Workaholic Judge's Widow Can't Sue for Benefits
The Connecticut Supreme Court held that a widow of a judge who died eight years ago could not sue the state for negligence on the grounds that her husband’s work habits had caused his death.
The court found that a law passed by the state to extend the statutory limits for such a suit applied only to this one individual and, while “well intentioned,” the law “created a preference that cannot withstand constitutional scrutiny.”
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