HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Lawyers representing Fairfield, Conn., asked the state's Appellate Court on Thursday to reverse a lower court ruling that the town cannot make claims for losses due to disgraced financier Bernard Madoff's fraud.
Attorney Richard Robinson told the court that Walter M. Noel Jr. and Jeffrey H. Tucker, who were partners in an investment firm, conspired with Madoff. As a result, they should be included among those responsible for a $42 million loss in Fairfield's pension fund, he said.
The pension fund provides benefits to 1,500 town employees.
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