STRATTON FAXON NAMED CT LAW TRIBUNE MOST INFLUENTIAL LAWYERS OF 2008!
December 22, 2008, The CT Law Tribune, by Christian Nolan
Since forming in 2003, New Haven’s Stratton Faxon law firm has been a force in personal injury, medical malpractice and product liability.
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CHAMBER HONORS LENDER, AREA BUSINESSES
October 24, 2008, New Haven Register, by Cara Baruzzi
At a time when the local business community acknowledges growing economic uncertainty, area business leaders gathered Thursday to honor people and companies that, they say, help make Greater New Haven a place well-equipped to weather the turbulence.
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FIGHTING BACK AGAINST ERISA LIENS
September 29, 2008, by Joel T. Faxon
When a case is about to settle, my client’s first question is always: what am I going to net after fees, costs, and liens?
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BANK REVELATIONS ADD FUEL TO THE FIRE
September 8, 2008, The CT Law Tribune, by Douglas S. Malan
Like many fathers of teenage children, attorney Michael Stratton is familiar with the process of prying information from them.
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DESPITE DEATH, RAIL UNDERPASS FLOODING PERSISTS
September 2, 2008, New Haven Register, By Abbe Smith
It was just more than two years ago that a local woman drove her minivan along Morgan Lane, under a railroad bridge and into the rising floodwaters that eventually caused her death.
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RUNAWAY BRIDE: SOON-TO-BE-WED STEFFENS NEW U.S. WOMEN'S
20K CHAMPION
September 2, 2008, New Haven Register, By Dave Solomon
The United States road running community has five days to get used to the name Jill Steffens, the virtual unknown who never ran a 20K in her life and then stole the United States Women’s 20K Championship out from under an elite class of runners Monday at the Stratton Faxon New Haven Road Race.
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NEW BRITAIN'S BLAKE, 20TH, TAKES STATE'S TOP HONORS
September 2, 2008, New Haven Register, By Chris Hunn
For Eric Blake, Monday’s 31st annual 20-kilometer (12.4 miles) Stratton Faxon New Haven Road Race was just preparation.
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Westporter excels in Half Marathon
June 26, 2008, Fairfield Minuteman, by Andy Hutchison
Runners from Kenya, various cities across the United States and throughout Fairfield County laced up their running shoes and took to the streets of Fairfield for the 28th Annual Fairfield Half Marathon on Sunday morning. Hosted by the Fairfield Firefighters, proceeds from the Stratton Faxon Road Races, which include a 5K race and fun run, benefit the Connecticut Burns Care Foundation.
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Lawsuit, unions press bank over data breach
June 7, 2008, New London Day, by Lee Howard
Wayne Camarro of Rocky Hill worries that the Bank of New York Mellon data breach that came to light last month will affect his credit.
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Missing Bank Files Cause Customer Angst
June 6, 2008, The CT Law Tribune, by Christian Nolan
Here's a recipe for sleepless nights: Computer files containing your personal information and banking data are lost. The information could potentially be a gold mine for identity thieves, who could run up debts in your name, destroy your credit rating and ruin your good reputation.
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Monroe man gets 5 years in tot's death
May 30, 2008, Connecticut Post, by Daniel Tepfer
A Monroe civic leader was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison for killing a 1-year-old girl with his car in a drunken-driving crash outside a Connecticut Avenue store on July 4, 2007.
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2 banks sued in security breach
May 28, 2008, New Haven Register, by Angela Carter
In response to a security breach that occurred in February, eight individual and business account holders of People’s United Bank have filed a class-action lawsuit against People’s and one of its vendors, The Bank of New York Mellon.
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People's caught in data crossfire
May 28, 2008, Connecticut Post, by Pam Dawkins
The number of People's United Bank customers who have joined a civil suit grew over the holiday weekend, according to the lawyer who filed the suit Friday in New Haven Superior Court.
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Blumenthal Seeks Tri-State Probe Of Bank Breach
May 24, 2008, Hartford Courant, by Janice Podsada
The state has broadened its investigation into the loss of a computer backup tape that reportedly contained personal and financial information about an undetermined number of Connecticut bank depositors, including 556,000 customers of People's United Bank.
