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Settlement reported in freezing death

The family of a Connecticut woman found frozen to death in 2009 has settled a lawsuit against a former state lawmaker and a Cromwell tavern. A court document obtained by The Associated Press shows Carol Jean Sinisgalli’s family withdrew the lawsuit on Wednesday against former representative James O’Rourke and O’Leary’s Digger McDuff’s Tavern. Terms of the resolution were not disclosed. A lawyer for Sinisgalli’s family said they are relieved the lawsuit is over. O’Rourke and the tavern owners denied wrongdoing. The lawsuit said Sinisgalli was not wearing a coat or shoes when she was kicked out of the bar in 14-degree weather.