{"id":542736,"date":"2010-04-24T23:58:15","date_gmt":"2010-04-25T03:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogs.courant.com,2010:\/capitol_watch\/\/9.76699"},"modified":"2010-04-25T00:29:07","modified_gmt":"2010-04-25T04:29:07","slug":"blumenthals-suits-will-be-the-focus-of-dan-lovallos-show-on-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/542736","title":{"rendered":"Blumenthal’s suits will be the focus of Dan Lovallo’s show on Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"
T<\/span><\/font><\/font>he 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.<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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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 <\/font><\/font><\/font>Don Pesci.<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/a><\/div>\n

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Pesci does not name the woman or her business, but says it’s an East Hartford firm. I’m guessing its <\/font><\/font><\/font>Gina Malapanis, owner of Computers Plus Center Inc. <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/div>\n

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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.<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/div>\n

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Blumenthal has said that the state intends to fight the award.<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/div>\n

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According to the Courant story<\/a> 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.<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/div>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

Lovallo’s show can be heard at 5 p.m. on the following stations: WDRC1360,  WMMW1470, WWRO12409 and WSNG610. <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n


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