While motorcycles capture the heart of the rebel on the open road, they are dangerous and in the event of a crash, many bikers don’t survive.
Just taking a good hard look at a motorcycle is enough to point out that they have no protection for the rider. No seatbelts, airbags, bumpers like on cars or [...]
It’s a simple fact of life that when a big rig collides with another passenger vehicle, the passenger vehicle and the occupants do not fare well.
Most big rig accidents result in either serious injuries or death. There is no other outcome when something that large runs into another vehicle or a stationary object. “Even if [...]
Ever been in a situation where you slipped, then tripped and then fell hard, sustaining an injury? You may be eligible to file a personal injury lawsuit.
Everyone does fall now and then, sometimes through no fault of their own, but due to a wet patch on a floor, ice on a sidewalk or something lying [...]
When you buy something at a store, you expect that it will work, work properly and not cause you or others any harm.
It’s not too much of a stretch to expect things that you buy at a store to work. After all, you’re paying for a working product that is supposed to do its job [...]
There seems to have been a spate of wrongful death actions lately filed in relation to the use of tasers by the police.
While tasers may have their place in law enforcement, there is a burning question about the number of deaths resulting from the use of this weapon on suspects. Just recently a man involved [...]
Michael Stratton of Stratton Faxon, Connecticut’s firm for trial law, is concerned about the controversial blood thinner heparin.
Heparin is a blood-thinning drug that had become practically ubiquitous in hospitals by 2008, especially as part of a regimen for a host of cardiovascular-related conditions. But in the intervening months since, this particular pharmaceutical has been blamed [...]
18-wheelers do not have the ability to stop quickly and the consequences are often death for those in other vehicles.
It’s a given that if a big rig crashes into another vehicle, the smaller of the two vehicles involved in the accident will bear the brunt of the damages. Big rigs weigh in at 40 tons [...]
When a recession hits those who want to downsize their cars or give them up to save on gas, they usually opt to buy a motorbike. Not a bad idea, but with that choice comes an increased risk of serious personal injuries or even death.
In Georgia alone in 2008 there were over 390,000 motorcycles registered. [...]
Stratton Faxon, Connecticut’s firm for trial law, helped to procure justice for a woman victimized by a defective tripod that had been manufactured by a Chinese company.
It happened at a restaurant called Knickerbocker’s in Middletown, Connecticut, in December 2003. A disc jockey was setting up a lighting display for a show. An 80-pound lighting fixture [...]
If you’ve ever been totally soaked by gas while filling up your vehicle because the hose separated from the nozzle, you may have cause to file a personal injury claim.
Getting gasoline all over yourself including in your eyes and all over your face, not to mention your clothes, is an upsetting experience. It may also [...]
In early December, the CLASS, or Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act, survived a vote aimed at removing it from the Senate health reform bill. The House and Senate bills both contain a version of the act.
Although the CLASS Act is buried deep in both bills and has garnered little media attention, its potential [...]
As the cost of health care increases, many people are turning to the internet. Using health insurance comparison services, many people and families are lowering costs.
During tough economic times, many individuals and families start looking at their monthly budget to determine where they can cut costs. Unfortunately, for families that do not have group health [...]
Wrongful death verdicts are rarely less than $1 million, no matter what the precipitating circumstances.
Wrongful deaths are the saddest events of all, so it makes sense that the ensuing verdicts arising from these invariably emotionally devastating cases are the most fruitful as to settlements and awards. No matter who dies “wrongfully” as precipitated by negligence [...]