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Sex Abuse Complaint Against Reardon 40 Years Old
May 21, 2008, Hartford Courant, by Daniel P. Jones
Almost 20 years before what was believed to be the first child molestation complaint against Dr. George Reardon, a mother accused the prominent St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center doctor of abusing her son, court records show.
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Monroe woman sues spouse in eye loss
April 24, 2008, Connecticut Post, by Daniel Tepfer
A Monroe woman is suing her husband because, she says, he threw a carrot at her during an argument, poking out her left eye.
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CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST PEOPLE'S UNITED BANK
April 21, 2008
A class action complaint on behalf of all impacted People's United Bank customers has been filed today following revelations over the past several days that the bank failed to protect their customers' financial records and critical identity information.
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MOLESTATION CASES HEADED FOR MEDIATION
April 21, 2008, The CT Law Tribune, by Thomas B. Scheffey
Childhood patients of the late Dr. George Reardon, who have sued his estate and St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, are headed for mediation as of Oct. 1.
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POLICE SEEK IDENTITY OF MEN IN REARDON PHOTOS
April 12, 2008
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EIGHT MORE SUE ST.FRANCIS IN SEX ABUSE CASE
April 1, 2008, Hartford Courant, by Daniel P. Jones
Eight more people — including a man who claims Dr. George Reardon raped him repeatedly — have filed a lawsuit against St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center alleging negligence in not preventing the prominent endocrinologist from sexually abusing them.
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NO NOTICE? NO PROBLEM: KELLY v. STOP & SHOP, INC.
Stratton Faxon earned the number four spot in the fifth annual edition of
"Top 25 — Leading Cases of the Connecticut Supreme Court in 2007," compiled by Daniel J. Klau and Richard F. Wareing.
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$1.3 MILLION FOR GIRL'S MRSA INFECTION
March 3, 2008, The CT Law Tribune, by Thomas B. Scheffey
The University of Connecticut Medical Center in Farmington has agreed to pay a $1.3 million settlement to a young girl who has long-term hip problems as the result of an infection.
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TRUCK OWNER'S WIFE TAKES PLEA
March 1, 2008, Hartford Courant, by Daniel P. Jones
The wife of former dump truck owner David Wilcox pleaded no contest Friday to attempted insurance fraud related to a crash in Avon three years ago that killed
four people.
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MOLESTATION SUITS MOUNT AGAINST HOSPITAL
January 14, 2008, Associated Press
Nearly 60 people have now filed suit against St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, claiming it failed to protect them from a staff doctor who molested them when they were children.
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11 SUE ST. FRANCIS OVER MOLESTATIONS
January 10, 2008, Hartford Courant, by Daniel P. Jones
Eleven new plaintiffs have filed suits charging St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center with negligence for failing to prevent a prominent staff physician, the late Dr. George Reardon, from molesting them when they were children.
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STEADY WON'T DO IT FOR LEGAL AID DONATIONS
December 31, 2007
, The CT Law Tribune, by Douglas S. Malan
Donations to the state's three legal services agencies have been fairly steady in recent years — and that's the problem.
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BEYOND THE HEADLINES
December 23, 2007
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FIRST TO GO BEYOND CLAIMS OF FONDLING
December 12, 2007, Hartford Courant, by Hilary Waldman
The case of alleged child molester George Reardon took a new twist
Tuesday with an accusation in a lawsuit that the late West Hartford
endocrinologist raped a young boy.
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SIBLINGS VICTIMIZED AND DISABLED PLAINTIFF RAPED
December 11, 2007
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NEW REARDON LAWSUITS INCLUDE RAPE CHARGE
December 11, 2007, The CT Law Tribune, by Thomas B. Scheffey
The latest lawsuits against a West Hartford doctor include allegations that he raped one boy and brandished a gun in front of other youngsters.
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DOCTOR WIELDED FIREARM
December 11, 2007, Hartford Courant, by Hilary Waldman
Lawsuit Alleges Reardon Used Weapon, Cash To Coerce His Patients.
