Miscellaneous

• Small Plane Crashes Into Fla. Homes Killing Two

  James Sabatini | July 10, 2007 11:10 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  A small plane trying to make an emergency landing crashed into a suburban Orlando neighborhood Tuesday, killing both people aboard and starting two house fires that burned two adults and a 10-year-old boy. The cause of this fatal crash is under investigation.For more information on this subject, please refer to our section on Airlines, Cruise, Buses, and Other Mass Transit Accidents.

• Are Fireworks Legal In CT?

  James Sabatini | June 25, 2007 2:27 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  As 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...

• 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...

• Two CT Men Die In Small Plane Crash

  James Sabatini | April 05, 2007 11:48 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  Two of the three people killed in the crash of a small plane in Maryland on Wednesday were from Connecticut.The three people killed were members of the Mahopac Golf Club in New York and were headed to North Carolina for a golf outing. The NTSB is investigating the crash.

• Small Plane Crash Kills Two

  James Sabatini | March 05, 2007 1:30 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  A small plane crashed into a home near a southern Indiana airport Monday, killing both people aboard, authorities said. There were no immediate reports of injuries on the ground, though the impact left much of the plane lodged inside the house.

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

  James Sabatini | January 03, 2007 9:58 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  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...

• Taco Bell E.Coli Outbreak

  James Sabatini | December 07, 2006 5:01 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  The Taco Bell E.Coli outbreak has hit Connecticut. According to CNN, the E.Coli outbreak linked to Taco Bell has sickened individuals in five states including Connecticut. If you suspect that you are ill from bad food, seek immediate medical attention. The doctor will obtain a stool sample. If it tests positive for e.coli contamination the doctor must then notify state and federal...

• Medical Malpractice Carrier Raking in the Profits

  James Sabatini | October 19, 2006 11:48 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  Despite the industry's dire predictions, the business of insuring doctors in Connecticut has been very profitable over the last couple years. For years, the insurance industry has been arguing for caps on physical pain and suffering damages. The insurance companies claim that without such caps they cannot afford to be in the business of underwriting liability policies for medical...

• More Evidence of Dangers with Ortho Evra Patch

  James Sabatini | September 27, 2006 9:57 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  A recent epidimiology study found that Ortho Evra patch users had a two-fold increase in the risk of developing blood clots compared to women who used birth control pills. Sabatini and Associates, LLC is presently representing women who have suffered blood clots and stroke while on the birth control patch. This latest study is yet another piece of evdience that supports the connection between...

• Planes Still Flying with TWA 800 Problem

  James Sabatini | July 15, 2006 2:11 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  Incredibly, 10 years after the explosion on board TWA 800, the very same problem has still not been fully fixed despite the FAA's warning that the very same disaster will happen again. It is just a matter of time. The biggest opposition to the safety change - the airlines.The airlines are contending that the FAA's safety analysis is flawed and their cost/benefit analysis is not calling for the...