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 [...]
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 [...]
1976 incidents often go unmentioned, but may prove quite relevant when mass immunizations begin occurring late in 2009.
In 1976, U.S. Army recruit Private David Lewis was based at Fort Dix, N.J., and suddenly felt very sick. Within a day he was dead. The cause of his death was given as “swine flu,” otherwise known as [...]
The proposed H1N1 influenza vaccine expected to be administered to millions of Americans may pose serious risks, along with subsequent lawsuits due to adverse consequences experienced.
Much discussion has recently surfaced about the mandated administration of H1N1 “swine flu” vaccines to millions of Americans, especially those included in so-called “high risk” groups such as children, the [...]
Stratton Faxon, Connecticut’s firm for trial law, has represented former MLB umpire Mark Hirschbeck in his fight for justice. As a follow-up, Hirschbeck has joined the legislative battle with other victims in an effort to pass the Medical Device Safety Act.
When Mark Hirschbeck began his career as an umpire, right after high school, he never [...]
Stratton Faxon Attorney Eric P. Smith decries negligent death of elderly woman.
Connecticut’s firm for trial law, Stratton Faxon, helped to win Karen Smith’s case of negligence at Dairen Health Care Center. Her mother had been admitted there after suffering from fractured ribs caused by a minor automobile accident. Less than a week after her admission [...]
Former Major League Baseball umpire Mark Hirschbeck had his career ended and his dreams dashed by a failed hip replacement. Consequently, he’s become an advocate for Congress to pass the Medical Device Safety Act.
Mark Hirschbeck reached the pinnacle of his profession in 2001 when he umpired in the 2001 World Series. But in the nearly [...]
A blatant case of nursing home abuse resulted in a jury verdict of nearly a million and a half dollars against a Connecticut-based nursing care facility.
On July 29, 2004, Margaret Miller was admitted to Darien Health Care. She had fractured ribs as a consequence from an automobile accident. At Darien, while needing assistance to use [...]
The sister of a woman who died in a February 2009 plane crash in Buffalo, N.Y., and who had been a prominent spokeswoman for victims of 9/11 terror attacks and their survivors – has filed a wrongful death suit against three airlines, including Houston-based Continental.
Beverly Eckert, a widow since the death of her husband, Sean [...]
A ruling in Connecticut Superior Court found that Elizabeth Lach-Pasko, M.D. was negligent in her pathology findings, misdiagnosing the plaintiff with an aggressive cancer requiring immediate resection and removal of a lobe of his lung when there was actually no malignancy present.
In Hartford on June 17, 2009, a Superior Court jury in Michael Santopietro vs. [...]
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 [...]
