Dennis L. Winger, et al. v. Life Technologies Corp.: Five high-ranking executives at a Norwalk company who were fired after the business changed ownership have been awarded $17.4 million.

The five plaintiffs worked for Applied Biosystems Inc. (ABI), which in 2008 was part of a $6 billion merger with the California company Invitrogen Corporation. Following the merger, the companies became Life Technologies Corp., which specializes in gene research and other biotechnology fields.