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PLANTIFFS CLAIM DOCTOR ABUSED THEM
December 10, 2007, The CT Law Tribune, by Thomas B. Scheffey
Two attorneys begin filing suits against physician’s estate.
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NO MORE BENEFITING FROM A BAD ACT
December 10, 2007, by Michael Stratton
New tort punishes those who engage in evidence destruction.
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LAWSUIT IN SEX ABUSE CASE
December 3, 2007, Hartford Courant, by Daniel P. Jones
Lawyers for a man who says that Dr. George Reardon molested and photographed him naked 30 years ago say they plan to go to court today to lodge what is believed to be the first lawsuit claiming that St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center shares responsibility for Reardon's alleged abuse.
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GIRL'S DEATH SPARKS RACE DEBATE
October 15, 2007, The CT Law Tribune, by Thomas B. Scheffey
Michael Stratton is not the first person to offer hypothesis: A significant percentage of the crime in Bridgeport involves white suburbanites who drive into the city to buy drugs.
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RAILINGS SEVERED BUT NOT REMOVED
October 8, 2007, The CT Law Tribune, by Douglas S. Malan
An unnamed construction worker with custody of three children and thousands of dollars in monthly medical expenses related to a worksite accident recently settled his workers’ compensation case in New Haven for $1.4 million.
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TYKE KILLED BY DRUNK DRIVER
September 28, 2007, Connecticut Post, by Daniel Tepfer
The family of a 20-month-old girl, crushed under the wheels of a car driven by a Monroe man who allegedly was drunk last July 4, filed suit today against the driver and the Stratford bar where he was drinking before the crash.
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PATIENT SUES NEW MILFORD HOSPITAL
September 14, 2007, Danbury NewsTimes, by Nanci G. Hutson
Harwinton woman says her leg had to be amputated because doctors failed to care for her after surgery.
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2005 VICTIMS ASK WHY MOUNTAIN IS STILL OPEN TO TRUCKS
September 9, 2007, Hartford Courant, by David Owens
For some of the people whose lives were altered two years ago by the Avon Mountain crash that claimed four lives and injured 19, Friday's news of another truck crash caused heartache, frustration and anger.
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LAWSUIT FILED IN WEST HAVEN FLOODWATER DROWNING
August 9, 2007, New Haven Register, by Marissa Yaremich
The widower of a local woman caught in a flash flood beneath a railroad overpass last year is blaming his wife's death on police negligence in a lawsuit filed just shy of the Morgan Lane tragedy's one-year anniversary.
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NHCBA'S CHARTER CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION:
THE HISTORICAL EXHIBIT
See how the law has impacted famous cases and how the practice of law has changed from 1907 to today! Stroll through the centuries, highlighting the changing role lawyers play in their community and how some have gone on to change the nation. Catch a glimpse sponsored by Stratton Faxon.
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SUBCONTRACTOR PAYS OUT $1.8M TO WORKER'S FAMILY
July 2, 2007, The CT Law Tribune, by Christian Nolan
The wife of a Greenwich man, who was paralyzed and eventually died as a result of injuries sustained from falling down an elevator shaft at a construction site, has collected $1.8 million.
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SKEWERED NERVE LEADS TO $904,000 VERDICT
June 25, 2007, The CT Law Tribune, by Thomas B. Scheffey
Glastonbury homemaker Carolyn Costello was hoping to get relief from leg and backpain on her left side when she agreed to a spinal fusion procedure in 2002.
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NEW RULES NEEDED AFTER CHANGE
April 16, 2007, The CT Law Tribune, by Thomas B. Scheffey
New Practice Book rules and forms will be needed, and additional discovery may be necessary, as litigants scramble to prepare their slip-and-fall cases for trial under the newly adopted "mode of operation" doctrine.
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NEW LEGAL RULE ON BUSINESS NEGLIGENCE FOCUSES ON
SELF-SERVICE
March 24, 2007, Associated Press
The state Supreme Court has adopted a new legal rule making it easier for plaintiffs to sue businesses for negligence alleged in self-service operations.
