$2.5 million settlement reached over cruiser crash that killed two teens 
Published: February 16, 2012
Tags: automobile accident, Connecticut, police, wrongful death
The city of Milford, Conn. has agreed to pay $2.5 million to the estate of one of the two Orange teens killed in a 2009 crash involving former city police officer Jason Anderson, who was travelling 94 mph at the point of impact.
Church found negligent in sexual abuse case
Published: February 13, 2012
Tags: child sex abuse, clergy sex abuse, Connecticut
A jury has ordered the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford, Conn. to pay $1 million in damages to a former altar boy who was sexually abused by a priest decades ago.
Men settle dispute over $1 million prize
Published: February 13, 2012
Tags: Connecticut, lottery
Two Connecticut men have settled a three-year legal fight over a $1 million Powerball jackpot.
Woman reaches $5.25 million settlement with hospital and doctor
Published: July 8, 2011
Tags: amputation, Connecticut, hospital, medical malpractice, medical negligence
A settlement has been reached in a malpractice suit brought against Dr. Ramon Mabasa and New Milford Hospital by a woman whose left leg had to be amputated as a result of complications from spinal surgery performed at the hospital in 2005.
Man wins nearly $1 million for botched eye surgery
Published: June 28, 2011
Tags: Connecticut, eye, medical malpractice
Attorneys for a Connecticut man say he has won a $925,000 settlement with the Veteran’s Administration after he was blinded in one eye during a routine outpatient cataract operation.
Conn. Senate passes gender identity protection bill
Published: June 14, 2011
Tags: civil rights, Connecticut, gender identity discrimination
The Connecticut Senate has passed legislation that would provide protection from gender identity discrimination under the state’s anti-discrimination laws.
Hospital settles doctor-sex abuse suits
Published: May 10, 2011
Tags: child sex abuse, Connecticut, doctor, failure to monitor, hospital, sexual abuse
A Connecticut hospital has settled 32 lawsuits involving a late doctor suspected of molesting scores of children over three decades in what police investigators say was a bogus human growth study.
Restaurant chain agrees to $1.5 million settlement in DUI case
Published: May 9, 2011
Tags: Connecticut, drunk driving, restaurant, wrongful death
A national restaurant chain has agreed to pay $1.5 million to the family of a 20-year-old Riverside, Conn. man who was killed in a 2008 drunken-driving accident, according to court records.
Man awarded $6.9 million over molestation
By:
Associated Press
Published: March 4, 2011
Tags: child abuse, Connecticut, molestation, sexual abuse
A judge has awarded a Connecticut man $6.9 million for sexual abuse he alleges he suffered decades ago by a man who pleaded guilty in a different child abuse case.
Smoker gets another $15.7 million against company
By:
Associated Press
Published: March 4, 2011
Tags: cancer, Connecticut, R.J. Reynolds, tobacco
A federal judge has awarded nearly $16 million in interest to a smoker who already had won $12 million against a tobacco company in the first such jury award in New England.
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