All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 6 2016 // Tens of thousands of Connecticut health insurance consumers will still see double-digit increases in their 2017 rates, even though the state’s Department of Insurance has denied some rate requests filed by health...
Aug 26 2016 // With the growth of agritourism and more people visiting local farms, Connecticut officials are joining other states in educating farmers about how to mitigate health risks for their new visitors.Connecticut’s latest...
Aug 23 2016 // A Connecticut man has been awarded $10,000 in damages after a federal judge ruled that he had been beaten by a police officer after a drug fueled car chase.Donato Rinaldi, of Watertown, Conn., filed the suit in 2014...
Aug 22 2016 // Two workers injured in a power plant explosion that killed six other people in 2010 cannot sue a contractor for negligence, the state Connecticut Supreme Court recently ruled.Justices issued a 6-1 decision saying O&G...
Aug 16 2016 // Smith Brothers Insurance, an independently operated insurance agency headquartered in Glastonbury, Conn., has hired Paul Cellucci as its director of strategic growth. In his new role, Cellucci will be responsible for...
Aug 11 2016 // A Connecticut man has pleaded guilty to his role in a scheme that involved staging car crashes to defraud automobile insurance companies. Connecticut U.S. Attorney Deirdre M. Daly said Frandy Dugue, of Norwich, Conn.,...
Aug 8 2016 // Fire investigators say a propane gas leak apparently caused an explosion that leveled a Vernon, Conn., home, injuring seven people. Vernon fire marshal Adam Libros said that the gas line was supplying a dryer in the...
Aug 8 2016 // A Connecticut woman who found her 77-year-old husband crushed to death under an all-terrain vehicle when she brought him lunch at his job cannot sue his employer for severe emotional injuries she suffered, the state...
Aug 5 2016 // Two workers injured in a power plant explosion that killed six other people in 2010 cannot sue a contractor for negligence, the state Connecticut Supreme Court recently ruled.Justices issued a 6-1 decision saying O&G...
Jul 25 2016 // A Connecticut father and son are headed for a court showdown with the Federal Aviation Administration over whether the agency can force them to disclose information about drones shown in two YouTube videos firing a gun and...
Jul 20 2016 // Ironshore Private Client Group has expanded its Ironshore Private Insurance Portfolio product to high net worth homeowners in Connecticut. Ironshore Private Insurance Portfolio coverage is available in four states on an...
Jul 19 2016 // World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. was sued on behalf of Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka and dozens of other retired wrestlers who claim the company hid the long-term effects of neurological injuries from years of being...
Jul 15 2016 // Police say a potato stuffed into a vehicle’s tailpipe helped lead them to a 19-year-old Connecticut stripper who’s now charged with setting fire to a business in a dispute over money. Willow Martin, of...
Jul 11 2016 // Connecticut’s insurance commissioner announced Tuesday that nonprofit health insurer HealthyCT must be placed under state supervision to protect the company’s 40,000 policyholders.Commissioner Katharine Wade...
Jul 5 2016 // A Connecticut father and son are headed for a court showdown with the Federal Aviation Administration over whether the agency can force them to disclose information about drones shown in two YouTube videos firing a gun and...
Jul 1 2016 // Homeowners in Connecticut are getting some help for crumbling foundations.Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen said the state has reached a deal with a handful of insurance companies to finance a program meant to...
Jun 21 2016 // A 2005 federal law was designed specifically to prevent gunmakers from being sued for mass killings like the one at Sandy Hook Elementary School, lawyers for the maker of the AR-15 assault weapon used in the attack told a...
Jun 20 2016 // A federal appeals court has upheld the political corruption conviction of former Connecticut Gov. John Rowland.A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City on Friday rejected...
Jun 20 2016 // A case in Connecticut state court could help victims from mass shootings — including the recent massacre in Orlando — sue manufacturers of military style assault rifles used in the attacks, despite state and...
Jun 20 2016 // Connecticut’s Citizens Ethics Advisory Board has agreed to review whether the state’s insurance commissioner should recuse herself from overseeing Anthem Inc.’s proposed merger with Bloomfield-based...