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STRATTON FAXON WINS LANDMARK CASE IN
CONNECTICUT
SUPREME COURT
March 22, 2007
The Supreme Court in Kelly v. Stop & Shop,
ruling in favor of Stratton Faxon client
Maureen Kelly, altered over 150 years
of premises liability law in Connecticut
and adopted the mode of operation rule
eliminating need to show that a landowner
had knowledge of a defective condition
in order to recover for personal injuries.
Decision will revolutionize premises
liability law in Connecticut.
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CRASH RULING CLEARS WAY FOR CLAIMS
March 7, 2007, Hartford Courant, by Daniel P. Jones
A federal judge's ruling that American Crushing & Recycling's dump truck
was not insured when it crashed in Avon in 2005, killing four people,
paves the way for victims to seek compensation from their own coverage
for uninsured motorists, lawyers for victims said Tuesday.
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2006 P/I OVERVIEW: SKY WAS THE LIMIT FOR SIGNIFICANT INJURIES
February 12, 2007, The CT Law Tribune, by Thomas B. Scheffey
The January 2006 award of $26.5 million to trucker Shawn Pouliot, who was rendered paraplegic due to a defective lift gate, was the year’s first and largest Connecticut jury verdict.
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UNPLED DISTRESS CLAIM NETS $25K
February 5, 2007, The CT Law Tribune, by Thomas B. Scheffey
A couple who bought a North Haven house four years ago, and later discovered hidden rot, mold and seepage in the finished basement, not only won $96,282 for repairs, they unexpectedly got $25,000 for an emotional distress claim not even alleged in their complaint.
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KEY AIR SUED FOR BOOKING FATAL FLIGHT
December 14, 2006, Connecticut Post, by Matthew Higbee
NBC Sports Chairman Dick Ebersol and his family are suing the town-based charter aircraft company they hired to arrange a November 2004 flight that crashed in icy conditions and killed Ebersol's 14-year old son, Edward "Teddy" Ebersol.
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DOCTOR VS. INSURANCE COMPANY IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT CASE
November 3, 2006
A New Haven jury finds
damages in excess of $850,000 for a Connecticut
physician that sustained a brachial plexus
injury in a car crash on the Merritt Parkway.
The Stratton Faxon client, infectious disease
specialist, Dr. Frederick Altice, sued
Nationwide, his own insurer, for uninsured
motorist / hit-and-run benefits, after
the doctor was forced off the road by a
hit-and-run driver. Nationwide did not
believe that Dr. Altice was forced off
the road and blamed him for the crash claiming
it was his inattention that caused the
mishap. The case illustrates how difficult
it is for consumers to actually collect
on their own automobile insurance policies
- but the jury system in Connecticut continues
to prove that insurance companies will
be held responsible to their policy holders
for the benefits they purchase.
Please Note: In its original form, this article claimed that the jury's verdict was in excess of $900,000. This was erroneous. In fact, the verdict for damages was just in excess of $850,000 before comparative fault and apportionment party reduction. In addition, it was asserted in that article that Nationwide had made no offers prior to trial. In fact, Nationwide had made an offer of approximately $150,000 before trial. Stratton Faxon apologizes for this unintended and unnecessary puffery.
ANOTHER GROUNDBREAKING DECISION FROM THE CONNECTICUT SUPREME COURT
November 2, 2006
The Supreme Court ruled an exculpatory release forced on employees by an overreaching employer is void as against the public policy of the State of Connecticut. A Stratton Faxon client was badly injured when he was run down on a racetrack by a race car driver. Stratton Faxon sued the driver and others involved in the crash. The defendants attempted to avoid liability by arguing that regardless of the severity of their misconduct they could not be forced to pay damages because the plaintiff signed a mandatory release of liability. The trial court agreed and dismissed the case, but on appeal, the Supreme Court reversed the decision and held that Stratton Faxon's client could proceed with his lawsuit due to the inequity in forcing these types of releases on employees.
