A Connecticut police officer who shot and killed a 200-pound chimpanzee last year after it mauled a woman has been denied an insurance claim for post-traumatic stress disorder because state law only applies to police shootings of people. State Sen. …
A hospital that performed America’s first face transplant has told the family of a woman mauled and blinded by a chimpanzee a year ago that she is not a candidate for a face and hand transplant. Charla Nash’s family is …
A group of white New Haven firefighters who won a discrimination case before the U.S. Supreme Court are seeking back pay, damages and legal fees. The high court ruled in June that New Haven officials violated white firefighters’ civil rights …
Recently retired New York Cardinal Edward Egan expressed skepticism over sexual abuse allegations against priests when he was a Connecticut bishop a decade ago, saying he found it “marvelous” that so few priests had been accused over the years, according …
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 Wednesday with the state …
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 claim. The strategy, if successful, would severely …
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 claim. The strategy, if successful, would severely …
Connecticut officials were repeatedly warned about the dangers posed by a chimpanzee that later mauled and blinded a woman and were urged — more than three years before the attack — to take action, but failed to do so, according …
A chimpanzee that mauled a Connecticut woman had the anti-anxiety drug Xanax in its system, according to toxicology tests, but investigators haven’t determined whether the drug played a role in the attack, a prosecutor said Wednesday. Authorities are still weighing …
A judge on Wednesday approved an agreement that freezes $10 million in assets belonging to the owner of a chimpanzee that mauled a woman. The family of Charla Nash is suing the chimp’s owner, Sandra Herold, for $50 million. Nash …
