Connecticut's Supreme Court rules that an insurance company paying a workers' comp claim can sue a third party who caused the injury for reimbursement.
The state's highest court has overturned a nearly $35 million verdict in a class action lawsuit accusing The Hartford insurance company of scheming to fix the rates it paid for auto body repairs.
The Connecticut Supreme Court has upheld lower court rulings that denied insurance coverage to a company seeking payments to cover the costs of a data breach.
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