All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 6 2009 // The family of a Connecticut woman mauled and blinded by a chimpanzee sought Wednesday to sue the state for $150 million, saying officials failed to prevent the attack.Attorneys for Charla Nash’s family filed a notice...
Nov 2 2009 // Federal prosecutors say a Waterbury businessman has admitted to ripping off more than $1.3 million from clients that authorities say was used to gamble at Connecticut’s casinos.The U.S. Attorney’s office said...
Nov 1 2009 // Though it may seem like the debate over the creation of a national catastrophe insurance plan is a relatively recent phenomenon, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners actually began addressing the issue as...
Oct 30 2009 // The family of an elderly Connecticut woman who died after her chenille bathrobe caught on fire has filed a $30 million lawsuit against the retailer for wrongful death and product liability.Atwilda Brown, 80, was making her...
Oct 28 2009 // A Connecticut judge has ruled that the insurance company for a former Fairfield lawyer who killed his neighbor in 2006 won’t be responsible for any damages that could be awarded in a lawsuit filed by the...
Oct 20 2009 // Westbrook, Connecticut-based insurance broker Gowrie Group has named Christopher T. Brodeur as vice president in its commercial insurance division. Brodeur will work with business owners and executives throughout...
Oct 19 2009 // A black New Haven, Connecticut firefighter has filed a federal lawsuit against the city over a promotion exam that was the subject of a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June.Firefighter Michael Briscoe alleges in a...
Oct 16 2009 // An attorney representing the owner of a chimpanzee that mauled and blinded a woman is calling the attack a work-related incident and said her family’s case should be treated like a workers’ compensation...
Oct 14 2009 // Phoning while driving and texting behind the wheel are in the news. This is the highway safety issue of the moment, the subject of cartoons and, on a more serious side, the focus of legislation. A key question is whether...
Oct 5 2009 // Starting this month, 16- and 17-year-olds in Connecticut who are seeking a driver’s license will need to pass two written tests. The legislature is requiring the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to administer the...
Sep 24 2009 // Starting next month, all 16- and 17-year-olds in Connecticut who are seeking a driver’s license will need to pass an additional second written test, called the “DMV Final Exam,” under a recent law change...
Sep 17 2009 // The family of a Connecticut woman who killed herself three days after her grandson drowned in a bathtub while under her care is suing Hartford Hospital and a psychiatrist.The lawsuit claims the hospital and Dr. Carl...
Sep 16 2009 // The Connecticut Insurance Department has posted a new schedule of fees, effective next month, which doubles the cost of most insurance agents’ licenses. Among the increases: producers license fees and renewals jumped...
Sep 15 2009 // New York-based insurer Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (PURE) says it will begin offering property and casualty insurance coverage to owners of high-value homes in Connecticut. PURE, which is a member-owned...
Sep 2 2009 // Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is urging his federal counterpart, Attorney General Eric Holder, to look into reports that some auto insurers improperly steer consumers toward certain body repair shops...
Aug 21 2009 // The State Auto Insurance Cos. has introduced personal lines products in Connecticut.In Sept. 2007, the Columbus, Ohio-based insurer affiliated with the Patrons Group of Glastonbury, Connecticut “Our independent...
Aug 17 2009 // The family of a Connecticut woman who died five days after ovarian surgery has received $1 million from the insurance company of two doctors sued for medical malpractice.The lawyer for Barbara Beaudoin’s estate says...
Aug 5 2009 // Two families are suing the city of Bridgeport and the Connecticut Zoological Society over the deaths of two children who drowned when a minivan plunged into a pond in 2007.Relatives of 6-year-old Jayden Wilson and...
Aug 4 2009 // The Connecticut Insurance Department says it recovered approximately $1.3 million from insurers for consumers in the second quarter of the year.That amount is double the recovery made in the same quarter. Forty-four...
Jul 30 2009 // Legislative Democrats in Connecticut say the Department of Motor Vehicles should be eliminated and its functions and staff redistributed to other state agencies to help streamline state government.The proposal is part of a...