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• Hospital Ignores Dying Woman's Pleas For Help

  James Sabatini | June 13, 2007 3:12 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  A woman lies on the ground dying from a perforated bowel. She is in pain, vomitting up blood and asking for help. Incredibly, this was happening in an emergency room. At the King-Harbor hospital in Los Angeles, this woman, her boyfriend and an unidentified person pleaded with the hospital for help. Their pleas for help were ignored. Calls were made to 911 requesting that an ambulance take...

• Drunk Driver Arrested - Charged With Manslaughter

  James Sabatini | June 13, 2007 2:04 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  Connecticut state police arrested a man in a fatal collision in Mansfield on New Year's Day.Police have charged Michael Knybel Jr., 39, of Stafford Springs, with manslaughter with a motor vehicle while intoxicated, operating under suspension and drunken driving. Darren Fegan, 32, of Mansfield, was killed when his sport utility vehicle was hit head-on by the pick-up truck that Michael Knybel was...

• OSHA INVESTIGATES WORKPLACE DEATH - TRUCK ACCIDENT

  James Sabatini | June 12, 2007 1:10 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the death of a Milford truck driver hit by another truck in a recycling-materials yard Monday afternoon. Barry Pybus, of Milford, an employee of D'Amato Brothers Trucking Co., also of Milford, was struck and killed at Waste Conversion Technologies Inc., 221 Old Gate Lane.

• CT DOT To Inspect Trees Along Merritt Parkway

  James Sabatini | June 11, 2007 11:18 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  Gov. M. Jodi Rell said Monday that she has asked the state Department of Transportation to assess the safety of trees along the Merritt and Wilbur Cross parkways in response to a fatal accident on Saturday. Rell was acting on a request made by Westport First Selectman Gordon Joseloff, who sent a letter to the governor seeking an immediate review of tree maintenance procedures. On Saturday, two...

• Tree Falls On Parkway Causing Fatal Car Accident

  James Sabatini | June 10, 2007 11:22 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  A man and a woman from New York state were killed Saturday night when a tree fell onto the Merritt Parkway and smashed through the front windshield of their car. Two passengers riding in the back seat of the 2006 Volvo station wagon suffered minor injuries and were transported to Norwalk Hospital for treatment. Joseph J. Stavola, 46, of Pelham, N.Y., and his passenger, Jeanne C. Serocke, 44,...

• Connecticut Slip and Falls - Legal Overview

  James Sabatini | June 06, 2007 2:52 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  Property owners, landlords, property managers and places of business including grocery stores, shopping malls, gas stations, bars, nightclubs and hotels, have a duty to their visitors and customers to maintain their property in a reasonably safe condition. They have a duty to inspect the property from time to time to make sure that no hazards or defects exist. If a dangerous condition is...

• Car Collides Into Bus - Injuries Reported

  James Sabatini | June 04, 2007 11:00 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  In Hartford this morning, a child and an adult are being treated at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center after the car they were riding in collided with a school bus.Information on the severity of the injuries in this car crash with a bus is not yet available. The bus driver also went to the hospital.

• Fatal Car Accident - I91 Connecticut

  James Sabatini | May 31, 2007 8:18 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  An accident on the northbound side of I-91 near Exit 24 has left at least one person dead, state police said.Traffic has backed up on both sides of the highway. A flipped-over vehicle lies roof-down in the middle of the highway median, witnesses said.Due to the death, the state has sent its accident reconstruction team to investigate how the car accident happened. The State of Connecticut...

• Bicyclist Injured - Motorcycle Crash - Bristol, Connecticut

  James Sabatini | May 23, 2007 7:38 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  A 53-year-old bicyclist who suffered head injuries Tuesday in a collision with a motorcycle has improved to stable condition, Hartford Hospital reported this afternoon. The bicyclist is hospitalized at Hartford Hospital. He was flown to the hospital by LifeStar on Tuesday evening after the crash at Enterprise Drive and Horizon Drive.The cause of the accident and who if anyone was at fault have...

• Connecticut Adopts Mode of Operation Rule, Slip and Falls

  James Sabatini | May 21, 2007 7:56 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  The Connecticut State Supreme Court recently adopted the mode of operation of rule. This rule is extremely important for people injured as a result of a fall down (slip and fall) at a self service store. Self service stores are supermarkets, cafeterias, fast-food restaurants and other businesses where the customer selects the merchandise or food from the displays as opposed to an employee...