Monday, July 21, 2014

Conn. Supreme Court rules same-sex marriage rights are retroactive

Connecticut's highest court last Wednesday ruled that some legal rights of same-sex predate the state’s 2008 adoption of marriage equality and earlier approval of civil unions

The decision, which is the first of its kind, overturned lower court rulings and allowed a widow to sue a doctor for medical malpractice for the death of her wife. The alleged malpractice occurred before the state adopted marriage equality.