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• Judge Bork Files Slip and Fall Lawsuit

  James Sabatini | June 15, 2007 11:24 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  Judge Robert Bork, former Supreme Court nominee, has filed a personal injury lawsuit, alleging that he injured himself as a result of a slip and fall accident at the Yale Club last year. He seeks compensatory and punitive damages. This lawsuit is noteworthy because Judge Bork has written on many subjects, including the need for tort reform. The plaintiff's tort bar and personal injury...

• 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...

• Product Recall of Evenflo Embrace Infant Car Seat

  James Sabatini | May 14, 2007 10:28 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  The US Consumer Product Safety Commission and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in cooperation with Evenflo Company Inc, announced a recall Friday of the Evenflo Embraceâ„¢ Infant Car Seat/Carriers. The recall affects about 450,000 infant car seats.The manufacturer of the defective car seats is Evenflo Company Inc., of Vandalia, Ohio. The defective car seat has...

• Small Plane Crash in Windham, Connecticut

  James Sabatini | April 23, 2007 11:03 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  A small plane crashed Sunday near a highway in eastern Connecticut and caught on fire, killing two people on board, officials from the Federal Aviation Administration and state police said.FAA spokeswoman Holly Baker said the Piper PA-23 went down adjacent to U.S. 6 near Windham Airport shortly before 4 p.m. The fire damage was so severe that the plane's tail number initially could not be read...

• Toyota's Recall of Defective Trucks and SUVs

  James Sabatini | January 23, 2007 2:49 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday it was recalling 533,000 Tundra pickup trucks and Sequoia sport utility vehicles because of potential steering problems. Toyota said the recall involved 2004-2006 Tundra trucks and 2004-2007 Sequoia full-size SUVs. The automaker has received reports of 11 accidents and six injuries connected to the recall, said Toyota spokesman Bill Kwong. The automaker said...

• Elderly Driver Injures 27 Pedestrians at Sailfest in New London

  Staff Writer | July 08, 2006 7:26 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  This afternoon, 89 year-old driver Robert Laine of Wallingford, CT. drove through a crowd of pedestrians in an accident at Sailfest in New London. At least 27 persons were taken to the hospital for injuries ranging from serious to bumps and bruises. This accident is eerily similar to one in California a year or two ago and raises questions about the accident risks elderly drivers pose in an...

• N.C. Jet Ski Accident Kills CT Man

  James Sabatini | August 09, 2007 10:52 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  An 18-year-old Connecticut resident was killed this week after he was hit with a personal watercraft on Lake Gaston in North Carolina. The man and his friend were operating Jet skis on a lake when his friends jet ski struck the man the head. Officials are withholding the man's identity until his relatives are notified. The 18-year-old and a friend were vacationing with family at Lake Gaston,...

• Fisher-Price Recalls Defective Toys - Chinese Lead Paint

  James Sabatini | August 01, 2007 8:10 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  Toy-maker Fisher-Price is recalling 83 types of toys -- including the popular Big Bird, Elmo, Dora and Diego characters -- because their paint contains excessive amounts of lead. The worldwide recall being announced Thursday involves 967,000 plastic preschool toys made by a Chinese vendor and sold in the United States between May and August. It is the latest in a wave of recalls that has...

• 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...

• 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...