- James Sabatini | June 26, 2007 10:41 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsA fatal auto accident in Pennsylvania has stirred concerns about another potentially hazardous Chinese product in wide use in the U.S.: tires. About 450,000 Chinese-made tires sold in the U.S. -- and possibly many more -- may lack an important safety feature, according to federal regulators and the U.S. distributor that helped design them. The tires are defective because an unknown portion of...
- James Sabatini | June 25, 2007 2:27 PM |
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MiscellaneousAs we approach July 4, many of us start thinking about fireworks. Under Connecticut law, only a limited type of fireworks are legal. Specifically, only sparklers are legal. All other fireworks are illegal. Sparklers, as determined by the state, include sparkling devices of not more than one hundred grams of pyrotechnic mixture per item, which are non-explosive and non-aerial. These include...
- James Sabatini | June 25, 2007 11:10 AM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)The Connecticut Department of Transportation has cut back on bridge inspections across the state over the past two years. Under its new policy, the DOT will inspect most bridges half as often as outlined under federal standards, and less often than it did at the time of the 1983 Mianus River Bridge collapse, which killed three and caused the state to improve its inspection standards. This cut...
- James Sabatini | June 18, 2007 3:02 PM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)A 2-year-old boy remained in critical condition this morning after he was found Sunday at the bottom of a pool during a family party, police said. Antonio Capetillo of Hartford was attending a birthday party with his family on Elm Street in East Hartford when he went through an unlocked gate surrounding an above-ground swimming pool and fell into the water. The police continue to investigate...
- James Sabatini | June 15, 2007 11:24 PM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)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...
- James Sabatini | June 14, 2007 10:16 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsIn the fatal crash that led to an arrest yesterday as reported in this blog, the judge in the case has set a $3 million dollar bail on the defendant. The defendant is charged with second-degree manslaughter, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs, operating while under suspension, failure to keep right and failure to wear a seat belt. Incredibly, this defendant has 3...
- James Sabatini | June 13, 2007 3:12 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeA 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...
- James Sabatini | June 13, 2007 2:04 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsConnecticut 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...
- James Sabatini | June 12, 2007 1:10 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsThe 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.
- James Sabatini | June 11, 2007 11:18 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsGov. 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...
- James Sabatini | June 10, 2007 11:22 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA 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,...
- James Sabatini | June 06, 2007 2:52 PM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)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...
- James Sabatini | June 04, 2007 11:00 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsIn 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.