All the headlines from our Connecticut Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 20 2008 // Authorities have identified a maintenance worker who died when a freight elevator fell on him in Derby, ConnecticutPolice say 64-year-old Robert Beckwith of Ansonia was killed in Tuesday morning’s incident at Derby...
Jun 16 2008 // A town official in Colchester, Connecticut says a fire that destroyed a building at a car recycling business Friday was caused by a 55-gallon drum of waste fuel that ignited when a car fell off a lift and knocked the drum...
Jun 16 2008 // Lawyers for a Connecticut psychiatrist who was sued for malpractice should have revealed to her doctor co-defendant a secret settlement that hinged on the outcome of the trial, the state’s Supreme Court ruled.The...
Jun 10 2008 // Connecticut’s effort to inspect more trucks on its highways after the fatal Avon Mountain crash in 2005 has dropped off and crashes of large trucks have increased, state figures show.Roadside truck inspections...
Jun 10 2008 // Lawyers for a Connecticut psychiatrist who was sued for malpractice in the death of a 17-year-old girl should have revealed to her doctor co-defendant a secret settlement with a payout that hinged on the outcome of the...
Jun 6 2008 // A Connecticut prosecutor says he will seek a retrial after a jury deadlocked earlier this week in an insurance fraud case against the owner of a dump truck that caused a fatal wreck in Avon in 2005.Hartford Superior Court...
Jun 4 2008 // Connecticut labor officials say records with confidential information on about 2,100 people have been lost and might have been mistakenly shredded.The files contained copies of letters informing applicants that they were...
May 30 2008 // A fire chief in Norwich, Connecticut says the blaze that destroyed a large apartment complex last month was accidental and started when a resident improperly discarded smoking materials. Chief Kenneth Scandariato said the...
May 27 2008 // Students at two community colleges in Connecticut can now earn a college degree in insurance and financial services. Gov. M. Jodi Rell says the state Department of Higher Education has approved an associate of science...
May 23 2008 // Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal asked the Bank of New York Mellon Wednesday to explain how it lost computer tapes containing the information of more than 4 million customers.The bank told the state that a...
May 5 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 Driving...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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