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• Two Car Accident Injures Five in Portland

  Margaret Embry | August 31, 2009 3:17 PM | 0 CommentsWaterbury, CT

  A two-car accident near Portland, CT injured five people and closed down parts of Route 66 for nearly two hours on Saturday, August 29th, according to the Hartford Courant. Police are still...

• Bunk Beds Recalled By Land of Nod Due to Fall Hazard

  Chrissie Cole | February 06, 2009 11:55 AM | 0 CommentsWaterbury, CT

  The Land of Nod, in cooperation with the CPSC, voluntarily recalled 750 Cottage Bunk Beds because screws are missing from the upper bunk’s guardrails, which can cause the vertical slats to...

• Medical Device Safety Act of 2008

  James Sabatini | June 29, 2008 1:45 PM | 1 CommentWaterbury, CT

  U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, and Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee,...

• Triple A Releases 2006 Auto Crash Data

  James Sabatini | March 05, 2008 9:09 PM | 0 CommentsWaterbury, CT

  According to the Triple A, 42,642 people died in car crashes in 2006. This equates to about 117 deaths per day and almost 5 per hour. This is the equivalent of two jumbo jets crashing every week. The AAA attributes many of the fatalities to excessive speed, drunk driving and the failure to wear a seat belt. Triple A also reports that the costs arising from car accidents have gone up with the...

• Truck Driver Arrested In School Bus Accident

  James Sabatini | February 12, 2008 1:48 PM | 0 CommentsWaterbury, CT

  The driver of a Poland Spring delivery truck that collided with a school bus Monday afternoon was criminally charged this morning with speeding and running a red light. Accoprding to police, Christopher Speedling, 24, was going 42 mph in a 30mph zone. Witnesses also told police that he ran a red light before the crash. He is charged with failure to obey a traffic signal and traveling at an...

• Waterbury Drunk Driving Accident Lawyers

  James Sabatini | February 05, 2008 10:21 PM | 0 CommentsWaterbury, CT

  If you have been injured by a drunk driver, it is vital that you contact a Connecticut drunk driving accident lawyer as soon as possible. Why? - because not only is the drunk driver liable for your injuries and losses, but the establishment that served the alcohol to the drunk driver. You have 120 days to put the dram shop on written notice of your intention of filing a claim against it. If...

• Emergency Room Patients Waiting Longer

  James Sabatini | January 15, 2008 10:05 PM | 0 CommentsWaterbury, CT

  Patients seeking urgent care in U.S. emergency rooms are waiting longer than in the 1990s, especially people with heart attacks, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. The longer waits affect insureds and uninsureds equally. They found a quarter of heart attack victims waited 50 minutes or more before seeing a doctor in 2004. Waits for all types of emergency department visits became 36 percent...

• Avoiding Car Accidents During Bad Winter Weather

  James Sabatini | December 17, 2007 4:43 PM | 0 CommentsWaterbury, CT

  Bad winter weather is all too common for drivers in Connecticut and throughout the Northeast. Obviously, the best safety tip in avoiding a car accident in bad winter weather is to stay off the roads. But, this is not always a viable option. Many of us need to get to work or reach an important destination such as a pharmacy or hospital, so if you are out driving in winter weather keep these...

• Negligence Lawsuits Filed Against St. Francis Hospital - Failure To Supervise Dr. Reardon

  James Sabatini | December 07, 2007 2:38 PM | 0 CommentsWaterbury, CT

  Two men who say they were sexually molested by Dr. George Reardon filed lawsuits Thursday against St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, claiming the hospital was negligent in its supervision of the doctor during the 30 years he practiced there. In the latest suits, the men say Reardon fondled and photographed them in his private St. Francis office during the 1970s or early 1980s. One suit...

• Numerous Injuries In Train Crash

  James Sabatini | November 30, 2007 2:52 PM | 0 CommentsWaterbury, CT

  At least five Amtrak crew members were critically or seriously injured Friday when their train collided with a freight train traveling on the same track. About 100 or 150 passengers have been injured in this train collision in Chicago. The cause of the collision is under investigation.