All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 Tuesday...
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...
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...
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 been...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Mar 7 2011 // A Connecticut man charged with burning down his beach home hours before he was supposed to give it to his estranged wife may sue the home’s insurer for emotional distress, the state Appellate Court has ruled.Richard...
Feb 22 2011 // The family of a Wilton, Conn. girl who suffered permanent injuries during cheerleading practice has filed a negligence suit against her coach and a youth football league.The family’s lawyer alleges in the lawsuit...
Feb 16 2011 // A Connecticut man charged with burning down his beach home hours before he was supposed to give it to his estranged wife can sue the home’s insurer for emotional distress, the state Appellate Court has ruled.Richard...