DOCTOR SUED AFTER TOLLAND BOY GOES BLIND
The family of a blind Tolland boy is suing his pediatrician for a tragic misdiagnosis. WATCH VIDEO
BOY LOST EYESIGHT AFTER FAILED DIAGNOSIS, SUIT CHARGES
January 17, 2012, Denise Buffa, The Hartford Courant
A Tolland boy has sued his pediatrician, charging she failed to diagnose
his bacterial meningitis, resulting in his losing his eyesight. READ MORE WATCH VIDEO
$23,000,000 PRE-TRIAL RECOVERY IN NEGLIGENCE CASE
January 6, 2011, The New England Jury Verdict Reporter
In this construction site negligence, the plaintiff alleged that he fell 25 feet to the ground from the makeshift box on a forklift which was transporting them to the roof of a grocery store construction in order to retrieve a tool that was left on the rooftop. READ MORE
CONNECTICUT SUPREME COURT TO CONSIDER APPEAL IN DEATH OF YALE STUDENT ON I-95 CRASH
December 21, 2011, Jordan Fenster, Register Staff
Nearly a decade after the tragedy, the state Supreme Court may soon provide finality in the case of Nicholas Grass, who, along with three other Yale fraternity pledges, was killed on a cold day in 2003. READ MORE
ATTORNEY JOEL FAXON TALKS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFE DRIVING DURING THE HOLIDAYS AND THROUGHT-OUT THE YEAR ON CT STYLE
December 15, 2011, WTNH WATCH VIDEO
BROKEN BACK BROKEN RECORD
October 31, 2011, The CT Law Tribune, by Christian Nolan
In what plaintiffs’ lawyers are calling the largest pre-trial personal injury settlement in Connecticut history, a man rendered a paraplegic following a construction site accident stands to receive as much as $23.35 million. READ MORE
LAW FIRM SAYS IT WON THE LARGEST PRETRIAL SETTLEMENT IN INJURY CASE
October 20, 2011, NBC Connecticut
A construction worker wins $23 million settlement. READ MORE
HALT NEEDS TO BE STOPPED IN ITS TRACKS
October 4, 2011, by MariAn Gail Brown, Connecticut Post
The first time Shengyl Rasim left home with her young son and baby daughter she stayed away for six weeks from the man who beat her. READ MORE
JONATHAN EDWARDS OPENS SEASON FOUR OF FLAGPOLE RADIO CAFE
September 17, 2011, Kendra Bobowick
Folk musician and performer Jonathan Edwards entertained Flagpole Radio Café attendees with songs and tales of his experiences during the 2011-12 season opener on September 17. READ MORE
JUDGE UPHOLDS KEY ELEMENTS IN MACIEL SEX ABUSE CASE
September 7, 2011, Edmund H. Mahony, The Hartford Courant
A state judge has upheld key elements of a lawsuit claiming that for years the Vatican ignored allegations of child sexual abuse by a priest who founded the Legionaries of Christ, a secretive Catholic order based in Connecticut. READ MORE
SUIT AGAINST LEGION OF CHRIST TO PROCEED IN CONNECTICUT
September 7, 2011, Michael Melia, Associated Press
A national restaurant chain has agreed to pay $1.5 million to the family of a 20-year-old Riverside man who was killed in a 2008 drunken-driving accident, according to court records. READ MORE
32 SEXUAL ABUSE LAWSUITS AGAINST ST.FRANCIS SETTLED
May 9, 2011, Edmund H. Mahony, The Hartford Courant
St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center has agreed to settle one-third of the lawsuits filed by sex abuse victims of Dr. George Reardon, a hospital endocrinologist who decades ago used a pediatric growth study as a pretext to abuse hundreds of children. READ MORE WATCH VIDEO WATCH VIDEO
DAVE & BUSTER'S AGREE TO 1.5 MILLION SETTLEMENT IN DUI CASE
May 5, 2011, Debra Friedman, Greenwich Times
A national restaurant chain has agreed to pay $1.5 million to the family of a 20-year-old Riverside man who was killed in a 2008 drunken-driving accident, according to court records.
