A Connecticut jury has awarded $10 million to a 23-year-old man who suffered a brain injury in a Segway accident. The Bridgeport Superior Court jury on Wednesday determined that New Hampshire-based Segway Inc. and two employees were responsible for John …
Two Norfolk, Conn., police officers are being sued by the family of a man who was killed while riding his bicycle. The wrongful death lawsuit was filed this week against officers Joey Bennett Jr. and Derek Folston. It seeks $33 …
A chiropractor has pleaded guilty to bilking insurance companies to treat car accident victims whose injuries were exaggerated. Connecticut Hearst Newspapers and The Hartford Courant report that Marc Kirshner pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in Bridgeport to conspiring to …
New runway safety technology intended to prevent airplanes from overshooting runways has been unveiled at the Groton-New London Airport. The Day of New London reports that officials on Monday unveiled two safety zones lined with covered blocks of crushable concrete …
Scores of Connecticut residents, including some state workers, might have requested and received federal emergency money to replace spoiled food and cover other expenses after Hurricane Irene even though their incomes clearly disqualified them, state officials said Sunday. Gov. Dannel …
State police say two construction workers were seriously injured after falling 30 to 40 feet off scaffolding in Storrs near the University of Connecticut campus. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the accident, which happened shortly after …
Fire officials say a blaze in a Connecticut apartment complex for senior citizens caused extensive damage in several apartments, but that no injuries were reported. The two-alarm fire Sunday at the Windham Falls Estates in Groton was traced to a …
A driver of a U-Haul truck carrying beer kegs through a tailgating area before the Yale-Harvard game Saturday suddenly accelerated, fatally striking a 30-year-old Massachusetts woman and injuring two other women, police said. It’s not clear why the driver sped …
State lawmakers want to learn more about how the insurance industry responded to the two recent storms to hit Connecticut – the remnants of Hurricane Irene and the October nor’easter. The legislature’s Insurance and Real Estate Committee has scheduled an …
A worker at a Connecticut animal sanctuary says a fire that killed 30 cats Friday night was caused by a wall-mounted propane heater that got too hot and combusted. The fire at the Last Post sanctuary in the Falls Village …