Lawsuit over 2017 training flight crash is settled
January 27, 2021 GMT
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) The sister of a student pilot who died in a small plane crash in Connecticut in 2017 has settled a wrongful-death lawsuit against the flight school she accused of failing to maintain the aircraft.
Terms of the settlement over the death of Pablo Campos-Isona during a training flight crash in East Haven have not been disclosed. The agreement with the now-defunct American Flight Academy was revealed in a document filed Monday in New Haven Superior Court by the attorney for Campos-Isona’s sister, Marie Matta-Isona.
Messages seeking comment were left for lawyers in the case Wednesday.
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A Connecticut man was arrested by state police for allegedly refusing to wear a face mask while inside a courthouse amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pedro Borrero, age 36, of New Haven, was arrested on Friday, Jan. 15, when Connecticut State Police responded to the New Haven Superior Courthouse located at 121 Elm Street, in New Haven, for a complaint of a disturbance.
Troopers received reports that Borrero entered the lobby and was not wearing a face mask as required by executive order. Borrero was immediately escorted out of the lobby and detained by US Marshals, state police said.
Borrero was charged with violating breach of peace and violating an executive order/face mask.
A New Haven had to be removed from the city’s courthouse Friday afternoon after he refused to wear a face mask, screamed at court staff and caused a disturbance.
New Haven Man Arrested for Violating Executive Order Written by Connecticut State Police
On Friday, January 15, 2021 at approximately 2:57 p.m., Troopers out of Troop I-Bethany were dispatched to the New Haven Superior Courthouse located at 121 Elm Street, New Haven, CT. for a complaint of a disturbance.
Troopers received reports that Pedro Borrero (D.O.B: 10-24-1984) of 89 Paul Street, New Haven entered the lobby and was not wearing a face mask as required by the Executive Order. Borrero was immediately escorted out of the lobby and detained by Marshals.
Borrero was charged with violating (C.G.S. 53a-181) Breach of Peace in the Second Degree and violating Executive Order 9B-2a(1) violation of Face Cover Requirements. Borrero was released on a $2,500 non surety bond and is scheduled to appear in court on March 12, 2021 to answer to said charges.
They use this for food : Retirees sue Hamden over benefit cuts, with millions at stake
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Hamden Memorial Town HallClare Dignan / Hearst Connecticut Media
HAMDEN The town and its retirement board are being sued over a July decision to reduce benefits for hundreds of retirees.
The cuts were based on the claim that Hamden for years had paid higher cost of living adjustments than the retirement plan dictated. The town has also has considered further cuts to recoup millions of dollars of alleged overpayments, though Mayor Curt Leng said the Hamden Employees Retirement Board has not made a decision on the matter.