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PEDOPHILE TRIAL PUTS HOSPITAL UNDER SCRUTINY
April 4, 2011, The CT Law Tribune, by Thomas B. Scheffey
It's a trial that's expected to draw many members of media and public to the courthouse. The Judicial Branch has set up a closed-circuit TV system to handle the overflow. The trial will also feature disturbing photos and a central figure whose behavior will be vilifie. READ MORE
WEST HAVEN SLAYING: FEDERAL LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST POLICE; LAWYER CITIES RACISM IN MISHANDLING OF 911 CALLS
March 18, 2011, New Haven Register, by Amanda Pinto
If Shengyl Rasim had not been Turkish, police personnel wouldn't have "ignored and mock(ed)" her, responding with a "cavalier and dismissive attitude" that led to "probably the most preventable tragedy" he's seen as a lawyer, the attorney for Rasim's estate said Thursday. READ MORE WATCH VIDEO
FAMILY SUES WEST HAVEN POLICE IN MURDER-SUICIDE
March 17, 2011, Hilary Federico, The Hartford Courant
Selami Ozdemir returned drunk, armed and angry to the Blohm Street home he shared with wife, Shengyl Rasim. He had been released by police just a day earlier on a domestic violence charge, his second in five months. He fatally shot his wife, then turned the gun on himself, according to police. READ MORE WATCH VIDEO
REARDON CASE FINALLY HEADED TO COURT
March 6, 2011, Edmund H. Mahony, The Hartford Courant
It has been more than 40 years since the Hartford medical establishment quietly buried the first documented complaint. READ MORE
ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL WANTS REARDON SEX-ABUSE PLAINTIFFS PUBLICLY IDENTIFIED
February 2, 2011, William Weir, The Hartford Courant
Attorneys for St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford are asking the court to require that the plaintiffs in the George Reardon sex-abuse case be named in court documents and at trial. READ MORE
TOWN OF CLINTON TO PAY $14M TO MAN INJURED IN 2005 CRASH
January 26, 2011, Hillary Federico, The Hartford Courant
A man who was severely injured in a car crash in 2005 was awarded $14 million in court Tuesday after a jury found the town of Clinton responsible for the crash. READ MORE
ST. FRANCIS VICTIMS SPEAK OUT
December 13, 2010 Joel T. Faxon talks to Fox News anchor, Logan Byrnes, about the sexual abuse lawsuit involving the late George Reardon and St. Francis Hospital in Hartford. Two victims of Reardon also share their personal experience. WATCH VIDEO
MALFUNCTION DOCTRINE FUNCTIONING WELL IN CONNECTICUT
If a product malfunctions, our law permits an inference that the product is defective. This policy judgment is consistent with the product liability rationale of spreading the risk of loss to the entity best able to bear it – the manufacturer of a defective product. READ MORE
DIOCESE LOSES LAWSUIT IN PRIEST SEX ABUSE CASE
November 19, 2010, Daniel Tepfer, Connecticut Post
A state Superior Court judge in Waterbury Friday issued a judgment
against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport in a lawsuit brought by
a man who claimed he was abused by a priest at a Trumbull church in the
1980s. READ MORE
LAWYER SAYS SEYMOUR PRIEST UNFIT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
November 2, 2010, Lauren Garrison, Register Staff
The Seymour priest accused in two civil lawsuits of sexually molesting young boys in the 1970s and 1980s is suffering from a medical condition that will prevent him from being deposed at this time, the priest's attorney said in Superior Court Monday. READ MORE
CONNECTICUT JUDGE: ALLEGATIONS AGAINST PRIEST CREDIBLE
October 21, 2010, Associated Press
A judge has found strong evidence to support allegations by a man that he was sexually abused by a Roman Catholic priest in the 1980s and issued a $10 million attachment of the priest's assets while the case heads to a jury. READ MORE
JUDGE ATTACHES SEYMOUR PRIEST'S ASSETS; CITIES 'OVERWHELMING' EVIDENCE TO BACK SEX ABUSE CLAIM
October 21, 2010, Lauren Garrison, Register Staff
A Superior Court judge ruled this week that a city man's sex abuse case against a Seymour priest was persuasive enough to warrant attaching $10 million of the priest's assets. READ MORE
FORMER SEYMOUR PRIEST FACES 2ND SUIT
August 6, 2010, Lauren Garrison, Register Staff
A second man, claiming he was sexually molested as a young boy in the late 1970s, has sued a Catholic priest who most recently served at St. Augustine Church in Seymour. READ MORE
WILL OSHA'S PROPOSED FINES AFFECT CIVIL SUITS AGAINST O&G AND OTHERS?
