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#1 Setting Range for Emotional Damage Awards Is Not Its Job, Says Connecticut High Court
Jun 28 2023 // It is up to the Connecticut legislature, not courts, to set any minimum or maximum controls on damages for emotional stress claims, the Connecticut Supreme Court held in a ruling in which it refused to second-guess a...
#2 Connecticut Lawmakers Vote to Allow Use of Deadly Force Against Bears
Jun 5 2023 // Connecticut lawmakers voted Friday to take steps to protect people from the state’s growing bear population. But they stopped far short of a bear hunt and restrictions on people unintentionally feeding the hungry...
#3 Visiting Nurse’s Killing at Halfway House Renews Pleas for Home Health Care Safety
Dec 8 2023 // The killing of a Connecticut nurse making a house call in October was a nightmare come true for an industry gripped by the fear of violence. Already stressed out by staffing shortages and mounting caseloads, heath care...
#4 Yale Student Can Be Sued for Defamation for Reporting Rape, Court Says
Jun 26 2023 // In a decision scrutinizing how colleges investigate sexual assault allegations, Connecticut’s highest court ruled Friday that a former Yale student is not immune from a defamation lawsuit by a fellow student who was...
#5 Connecticut High Court Denies Immunity for First Responder Causing Car Accident
Aug 2 2023 // The Connecticut Supreme Court has overturned a trial court and ruled that municipalities and government agencies are not entitled to qualified immunity for negligent operation of emergency vehicles. In a case involving a...
#6 Gun Advocates Quick to Sue Over Connecticut’s New Gun Safety Law
Jun 8 2023 // Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont on Tuesday signed the most wide-ranging state gun control bill since a 2013 law passed in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, sparking an immediate lawsuit by gun rights...
#7 Tainted Medication Fears Spur Defense Department to Seek Outside Testing
Aug 10 2023 // The US Department of Defense entered an agreement with Valisure, an independent lab that’s spotted dangerous chemicals in a variety of widely used pharma and consumer products, to test medications amid surging...
#8 Sandy Hook Families Offer to Settle Alex Jones’ $1.5 Billion Debt for $85 Million
Nov 29 2023 // Sandy Hook families who won nearly $1.5 billion in legal judgments against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Connecticut school shooting a hoax have offered to settle that debt for only pennies on the...
#9 Connecticut Couple Can No Longer Bear Wild Animal Snapping Photos on Their Property
Jun 2 2023 // A Connecticut husband and wife claim in a lawsuit that a bear with a camera is violating their Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. They want the state to stop it. Mark and Carol...
#10 Rain Eases After Flooding Vermont, Other Northeast States But More Expected
Jul 12 2023 // A storm that left up to two months` worth of rain in Vermont and saturated other parts of the Northeast was moving out Tuesday, but more flooding was expected after already cutting off access to some communities, including...
#11 Travelers Championship With Elevated Status, $20M Purse Opens With McIlroy Hole-in-One
Jun 23 2023 // Nathan Grube, the tournament director of the Travelers Championship, used to worry about the years when the U.S. Open took place on the West Coast. Many of the world’s top golfers would make a decision to take a...
#12 Audit Finds Connecticut State Police Falsified Traffic Stop Data
Jul 3 2023 // Hundreds of Connecticut state police troopers falsified information on at least 26,000 traffic stops from 2014 to 2021, skewing reports on the race and ethnicity of pulled-over motorists, according to an audit released...
#13 Agent’s Failure to Disclose Dog Comes Back to Bite Homeowner
Jul 12 2023 // A Connecticut homeowner who is being sued by a woman who alleges his dog bit her in the face is not entitled to insurance coverage because his home insurance application, which was completed by his insurance agent,...
#14 Connecticut Man Pleads Guilty to Role in Catalytic Converter Theft Ring
Jun 14 2023 // The U.S. Attorney for Connecticut reports that a New Britain man has pleaded guilty to participating in a stolen catalytic converter trafficking ring. Roberto Alicea pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit...
#15 Connecticut Lawmakers Pass Wrong-Way Driver Bill
Jun 9 2023 // Connecticut lawmakers, still grieving the death of a fellow legislator killed in a wrong-way crash in January, have given final legislative approval to a bill that attempts to address the large increase in wrong- way...
#16 Hospitals, Clinics in Several States Begin Recovery After Cyberattacks
Aug 7 2023 // Hospitals and clinics in several states on Friday began the time-consuming process of recovering from a cyberattack that disrupted their computer systems, forcing some emergency rooms to shut down and ambulances to be...
#17 Connecticut Updates Captive Insurance Law
Jun 27 2023 // Connecticut is updating its captive insurance law to provide more flexibility for established captive cells and allow captives to accept and transfer risk using parametrics. The legislation also provides tax benefits for...
#18 Fed Appeals Court Upholds CT Law That Ended Religious Vaccine Exemption
Aug 7 2023 // A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a 2021 Connecticut law that eliminated the state’s longstanding religious exemption from childhood immunization requirements for schools, colleges and day care facilities. The...
#19 Connecticut, Other States’ Lawmakers Have a Lot of Questions About AI
Aug 9 2023 // As state lawmakers rush to get a handle on fast-evolving artificial intelligence technology, they`re often focusing first on their own state governments before imposing restrictions on the private sector. Legislators are...
#20 Heavy Rains Swamp Northeast Again; Floods Claims 5 Lives; Others, Including 2 Children, Missing
Jul 17 2023 // Heavy rains pounded an already saturated Northeast on Sunday for the second time in a week, spurring another round of flash flooding, cancelled airline flights and power outages. In Pennsylvania, a sudden flash flood late...