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POLICE CHIEF DEFENDS PROBE OF DROWNING
October 31, 2006, New Haven Register, By Marissa Yaremich
Police are doing everything in their power to determine what caused a local mother to drown underneath a Morgan Lane railroad trestle during a summer storm, including attempts to re-create the fatal water levels during Saturday’s downpour, said Police Chief Ronald M. Quagliani.
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FAMILY CLAIMS HARASSMENT OVER PHOTOS
October 30, 2006, New Haven Register, By Marissa Yaremich
The law firm representing Morgan Lane drowning victim Gladys E. Padula claims police threatened to arrest the family’s legal team when an investigator for the family took pictures of the officers’ accident reconstruction on the road.
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MEALEY'S PRODUCT LIABILITY & RISK
September 25, 2006, LexisNexis
After finding that a trial court did not err in refusing to apportion liability to an intervening employer, the Connecticut Supreme Court on Sept. 12 upheld a $2.19 million jury award to two workers injured when allegedly defective roof brackets caused scaffolding to collapse
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STATE SUPREMES RECOGNIZE NEW TORT OF SPOLIATION
October 2, 2006, The CT Law Tribune, by Thomas B. Scheffey
Connecticut now expressly recognizes the tort of spoliation of evidence, the state Supreme Court announced today.
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STRATTON CONGRATULATES BEATMAN ON JOB WELL DONE
September 25, 2006, The CT Law Tribune, by Lisa Siegel
No rulebook could prepare Zeisler & Zeisler bankruptcy attorney Matthew K. Beatman for what lay ahead when Hartford Superior Court Judge Vanessa L. Bryant tapped him as the receiver for American Crushing & Recycling (ACR) — the Bloomfield-based company that owned the dump truck behind the deadly 20-car crash on Avon Mountain in July 2005.
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$2M AWARD FOR WORKERS NOT FREE AND CLEAR
September 16, 2006, New Haven Register, by Phil Helsel
A city carpenter seriously injured when he and another man tumbled from a roof at the New Canaan Nature Center eight years ago will receive part of more than $2 million from the company that manufactured a defective roof bracket, the state Supreme Court ruled this week.
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SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS VERDICT FOR STRATTON FAXON CLIENTS REQUIRING PAYMENT OF OVER $2.7 MILLION FOR INJURIES
September 12, 2006
The Connecticut Supreme Court today affirmed a jury verdict obtained by Stratton Faxon partner Joel Faxon for the injuries sustained by Neil Barry and Bernard Cohade. The union carpenters were shingling a roof in New Canaan in 1998 when the scaffolding they were using manufactured by Quality Steel Products of Massachusetts collapsed. The Supreme Court held that the manufacturer's efforts to thwart the verdict were baseless and ordered that the case be ended and the clients finally compensated. The case made new law protecting workers injured on the job by requiring employers to provide safety equipment to their employees as well as holding manufacturers of dangerous products accountable to the jury.
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INJURY SETTLED
FOR SEVEN TIMES THE POLICY LIMIT
August 11, 2006, The CT Law Tribune, by Thomas B. Scheffey
Thomas Casciato, a clerk in the Bridgeport
architectural firm of Fletcher & Thompson, suffered leg injuries in a November
2003 head-on collision in Shelton. Infinity Insurance Co., of Birmingham, Ala.,
represented the defendant driver, Luciano Marini, through its captive law firm,
Levine & Sharp of Hartford.
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AVON MOUNTAIN ANNIVERSAY
July 27, 2006, New England Cable News
It has been a year since the deadly crash on Route 44 and victims of that crash
are furious that nothing has been to make the roads safer. Brian Burnell reports
live from Hartford with the story.
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ELLEN STOTLER CALLS ON DOT TO REPAIR
ROADS
July 27, 2006, WFSB Channel
3 News
As part of a victim advocacy group formed by those affected by the deadly Avon
Mt. Road crash, Ellen Stotler spoke out today about what has and has not been
down to make residents of CT safer.
