State lawmakers and administrative judges were quick to agree that former New Haven Superior Court Judge Frank J. Kinney Jr. basically worked himself to death, taking on a broad range of duties and routinely working 13-to-14-hour days.
But so far, all attempts to compensate Kinney’s hard work and untimely death in 1987 by heart attack have smacked into legal obstacles – statutes, case law and now, the Connecticut Constitution. New Haven Superior Court Judge Antonio C. Robaina recently ruled that a special public act to help Kinney’s widow is an unconstitutional emolument serving no public purpose.
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