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#1 4 Killed in Yet Another Wrong-Way Highway Crash in Connecticut
May 13 2024 // A driver going the wrong way on Connecticut’s Merritt Parkway crashed head-on into a minivan early Thursday, killing all four people in the vehicles and closing one side of the highway for nearly seven hours, state...
#2 Medical Marijuana Law Does Not Impair Employers’ Right to Drug-Free Workplace
May 6 2024 // A Connecticut employer has the right to terminate an employee who is impaired by medical marijuana in the workplace. The Connecticut Appellate Court on March 19 upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit brought against a nonprofit...
#3 ‘It’s in the Mail’ Is Not Good Enough to Protest Workers’ Compensation Claim
Apr 25 2024 // A Connecticut employer lost its right to contest a workers’ compensation claim because although it mailed its notice to the workers’ compensation law judge within the 28 day statutory period, the judge did not...
#4 Slain Visiting Nurse’s Husband Sues Employer, Alleging It Ignored Safety Concerns
May 8 2024 // The husband of a Connecticut visiting nurse who was killed during an appointment with a convicted rapist filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday, alleging her employer repeatedly ignored workers’ safety concerns about...
#5 Driver Charged in Fiery Crash That Shut Connecticut Highway Bridge
Apr 29 2024 // A man accused of causing a fiery crash that shut down a major Connecticut highway bridge and killed a fuel delivery truck driver has been charged with negligent homicide, police said Thursday. State police said Reginald...
#6 Probe Into Death of Nurse on Home Visit Alleges Employer Failed to Protect Workers
May 3 2024 // A home health care company failed to protect a visiting nurse who was killed during an appointment with a convicted rapist at a Connecticut halfway house and should be fined about $161,000, federal workplace safety...
#7 Crews Demolish Connecticut I-95 Overpass Damaged During Fuel Truck Inferno
May 7 2024 // A bridge damaged in a fiery crash that kept Interstate 95 in Connecticut closed Thursday and Friday has been demolished. A live camera operated by the Connecticut Department of Transportation on Saturday showed excavators...
#8 Connecticut M&A Advisor Agrees to Pay $1.5M to Settle Data Breach Class Action
Apr 26 2024 // Merritt Healthcare Advisors, a Connecticut mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory firm for healthcare practices, has agreed to a $1.525 million settlement of a class action stemming from a 2022 data breach. The money...
#9 Connecticut Weighs Wide-Ranging Bill to Regulate AI. But Its Fate Is Uncertain.
May 1 2024 // The Connecticut Senate recently pressed ahead with one of the first major legislative proposals in the U.S. to rein in bias in artificial intelligence decision-making and protect people from harm, including manufactured...
#10 King Insurance Acquires Marcus Agency in Connecticut
May 16 2024 // Florida-based King Insurance Partners announced it has acquired Marcus Insurance, an independent agency based in Wethersfield, Connecticut. The terms were not disclosed. Founded in 1941, Marcus Insurance is a family-run...
#11 Connecticut Establishes Fund for Fallen Police Officers’ Survivors
May 16 2024 // Connecticut has established a Fallen Officer Fund, which will provide $100,000 to the surviving family members or beneficiaries of any Connecticut local or state police officer killed in the line of duty or who sustained...
