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• New Haven Car Accident, Police Search for Witnesses

  James Sabatini | January 30, 2007 6:19 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Police are seeking witnesses of a head-on collision in New Haven last month. New Haven police continue to investigate a Dec. 24, 2006, wreck that killed one of the drivers involved. Police said the cars collided at the intersection of Fifth Street and Hallock Avenue.Police believe that witnesses to the collision left the scene before the police officers could interview them. Obviously,...

• Higher C-Section Rate Due to Malpractice Fears

  Shannon Weidemann | January 24, 2007 2:58 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  The rate for Caesarean Sections in the Bay State rose from 31% in 2004 to 32% in 2005. That is about two thirds of all births. There were approximately 77,000 live births in the state in 2005. Doctors cite many reasons for the increase including older women, multiple births, and malpractice fears. The more risk factors there are with a pregnancy, increases the likelihood that a doctor will...

• Man Breaks Leg in Car Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | January 23, 2007 11:30 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Adam Goldstein, age 21, of West Hartford was driving his Honda Civic on Trout Brook Avenue in West Hartford when he drove across the street and hit a tree. Goldstein broke his leg in the accident. The Civic suffered extensive damage. There was also damage done to a fence in a yard that backs up to the road. Goldstein was treated at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center. The accident is...

• Toyota's Recall of Defective Trucks and SUVs

  James Sabatini | January 23, 2007 2:49 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  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...

• Middletown Bus Accident Injures Students

  James Sabatini | January 19, 2007 10:37 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  MIDDLETOWN -- A teacher's Jeep slammed into a school bus in Middletown this morning, sending several students to the hospital. A Jeep driven by a Morris Elementary School teacher collided with the school bus shortly after 8 this morning on Middletown's Kaplan Drive. Middletown police tell News Channel 8 that icy roads played a part in the crash.As many as 14 people with minor injuries are being...

• Ex-VP at J&J Sues for Wrongful Termination

  James Sabatini | January 03, 2007 9:58 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Dr. Joel Lippman,a former vice president at Johnson & Johnson, was fired by the company after he recommended that the company recall certain products that were unsafe. One of the products that the doctor deemed unsafe was the Ortho Evra birth control patch. He considered the device unsafe due to the fact that the patch released dangerously high levels of estrogen into patients. In his...