I have spent a good deal of time in Meriden, CT.
When Connecticut needs an enema, Meriden is where they stick the tube.
It is a cesspool overrun by illegal immigrants who have turned a once beautiful, functioning, hard working town into a shite hole.
With regard to this lawsuit...I smell fraud.
That's sad to hear. I spend a bit of time there in the late 70's and, indeed, it WAS as you described.