Supreme Court of Connecticut
Maghfour v. Waterbury
August 3, 2021340 Conn. 41
Summary
The court held that the statutory amendment authorizing self-insured municipalities to impose liens on certain settlement proceeds could not be applied to the plaintiff's settlement because the amendment was substantive and lacked an express retroactive directive. The plaintiff's settlement remained tied to an accident and underlying action that predated the amendment's effective date, so applying the lien provision would impose new legal consequences retroactively. The court affirmed summary judgment for the plaintiff.