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• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...