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• Plainfield Teen Beaten In Racial Attack

  James Sabatini | November 14, 2007 9:28 PM | 0 CommentsNew Haven , CT

  In Plainfield, Connecticut, a sixteen year old teen was beaten and subjected to racial slurs. The victim, sixteen-year old Dashawn Williams has not been to school in three weeks. He says he was beat up at the bus stop by kids calling him the n-word. The attack took place early in the morning at a school bus stop. The beating landed the teen in the hospital with cuts and a concussion. The local...

• Gillette Wal-Mart Sued for Slip and Fall

  Shannon Weidemann | November 11, 2007 4:12 PM | 0 CommentsNew Haven , CT

  A Campbell County man fell in a local Wal-Mart store in 2005 and injured his knee. He filed a premises liability lawsuit against the company in court last week. His lawyer argues that he reinjured a knee that has been operated on previously. Dick Baker was shopping at the store Feb. 20, 2005, when the accident happened. He walked around the end of an aisle, stepped into a pool of water caused...

• New Haven Police Officer in Single Car Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | November 11, 2007 4:03 PM | 0 CommentsNew Haven , CT

  A New Haven police officer was in a single car accident and failed to report the accident to the department. After the crash he reported that he had a flat tire and needed to be towed. Later information showed that he was involved in a car accident. It is against department policy to not report a car accident. He was off duty at the time of the accident and it involved his personal...

• Salem Man Awarded $210K for Medical Malpractice

  Shannon Weidemann | November 11, 2007 3:53 PM | 0 CommentsNew Haven , CT

  A Salem man had surgery on his gall bladder in August 1999. He was in pain following the surgery and visited with two doctors. Both of the doctors failed to diagnose a bile leak and he needed to have emergency surgery to fix the problem. He sued for medical malpractice and the jury awarded him and his wife $210,000. Kevin Cummings said he first went to Dr. Lakshmanan about pain following the...

• Aqua Dots Toys Recalled Due to GHB

  Shannon Weidemann | November 11, 2007 3:43 PM | 0 CommentsNew Haven , CT

  A children's toy expected to be on many wish lists this Christmas has been recalled because of a harmful side effect. The recalled Aqua Dots were made with the incorrect chemical and can metabolize into the "date rape" drug GHB if swallowed. There had been reports of children falling ill after ingesting the small beads that make up the toy. Millions of units of the popular toys, which are...

• Heart Device by Thoratec Recalled

  Shannon Weidemann | November 11, 2007 3:28 PM | 0 CommentsNew Haven , CT

  A heart assistance device manufactured by Thoratec has been recalled because the device may function incorrectly. The defective medical device has been used at 87 hospitals in the United States and around the world since 2004. The device is surgically implanted in patients and it may become bent. Thoratec notified the hospitals of potential problem in an Oct. 19 recall notification letter,...

• Vioxx Lawsuit Settled for $4.8 Billion

  Shannon Weidemann | November 11, 2007 3:11 PM | 0 CommentsNew Haven , CT

  The pain reliever Vioxx has been linked to a greater risk of heart attack and stroke in patients that have taken the drug. A number of lawsuits were filed against the drug manufacturer Merck. The company this week agreed to settle the cases with $4.8 Billion to be split by those affected. The company reached an agreement with lawyers representing many of the 47,000 plaintiffs with claims...

• James Sabatini, Attorney at Law

  Staff Writer | August 09, 2007 6:11 PM | 0 CommentsNew Haven , CT

  Born : Hartford, Connecticut September 29, 1971Admitted: 1998 - Connecticut 1998 - US District Court, District of Connecticut 2004 - United States Court of Federal Claims Education: Hamilton College (B.A., 1994)Case Western Reserve University (JD, 1998) Member: Hartford County Bar Association Connecticut and American Bar Associations The Association of Trial Lawyers of America Connecticut...

• Sabatini & Associates, LLC

  Staff Writer | August 09, 2007 6:09 PM | 0 CommentsNew Haven , CT

  Sabatini and Associates, LLC was founded by Vincent F. Sabatini. The firm is composed of trial lawyers engaged in the practice of law in five main areas: personal injury, commercial litigation, land use and zoning, real estate and employment litigation. The firm, through its attorneys and legal support staff consisting of law clerks and paralegals, also provides additional legal services to our...

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  Staff Writer | August 09, 2007 6:08 PM | 0 CommentsNew Haven , CT

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