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• Seat Warmer Fires Prompts Jeep Recall

  James Sabatini | June 14, 2006 6:05 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  DaimlerChrysler is recalling more than 110,000 Jeep Grand Cherokees because their front seat warmers can overheat and catch fire. The company has received 32 complaints involving seat warmers including 15 injury complaints involving leg burns. Six injured people have sued DaimlerChrysler who have suffered serious burns from the seat warmers. The recall invovles 2003 to 2004 model years. Read...

• Full-Body Safety Harness Recalled for Fall Hazard

  James Sabatini | June 08, 2006 4:30 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced today a voluntary recall of Safety Harnesses Sold with Hunting Tree Stands. The harnesses are prone to fail during use resulting in consumers falling from tree stands and suffering serious injuries or deaths. For more detailed information on the safety harness recall, click here

• Ortho-McNeil's Birth Control Patch Is Lethal

  James Sabatini | June 05, 2006 3:54 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  Documents have surfaced showing that Ortho-McNeil, the manufacturer of the Ortho Evra birth-control patch and subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, refused in 2003 to fund a study comparing the Ortho patch to the company's Ortho-Cyclen pill because there was too high of chance that the study may not produce a positive result for the patch. In November of 2005, the FDA warned that women using the...

• Jury's Verdict - State Farm Acted in Bad Faith

  James Sabatini | May 30, 2006 5:25 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  An Oklahoma jury awarded 13 million dollars in damages to the lead plaintiffs in a lawsuit against State Farm Insurance Company after finding that the company engaged in bad faith when it denied plaintiffs' property damage claim caused by a wave of destructive tornadoes.According to CNN:The jury found that State Farm acted recklessly and with malice in handling insurance claims from dozen of...

• Truck Accident Causes I-95 Ramp, Lane Closures

  James Sabatini | May 25, 2006 3:05 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  The Kimberly Avenue off ramp and the right and center lanes od South I-95 were closed recently when a tractor-trailer went off the bridge of the exit 44 ramp. The noon accident took over three hours to clear.According to the Hartford Courant:Traffic was backed up northbound on I-95 to Exit 41, southbound traffic on I-95 was bumper-to-bumper all the way to the Pearl Harbor Memorial "Q-Bridge,"...

• Bausch & Lomb Recall Saga Followed Closely

  Staff Writer | May 22, 2006 11:53 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  Fellow InjuryBoard.com blogger, Sarasota lawyer Joe Saunders, has been following the Bausch and Lomb Renu news with quite a watchful eye and made several posts about the link between the contact lens solution and the fungal infection fusarium keratitis.Last week, the CDC released an update on Renu with moistureloc and fusarium keratitis which announced the agency had received reports of 130...

• Sabatini & Associates, Attorneys at Law

  Staff Writer | January 22, 2006 11:28 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, 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...

• CT Nursing Home Files For Chapter 11

  James Sabatini | November 21, 2007 4:26 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  Haven Healthcare, the Connecticut nursing home operator has filed for bankruptcy. I recently blogged about this nursing home operator's CEO who funded a record label start up company while his company's nursing homes were failing to pay their bills. Haven's bankruptcy filing reveals that the company's 50 largest creditors are owed nearly $31 million.State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal...

• Truck Rolls Over Car In Chesire

  James Sabatini | November 14, 2007 9:13 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  Route 70 in Cheshire was closed Wednesday afternoon after a dump truck rolled over on top of a car.The dump truck rolled over on top of a car underneath the Interstate 84 overpass. The roadway was closed around 3:30 p.m. The exit ramp from exit 26 was also closed around 4 p.m. Injuries have been reported.For more information on this subject, please refer to the section on Truck Accidents.

• Bravo! Recalls Select Poultry Products for Dogs and Cats

  Jenny Albano | September 20, 2007 12:51 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  Bravo! is recalling some tubes of poultry products for dogs and cats because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella or Listeria monocytogenes. Two of the products have the potential to be contaminated with both of the bacteriums, and one product may only be infected with Listeria monocytogenes.Both Salmonella and Listeria are organisms which can cause serious infections in...