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CALL FOR SAFER ROADS: VICTIMS
OF CRASH ON ROUTE 44 SPEAK OUT
July 28, 2006, Hartford Courant, by Daniel P. Jones
If it doesn't include a runaway-truck ramp, the road improvement project the state plans for Route 44 on Avon mountain won't prevent the kind of out-of-control truck crash that claimed four lives last summer, victims of the accident said Thursday.
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SAFE ROADS ADVOCACY
GROUP COMPILES DANGEROUS ROADS LIST
July 27, 2006, by News Channel 8's Erin Cox
The widow of a man killed in a fiery crash on Avon Mountain last year wants the
state to make roads safer. Ellen Stotler wants change before tragedy strikes
again.
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OWNER OF TRUCKING COMPANY ARRESTED
July 25, 2006, WTIC AM
Radio,
The Ray & Diane
Morning Show
Michael Stratton, attorney for Chip Stotler's family, speaks with Ray & Diane regarding David Wilcox, the truck owner involved in the Avon Mountain crash, who was arrested for manslaughter.
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TRUCKING COMPANY
OWNER CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER
July 24, 2006, Associated Press
The owner of a dump truck that slammed into a line of cars at the bottom of Avon
Mountain last year, killing four people, appeared in court Monday to face manslaughter
and other charges.
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HOW THE BACKLOG WAS CRUSHED
July 3, 2006, The CT Law Tribune, by Thomas B. Scheffey
A decade ago, Connecticut trial lawyers complained bitterly about the waiting period of three years or more to bring a case to a jury trial.
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POLICE OFFICER BEARS MOST FAULT
June 19, 2006, The CT Law Tribune,
by Thomas B. Scheffey
Greenwich police officer Andrew Kelly
had his siren and lights on as he
headed north on Lake Street toward
a serious accident on the Merritt
Parkway. He never made it.
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JURY FINDS
OFFICER NEGLIGENT IN CRASH
June 10, 2006, Greenwich
Time, by Martin B. Cassidy
A jury yesterday concluded that a
Greenwich police officer's reckless
driving caused a collision on Lake
Avenue four years ago and awarded
a town man $910,000 in damages for
injuries he sustained in the crash,
attorneys said.
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BRATTLEBORO SETTLES SUIT IN CHURCH SHOOTING
June 1, 2006, Rutland Herald
(VT), by Daniel Barlow
Brattleboro has negotiated a settlement to end a wrongful-death civil lawsuit from the family of a Bellows Falls man killed by police in a church in 2001, lawyers for both sides said Wednesday.
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TRUCKER'S $26M AWARD SURVIVES
POST-VERDICT MOTIONS
May 29, 2006, The CT Law Tribune, by Thomas B. Scheffey
Honorable Judge Hall issues decision in Pouliot case, denying all post-trial motions and therefore, affirming $26 million verdict obtained by Stratton Faxon.
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NAVIGATING THE MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ACT MINEFIELD
May 22, 2006, The CT Law Tribune, by Joel T. Faxon
Partner Joel Faxon comments on reformed state law intended to bolster the integrity of the malpractice system.
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BEYOND THE
HEADLINES: AVON MOUNTAIN CRASH
April 2, 2006, WTXX-TV, Hosted by Shelly Sinland
State politicians address the tragedy's aftermath and SB 620.
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WIDOW: STATE
KNEW ROAD WAS UNSAFE
March 25, 2006, WTIC AM
Radio,
The Ray & Diane
Morning Show
Ellen Stotler testifies: Families
Involved in the Avon Mountain Crash
Should Be Able To Get Damages For
Negligence.
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March 24, 2006
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FAMILY FAULTS DMR, GROUPHOME SUPERVISION
IN MAN'S JANUARY CHOKING
March 11, 2006, Hartford Courant, by Colin Poitras
A lawyer on Friday filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of the family of a Branford man who choked to death while under the care of a private group home licensed by the state Department of Mental Retardation.
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EVIDENCE IN
HAMDEN LAWSUIT SLATED TO BE DESTROYED
February 14, 2006, by News Channel 8's Alan Cohn
Lawyers
representing Police Officer Bo Kicak
sent letter to Hamden's Town Attorney
threatening legal action if evidence
is destroyed.
