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Cities and towns encourage legal opinion on ‘unclaimed’ bodies
HARTFORD, Conn. – Connecticut cities and towns want Attorney General George Jepsen to weigh in with a formal legal opinion about the Chief Medical Examiner’s decision to make any “unclaimed” dead person the municipalities responsibility. In late May, Dr. James Gill, sent an email to municipal officials saying that as of July 1 the bodies…
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Legislators renew call for cancer coverage for firefighters
HARTFORD, Conn. – Last year, firefighters lined the halls of the state Capitol trying to urge lawmakers to pass legislation that would give them an opportunity to file a workers’ compensation claim for certain types of cancer.
