July 20, 2026
A Connecticut federal court dropped the state and its former environmental commissioner from a dispute over coverage for a developer accused of unlawfully encroaching on and destroying public land, finding that the state defendants are shielded by the Eleventh Amendment's grant of sovereign immunity.
September 19, 2025
Two insurers have no duty to defend or indemnify a developer and two of his companies against a suit accusing them of unlawfully encroaching on and destroying public land because the claims do not trigger their policies' insuring agreements, the insurers told a Connecticut federal court.