A legislative committee is expected to vote on whether to grant a Connecticut woman disfigured in a 2009 chimpanzee attack the ability to sue the state and seek financial damages.
Judiciary Committee co-chairman Sen. Eric Coleman said lawmakers would take some action Wednesday on Charla Nash's request. It's the committee's deadline for voting bills to the floor of the House of Representatives or Senate.
It's questionable whether legislators will grant Nash the ability to sue the state. Lawmakers would have to overrule a decision last year by State Claims Commissioner J. Paul Vance Jr., who refused Nash's request to sue, arguing state officials were not required by Connecticut law to seize the chimpanzee.
While Nash initially sought $150 million, her lawyer has said she's willing to accept less.
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