Parents sue over fake autism therapist 
By:
Associated Press
Published: March 4, 2011
Tags: autism, Connecticut, fraud, negligence, therapy
Four Connecticut couples whose children received therapy from a fake autism specialist are suing a school district that hired the woman.
Settlement reached in firing over Facebook post
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: February 9, 2011
Tags: Connecticut, Facebook, labor law, NLRB, union
A settlement in the case involving an employee who was fired for posting negative comments about a supervisor on her Facebook page was made on the eve of a scheduled hearing.
Woman settles suit against hospital
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: January 10, 2011
Tags: Connecticut, failure to diagnose, medical malpractice, necrotizing fasciitis, wrongful death
A New London, Conn. woman and Lawrence & Memorial Hospital have settled a lawsuit in which the woman claimed the hospital failed to properly diagnose and treat her mother after she contracted the flesh-eating bacteria.
Chewing tobacco maker settles cancer death suit
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: December 8, 2010
Tags: cancer, chewing tobacco, Connecticut, tobacco, wrongful death
In the first consumer tobacco settlement of its kind, the Greenwich, Conn. maker of Skoal and Cohenhagen brand chewing tobacco will pay $5 million to the family of a man who died of mouth cancer, lawyers say.
$1 million settlement reached over pedestrian killed in car accident
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: November 8, 2010
Tags: automobile accident, Connecticut, wrongful death
A $1 million settlement has been reached between the estate of a man killed after being struck by a car and the driver and driver’s employer.
Financial company agrees to $73 million settlement
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: September 24, 2010
Tags: class action, Connecticut, structured settlements, workers' compensation
The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has agreed to a $72.5 million class-action settlement ending a dispute over structured settlements in personal injury and workers compensation cases.
Woman paralyzed while sledding gets $8 millon
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: September 13, 2010
Tags: Connecticut, quadriplegic, safety
A Connecticut woman paralyzed in a sledding accident in Waterbury in 2007 has received an $8 million settlement from the city.
Woman paralyzed in park accident receives $8 million
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: September 2, 2010
Tags: Connecticut, paralysis
A young woman who was paralyzed in a sledding accident at Fulton Park has received $8 million in a settlement with the city.
Settlement reached in training school suit
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: July 14, 2010
Tags: class action, Connecticut, mental disability
Connecticut officials have agreed to a class-action lawsuit settlement that calls for better efforts to place mentally disabled residents of the Southbury Training School into the community.
Jury awards $2.45M for malpractice in same-sex case
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: July 12, 2010
Tags: cancer, Connecticut, loss of consortium, medical malpractice, same-sex partner
A jury has awarded $2.45 million in a malpractice case to the estate of a Connecticut woman who had also claimed that botched cancer treatments damaged her same-sex relationship.
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