Automobiles -- Defects -- Law and legislation -- Connecticut; Consumer protection -- Law and legislation -- Connecticut; Connecticut. Governor (1980-1991 : O'Neill)
Interview conducted on 11-29-2007 by Dr. Jerold Duquette. Daniel G. Brochu is a lifelong resident of Connecticut, a former lemon owner and a model “citizen advocate”. At the time of the Connecticut Lemon Law’s enactment in 1982, Brochu...
Automobiles -- Defects -- Law and legislation -- Connecticut; Research;
Interview conducted on 12-02-2008 by Dr. Jerold Duquette. Daniel J. Duffy served in the office of general research for over three decades. Mr. Duffy was the principal analyst assigned to the General Law Committee during the Lemon Law iniative in...
Automobiles -- Defects -- Law and legislation -- Connecticut; Consumer protection; Connecticut. General Assembly. House of Representatives; Legislators -- Connecticut -- Interviews
Ernest Abate of Stamford, Connecticut, served four-terms in the General Assembly as a State Representative (1974-82). During his last two terms he served as Speaker of the House of Representatives, and was a supporter of Lemon Law passage....
Automobiles -- Defects -- Law and legislation -- Connecticut; Consumer protection -- Law and legislation -- Connecticut; Woodcock, John J.; Automobile dealers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States;
Interview conducted on 08-07-2008 by Dr. Jerold Duquette. Fred Blasius, of Waterbury, Connecticut, is the owner of Loehmann Blasius Chevrolet Cadillac and has been an auto dealer for decades. During the legislative efforts to pass the Lemon Law,...
Consumer protection; Automobiles -- Defects -- Law and legislation -- Connecticut; Norwalk (Conn.) -- Politics and government; Legislators -- Connecticut -- Interviews
Part 1 of interview conducted on 11-11-2008 by Dr. Jerold Duquette with Jacob Rudolf. Jacob Rudolf, now of Durham, North Carolina, had a long career of public service in his hometown of Norwalk, Connecticut dating back to the 1950s. From 1980-86 he...
Consumer protection; Automobiles -- Defects -- Law and legislation -- Connecticut; Norwalk (Conn.) -- Politics and government; Legislators -- Connecticut -- Interviews
Part 2 of interview conducted on 11-11-2008 by Dr. Jerold Duquette with Jacob Rudolf. Jacob Rudolf, now of Durham, North Carolina, had a long career of public service in his hometown of Norwalk, Connecticut dating back to the 1950s. From 1980-86 he...
Woodcock, John J.; Automobiles -- Defects -- Law and legislation -- Connecticut; Consumer protection -- Law and legislation -- Connecticut;
Third Interview conducted on June 30, 2008 by Dr. Jerold Duquette with John J. Woodcock III of West Hartford, Connecticut. Woodcock, as a Connecticut State Representative from South Windsor, was the proponent of the first "Lemon Law" enacted in the...
Automobiles -- Defects -- Law and legislation -- Connecticut; Consumer protection -- Law and legislation -- Connecticut; Connecticut. Governor (1980-1991 : O'Neill); Legislators; State government;
Interview conducted on 05-01-2008 by Dr. Jerold Duquette. John J. Zajac is a former state legislator who served as both state senator and representative for 20 years. He provided strong bipartisan support for the "Lemon Law" and its revision the...
Automobiles -- Defects -- Law and legislation -- Connecticut; Consumer protection -- Law and legislation -- Connecticut; Connecticut. Governor (1980-1991 : O'Neill); Public relations; Public service; Legislative hearings;
Interview of Noel E. Tomas, conducted by Dr. Jerold Duquette on 01-24-2008. Tomas has had a long and varied career in public service. He has worked on the Commission on Aging, as an advocate for CT's elderly, the Commission for the Arts, and...
Governors -- Connecticut -- Archives; O'Neill, William A. (William Atchison), 1930-2007 -- Archives; Central Connecticut State University. Center for Public Policy and Social Research
Richard Judd, Ph.D. of New Britain, Connecticut, retired in 2004 as President of Central Connecticut State University, the state’s oldest public institution of higher education. He had worked in various capacities at Central for forty consecutive...
Automobiles -- Defects -- Law and legislation -- Connecticut; Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety; Consumer protection -- Law and legislation -- Connecticut;
Interview conducted on 12-06-2007 by Dr. Jerold Duquette with Rosemary Shahan. Ms. Shahan is the founder and president of Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety (CARS). CARS is a national, award winning, non-profit auto safety and consumer...