August 5, 2010, Jordon Fenster, Register Citizen Staff
On Thursday, The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration levied $16.6 million in fines alleging 371 safety and workplace violations at Kleen Energy Systems, the Middletown power plant that exploded Feb. 7. READ MORE WATCH VIDEO WATCH VIDEO
STABBING VICTIM FILES SUIT AGAINST COPS
August 2, 2010, NBC Connecticut News
Last November, Catherine Fergus was stabbed several times in the driveway of her New Milford home and a lawsuit against the town has been filed on her behalf. READ MORE
NEW MILFORD STABBING VICTIM SUES TOWN FOR NEGLIGENCE
August 2, 2010, News Times, by John Pirro
Catherine Fergus, the mother of three who police said was stabbed by her estranged husband outside her home last November, is suing the town, claiming police were negligent in not preventing the attack. READ MORE
NEW MILFORD WOMAN WHO WAS ATTACKED IS SUING POLICE
August 3, 2010, Litchfield County Times, by Alice Tessier
A local mother of three who was reportedly attacked last November by her estranged husband in front of their children and her mother is suing the town of New Milford on all their behalfs, claiming “negligence” on the part of the police department. READ MORE
SEYMOUR PRIEST ACCUSED OF SEX ABUSE PLACED ON LEAVE
July 9, 2010, New Haven Register, by Lauren Garrison
The Rev. Stephen Bzdyra, who is accused of sexually molesting an altar boy in the 1980s in a lawsuit filed this week, has been placed on administrative leave by the Archdiocese of Hartford, a spokesman confirmed Friday. READ MORE
SEYMOUR PRIEST ACCUSED OF SEX ABUSE IN LAWSUIT; FACEBOOK MESSAGE PROMPTED ACTION
July 8, 2010, New Haven Register, by Lauren Garrison
William Dotson never told anyone about the sexual abuse he says he suffered at the hands of a priest when he was an altar boy in the 1980s, but decided to come forward recently after the priest tried to “friend” his son on Facebook, Dotson’s lawyer said Wednesday. READ MORE WATCH VIDEO
LAWSUIT: CONNECTICUT PRIEST BRIBED SEXUAL ABUSE VICTIM
July 8, 2010, The Associated Press, by John Christoffersen
A Connecticut man filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing a Roman Catholic pastor of sexually abusing him when he was a boy and trying to buy his silence with bribes — including appliances and a car — and threats to report his mother to welfare authorities. READ MORE
MAN WHO CLAIMS TO BE SON OF PRIEST SUES LEGIONARIES OF CHRIST
June 22, 2010, The Hartford Courant, by David Owens
The Legionaries of Christ and the estate of the priest who once led the Roman Catholic order, the Rev. Marcial Maciel Degollado, are being sued by a man who says he is one of several children whom Degollado fathered. READ MORE WATCH VIDEO
LEGION OF CHIRST SUED OVER ALLEGED ABUSE
June 21, 2010, Wall Street Journal, by Stacy Meichtry
A man who claims to be the son of Rev. Marcial Maciel Degollado, founder of the Legion of Christ, filed a lawsuit against the powerful Roman Catholic order on Monday, alleging the group's support of the priest allowed Father Maciel to sexually abuse him for years. READ MORE WATCH VIDEO
NEW HIPS GONE AWRY EXPOSE U.S. KICKBACKS IN DOCTORS' CONFLICTS
June 11, 2010, Bloomberg, by David Armstrong
A stabbing pain in the hip forced Mark Hirschbeck to abandon his post at third base during an April 2003 game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Colorado Rockies. READ MORE WATCH VIDEO
REPORT ON MURDER-SUICIDE SHOWS GAPS ON RESPONSE
May 25, 2010, The Hartford Courant, by Arielle Levin Becker
The first time he was arrested on charges of beating and kicking his wife, Selami Ozdemir was ordered into a family violence education program. Four months later, when he was arrested for hurting her again, Ozdemir posted bail, returned to his home and killed his wife, then himself. READ MORE WATCH VIDEO
CYCLIST AWARDED $2.9M AFTER BREAKING NECK
May 17, 2010, The CT Law Tribune, by Christian Nolan
Water agency held liable for not warning of gates on bike trail. READ MORE
SIX MORE SUE ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL IN REARDON SEX ABUSE CASE
May 13, 2010, The Hartford Courant, by Arielle Levin Becker
Six more people have filed suit against St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center alleging abuse by Dr. George Reardon, who worked at the hospital for 30 years and is believed to have sexually abused as many as 500 children. READ MORE
MDC ORDERED TO PAY 2.9 MILLION TO INJURED BICYCLIST
May 10, 2010, The Hartford Courant, by Eric Gershon
