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FILE - In this March 21, 2014 file photo, Charla Nash speaks to the media before attending a public hearing with Connecticut at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, Conn. The state's Judiciary Committee voted 35-3 Wednesday, APril 2, 2014, to uphold last year’s decision by State Claims Commissioner J. Paul Vance Jr., who denied Nash’s request to sue the state. The state is generally immune from lawsuits unless allowed by the commissioner. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Lawmakers: Deny chimp victim’s bid to sue state

By SUSAN HAIGH - Associated Press

APNewsBreak: Conn. chimp victim seeks OK to sue

By SUSAN HAIGH - Associated Press

** FILE ** Charla Nash sits before a hearing at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, Conn., to determine whether she may sue the state for $150 million in claimed damages, Aug. 10, 2012. Nash was mauled in a 2009 chimpanzee attack. On Friday, June 14, 2013, state Claims Commissioner J. Paul Vance Jr., denied permission for Nash to sue the state because at the time of the attack, the law allowed private ownership of the animals. (Associated Press)

Conn. chimp victim seeks OK to sue state

By Susan Haigh - Associated Press

** FILE ** Charla Nash sits before a hearing at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, Conn., to determine whether she may sue the state for $150 million in claimed damages, Aug. 10, 2012. Nash was mauled in a 2009 chimpanzee attack. On Friday, June 14, 2013, state Claims Commissioner J. Paul Vance Jr., denied permission for Nash to sue the state because at the time of the attack, the law allowed private ownership of the animals. (Associated Press)

Conn. chimp attack victim slapped with denial of $150M state lawsuit

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