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JOEL
FAXON COMMENTS ON RECENT SUPREME
COURT CASE, URGING THE LEGISLATURE
TO CHANGE UNFAIR WRONGFUL DEATH LAW
THAT EXTINGUISHES MERITORIOUS CLAIMS
February 15, 2006, Hartford Courant,
by Paul Marks
Sixty-one survivors of Pratt & Whitney
employees who died of brain cancer
lost their fight to sue the jet engine
maker Tuesday when the state Supreme
Court ruled against them.
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TRUCKER AWARDED $26.3 MILLION FROM
JURY
January 24, 2006, Connecticut Post,
by Michael P. Mayko
Not only was Shaun Pouliot
left crippled when an 800-pound load
fell on him in 2001, but his wife ran
off with his best friend, leaving the
paraplegic to care for three young
children.
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$1.6
MILLION SETTLEMENT REACHED IN PRIEST
ABUSE CASE - HIGHEST SETTLEMENT EVER
OBTAINED IN CONNECTICUT
November 18, 2005, by News Channel 8's Alan Cohn
He's accused of sexually
molesting a former altar boy. Now,
years later, Father Daniel McSheffery
is being forced to answer to those
allegations.
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SALE OF FIRM'S
ASSETS PROPOSED – RECEIVER
ACTING IN WAKE OF JULY CRASH
December 24, 2005, Hartford Courant,
by David Owens
Trucks and other equipment owned by
American Crushing & Recycling would
be auctioned in February to pay off
debts and prevent erosion of assets
due to interest and other payments
under a plan presented to a judge Friday.
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LEEANA'S LAST
DAY – HOW INCOMPETENCE
AND NEGLECT LED TO A TODDLER'S DEATH
AT A STATE-FUNDED GROUP HOME
December 18, 2005, Hartford Courant,
by Kevin Rennie
Leeana Calendario might have died of
any of the complex and chronic illnesses
she developed as an infant. Instead,
13 days short of her third birthday,
Leeana died of something quite ordinary
- respiratory failure as a result of
a clogged breathing tube.
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BOMB THREAT DOESN'T
SHAKE TENACIOUS ROOKIE – IN FIRST
APPEARANCE BEFORE CONN. HIGH COURT,
LAWYER SEEKS NEW CAUSE OF ACTION
December 12, 2005, The CT Law
Tribune, by Thomas B. Scheffey
Michael L. Oh, a junior associate at
New Haven, Conn.-based Stratton Faxon,
already had plenty of reasons to be
nervous Dec. 2. It was his first time
arguing a case before the state Supreme
Court, and he was asking the justices
to break new ground by recognizing
a tort cause of action in Connecticut
against litigants who destroy evidence.
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BOY’S FAMILY SEEKS SOURCE OF
DRUGS
October 29, 2005, New Haven Register,
by Brian McCready
The attorney for the
family of a Stratford teen who died
of an OxyContin overdose in June said
Friday his clients plan to file a civil
lawsuit against a doctor that he claims
is ultimately responsible for overprescribing
the drug.
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TRUCKING COMPANY
TAKEOVER
October 15, 2005, Former Owner of
American Crushing & Recycling
Is Arrested.
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JUDGE PLACES TRUCKING FIRM
IN RECEIVERSHIP
October 4, 2005, Hartford Courant, by
David Owens and Daniel P. Jones
A superior court judge today ordered
American Crushing & Recycling into
receivership and appointed a Bridgeport
lawyer to oversee company operations
and protect its assets.
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WIDOW SUES DUMP
TRUCK OWNER IN AVON CRASH – STATE
ALSO PUT ON NOTICE OVER ROUTE 44 SAFETY
September 24, 2005,
Hartford Courant, by Daniel P. Jones,
David Owens and Christopher Keating
The estate of
a father of five young girls killed
in the fiery July 29 crash at the base
of Avon Mountain has sued the Bloomfield
company whose dump truck caused the
accident - the first lawsuit seeking
to freeze assets of American Crushing & Recycling
and its principals.
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