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; 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); Legal aid
Interview conducted on 6-26-2007 by Steve Kliger with Raphael Podolsky. Podolsky is a long-time Hartford resident and a legal advocate with a learned understanding of our state’s political system. As secretary of the Legal Assistance Resource...
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)
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; 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...
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...
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,...
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; 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....
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...
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...
Automobile industry; Automobiles -- Defects -- Law and legislation -- Connecticut; Connecticut. General Assembly. General Law Committee; Woodcock, John J.
Telephone interview conducted with Robert Carragher, a native of Hartford, Connecticut, with a long record of public service including special assistant to US Senator Abraham Ribicoff (1967-1975) and six terms as a State Representative in the...
