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• 18 Year-Old Driver Involved in Fatal One-Car Accident Charged with Negligent Homicide

  Margaret Embry | August 06, 2009 4:25 PM | 0 CommentsNew Haven , CT

  On April 30th in Wallingford, an eighteen-year-old male was involved in a one-car accident that killed one seventeen-year-old high school student who was riding in the front seat and injured another...

• Peanut Butter Recalled For Salmonella

  Chrissie Cole | January 31, 2009 10:16 AM | 0 CommentsNew Haven , CT

  A string of peanut butter recalls have been traced back to the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA). The latest recall includes all peanuts, peanut paste, granulated peanut and peanut meal made by...

• Motorcycle Deaths On The Rise

  James Sabatini | August 15, 2008 4:56 PM | 0 CommentsNew Haven , CT

  The number of motorcyclist deaths jumped in 2007. One out of every eight vehicle deaths on our roads invovled a motorcycle. Deaths of people in cars, trucks and on bicycles declined in 2007. The...

• Insulin Pumps for Teens Have Been Linked to Injuries and Deaths

  Jenny Albano | May 08, 2008 2:59 AM | 0 CommentsNew Haven , CT

  A federal review from the FDA found that insulin pumps used by teenagers with Type 1 diabetes can be dangerous and have been linked to injuries and deaths. Researchers from the FDA did not advise...

• Connecticut Places Hartford Hospital On Probation

  James Sabatini | February 11, 2008 11:38 AM | 0 CommentsNew Haven , CT

  Hartford Hospital, the state's second-largest facility in terms of licensed beds, is on probation for a year after complaints arose about its emergency and operating rooms. State officials discovered 28 complaints over a two-year period based on patient surveys. The Department of Health found serious issues during the course of its investigation. There were a number of patient care issues on a...

• Avoiding Car Accidents In Bad Winter Weather

  James Sabatini | December 17, 2007 5:12 PM | 0 CommentsNew Haven , CT

  Bad winter weather is all too common for drivers in Connecticut and throughout the Northeast. Obviously, the best safety tip in avoiding a car accident in bad winter weather is to stay off the roads. But, this is not always a viable option. Many of us need to get to work or reach an important destination such as a pharmacy or hospital, so if you are out driving in winter weather keep these...

• Negligence Lawsuits Filed Against St. Francis Hospital - Failure to Supervise Dr. Reardon

  James Sabatini | December 07, 2007 2:36 PM | 0 CommentsNew Haven , CT

  Two men who say they were sexually molested by Dr. George Reardon filed lawsuits Thursday against St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, claiming the hospital was negligent in its supervision of the doctor during the 30 years he practiced there. In the latest suits, the men say Reardon fondled and photographed them in his private St. Francis office during the 1970s or early 1980s. One suit...

• Connecticut Medical Malpractice Statute of Limitations

  James Sabatini | December 06, 2007 10:24 PM | 0 CommentsNew Haven , CT

  Connecticut law requires that a medical malpractice lawsuit be initiated within two years from the date when the injury is first sustained or discovered or in the exercise of reasonable care should have been discovered. The law also requires that it be initiated within three years from the date of the act or omission complained of (CGS § 52-584). (The courts typically refer to the two year...

• Many Injured In Train Collision

  James Sabatini | November 30, 2007 2:59 PM | 0 CommentsNew Haven , CT

  At least five Amtrak crew members were critically or seriously injured Friday when their train collided with a freight train traveling on the same track. About 100 or 150 passengers have been injured in this train collision in Chicago. The cause of the collision is under investigation.

• Nursing Home CEO Funds Record Label, But What About The Nursing Homes

  James Sabatini | November 20, 2007 11:31 PM | 0 CommentsNew Haven , CT

  In late 2005, Haven Healthcare CEO Raymond Termini decided to pursue a longtime dream: He launched a record label in Nashville to produce both little-known and established country musicians. Within in a few months, the company gets the cash to sign major artists such as Travis Tritt. Back in Connecticut, residents of his nursing home in Jewett City spent a cold December night. After months of...