Automobiles -- Defects -- Law and legislation -- Connecticut; Consumer protection; Woodcock, John J.
Carol Roberts, of Winthrop, Maine, has a long career in consumer mediation and Lemon Law administration, including direction of the Lemon Law arbitration program in Maine’s department of the Attorney general. Since 1997, she has been Executive...
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; Consumer protection -- Law and legislation -- Connecticut; Connecticut. Governor (1980-1991 : O'Neill)
Second interview with Edmund Mierzwinski, the consumer program director of U.S. PIRG in Washington, DC is a nationally recognized consumer advocate. Devoting his career to the administration of Public Interest Research Groups or "PIRG's" his public...
Automobiles -- Defects -- Law and legislation -- Connecticut; Consumer protection -- Law and legislation -- Connecticut; Connecticut. Governor (1980-1991 : O'Neill); U.S. Public Interest Research Group;
Edmund Mierzwinski, the consumer program director of U.S. PIRG in Washington, DC is a nationally recognized consumer advocate. Devoting his career to the administration of Public Interest Research Groups or “PIRG’s,” his public interest...
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; Connecticut. Governor (1980-1991 : O'Neill)
Interview conducted on 12-27-2006 by Robert Douglas with Frank McLaughlin of Bowie, Maryland. Mr. McLaughlin’s long and distinguished career includes service as an attorney for the Federal Trade Commission, and over ten years in the White House...
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,...
Automobiles -- Defects -- Law and legislation -- Connecticut; Consumer protection -- Law and legislation -- Connecticut; Connecticut. Governor (1980-1991 : O'Neill)
Interview conducted on 3-6-2006 by Robert Douglas with James O’Rourke of Cromwell, Connecticut. Mr. O’Rourke is serving his eighth term in the Connecticut House of Representatives representing the 32nd District. During the time of Lemon Law...
Automobiles -- Defects -- Law and legislation -- Connecticut; Consumer protection -- Law and legislation -- Connecticut; Connecticut. Governor (1980-1991 : O'Neill)
Interview conducted on 1-23-2007 by Robert Douglas with Judge Richard Rittenband of South Windsor, Connecticut. In his career as an attorney in the early years of the Lemon Law’s existence, Judge Rittenband had extensive experience litigating...
Automobiles -- Defects -- Law and legislation -- Connecticut; Consumer protection -- Law and legislation -- Connecticut; Connecticut. Governor (1980-1991 : O'Neill)
Second interview conducted on March 7, 2006 by Robert Douglas with Irving Stolberg of New Haven, Connecticut. Mr. Stolberg served for 22 years in the Connecticut General Assembly’s House of Representatives, including four years as Speaker of the...
Automobiles -- Defects -- Law and legislation -- Connecticut; Consumer protection -- Law and legislation -- Connecticut; Connecticut. Governor (1980-1991 : O'Neill)
First interview conducted on February 15, 2006 by Robert Douglas with Irving Stolberg of New Haven, Connecticut. Mr. Stolberg served for 22 years in the Connecticut General Assembly’s House of Representatives, including four years as Speaker of...
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...
Automobiles -- Defects -- Law and legislation -- Connecticut; Consumer protection -- Law and legislation -- Connecticut; Connecticut. Governor (1980-1991 : O'Neill)
Interview conducted on November 12, 2003 by Robert Douglas 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...
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)
First interview conducted on 10-28-2003 by Robert Douglas 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 United...
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); International Association of Lemon Law Administrators
Mark A. Giulietti manages Connecticut's Lemon Law Arbitration Program within the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection, a position he has held since 1986. Mr. Giulietti also served on the Board of Directors for the International...
Automobiles -- Defects -- Law and legislation -- Connecticut; Consumer protection -- Law and legislation -- Connecticut; Connecticut. Governor (1980-1991 : O'Neill);
Interview conducted on 5-17-2006 by Robert Douglas with Mary Heslin of Hartford, Connecticut. Under former Governor William A. O’Neill and at the time of Lemon Law passage, Ms. Heslin served as Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of...
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...
