgeport, Connecticut has awarded more than $4 million to a doctor who was fired from a health care lab in Stratford after he complained that one of its tests could jeopardize patients’...
Two Lawyers Named to Connecticut Workers’Comp Commission
Apr 7 2008 // Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell has named Daniel Dilzer and David Schoolcraft to the state Workers’ Compensation Commission. Dilzer, 41, is a lawyer with the New Britain-based law firm Davila & Dilzer. He serves...
Conn. High-Heeled Cop in Legal Trouble
Apr 7 2008 // Connecticut prosecutors say a state correction officer faces a fraud charge for running a 40-yard dash in high heels while he was supposedly too injured to work. State prosecutors say Garrett A. Dalton of Naugatuck dressed...
Connecticut Man Loses Arm in Industrial Accident
Apr 4 2008 // Police in New Milford, Connecticut say an employee at a composting plant has lost his arm in an industrial accident. The victim, whose name hasn’t been released, is identified by police only as a 29-year-old Danbury...
Connecticut Anti-steering Bill Heads to Full Vote
Apr 2 2008 // A Connecticut bill that restricts auto insurers from directing clients to certain car repair shops – legislation opposed by insurers and agents alike – is headed for a floor vote in the state’s General...
Connecticut Mayor Wants More Frequent Crane Inspections by State
Mar 31 2008 // Stamford, Connecticut Mayor Dannel Malloy has asked Gov. M. Jodi Rell to order more frequent state inspections of cranes. In a letter to Rell, he said the city building official has authority to only inspect the base...
