The activist attorney general’s comment during a Senate debate last month that his lawsuits have helped — not hurt — Connecticut businesses has already drawn scorn from his opponents.
On Monday, the topic is sure to receive some fresh fuel, when conservative talk show host Dan Lovallo hosts a woman whose business was the target of a Blumenthal lawsuit, according to blogger Don Pesci.
Pesci does not name the woman or her business, but says it’s an East Hartford firm. I’m guessing its Gina Malapanis, owner of Computers Plus Center Inc.
In January, a Superior Court jury in Waterbury awarded her about $18 million after finding that state officials had violated her or her company’s civil rights and ruined her business with false claims that she had broken her state contract.
Blumenthal has said that the state intends to fight the award.
According to the Courant story that ran the day after the verdict, the long-running court battle began in 2003 when the state sued Computers Plus Center Inc., seeking $1.75 million in damages. At the time, Blumenthal said that, for more than 10 years, the company had been selling the state computers that lacked the proper parts.
The Courant tried to reach Malapanis but could not. Her lawyer, James Wade, declined comment. As far as I can tell, Lovallo’s interview will be her first public comment on the case.
Lovallo’s show can be heard at 5 p.m. on the following stations: WDRC1360, WMMW1470, WWRO12409 and WSNG610.