A Superior Court jury in Hartford has awarded a former children's book illustrator $2.9 million for injuries suffered years ago in a bicycle accident on land owned by the Metropolitan District Commission. READ MORE
SEX ABUSE LAWSUIT SAYS BRIDGEPORT DIOCESE KNEW OF PRIEST'S 'BIZARRE' BEHAVIOR
March 4, 2010, The Hartford Courant, by Josh Kovner
By the time the Rev. John Castaldo began molesting a boy named Brooks Thopsey at a Roman Catholic church in Trumbull roughly two decades ago, he had already exhibited behavior that should have kept him from the priesthood, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday on Thopsey's behalf. READ MORE
NEW CHURCH SEX SUIT: CONNECTICUT MAN SAYS EGAN PLACED TROUBLED PRIEST WHO MOLESTED HIM
March 4, 2010, Daily News Staff Writer, by Corky Siemaszko
A Connecticut man claims he was molested as a kid by a pedophile priest who was assigned to his parish by New York's former Edward Cardinal Egan. READ MORE WATCH VIDEO
AG PUSHES FOR PUBLIC MEDICAL DISCLOSURE
March 1, 2010, WTNH
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says since 2004 about 116 people in our state have died due to medical errors. READ MORE WATCH VIDEO
FIRST LAWSUIT FILED IN KLEEN ENERGY BLAST
February 23, 2010, The Hartford Courant, by Dave Altimari, Josh Kovner, and Edmund H. Mahoney Two electricians who survived the Kleen Energy power plant explosionin Middletown have filed the first lawsuit against the contractor conducting the gas line purge that claimed the lives of six people and injured 26 others. READ MORE WATCH VIDEO
STRATTON FAXON FILES FIRST LAWSUIT REGARDING POWER PLANT EXPLOSION IN MIDDLETOWN. EXPLOSION SETS OFF LITIGATION
February 23, 2010, The CT Law Tribune, by Thomas B. Scheffey
Six hours after the Kleen Energy power plant blew up in Middletown on Feb. 7, New Haven plaintiffs’ lawyer Michael Stratton and his private investigator were surveying the wreckage. READ MORE
SUIT ALLEGES CONNECTICUT PLANT IGNORED SAFETY PROCEDURES February 22, 2010, The Associated Press, by John Christoffersen
This Feb. 7, 2010 cell phone photo released by the Stratton Faxon law firm on behalf of Timothy Hilliker shows a gas-fueled torch heater at the Kleen Energy Systems plant in Middletown, Conn. READ MORE WATCH VIDEO
$1.56M AWARDED TO ESTATE OF WOMAN WHO DIED AT HARTFORD HOSPITAL
January 23, 2010, The Hartford Courant, by Arielle Levin Becker
Hartford Hospital lost a malpractice case Friday when a jury awarded $1.56 million to the estate of a 44-year-old East Hartford woman who died after suffering cardiac arrest at the hospital in 2004. READ MORE WATCH VIDEO 1 WATCH VIDEO 2
CHIMP VICTIM'S FAMILY FACES UPHILL BATTLE TO SUE STATE
December 17, 2009, The Hartford Courant, by Josh Kovner
The months before and after Charla Nash was mauled by a chimpanzee were marked by confusion and inaction at the Department of Environmental Protection — events that now would seem to bolster the family's quest to sue the state for $150 million. READ MORE HIDDEN MISTAKES IN HOSPITALS
November 15, 2009, The Hartford Courant, by Matthew Kauffman and Dave Altimari
After a few weeks of nagging shoulder pain, Jonathan Faile of Fairfield drove with his wife to Bridgeport Hospital and walked into the emergency room early on the morning of Saturday, March 22, 2005. READ MORE BIG SETTLEMENT RAISES JOB SITE LIABILITY ISSUES
November 2, 2009, The CT Law Tribune, by Thomas B. Scheffey
In the highest-ever construction injury settlement in Connecticut history, and one of the state’s costliest personal injury cases, a North Canaan laborer has settled a federal negligence suit for $11.35 million. READ MORE EFFORT TO SETTLE LAWSUITS IN REARDON CHILD SEX-ABUSE CASE FAILS
October 9, 2009, The Hartford Courant, by Arielle Levin Becker
More than 100 lawsuits involving Dr. George Reardon and St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford could be headed to trial after talks to resolve the child sex-abuse cases broke down this week. READ MORE WOMAN WINS $5.25 MILLION MALPRACTICE SETTLEMENT AGAINST DOCTOR AND NEW MILFORD HOSPITAL
October 9, 2009, The News Times, by Susan Tuz
A settlement has been reached in a malpractice suit brought against Dr. Ramon Mabasa and New Milford Hospital by a woman whose left leg had to be amputated as a result of complications from spinal surgery performed at the hospital in 2005. READ MORE TALKS TO RESOLVE REARDON CHILD-SEX-ABUSE SUITS BREAK DOWN
October 8, 2009, The Hartford Courant, by Arielle Levin Becker
Talks to resolve scores of child-sex-abuse lawsuits involving Dr. George Reardon broke down this week, clearing the way for more than 100 cases against St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, where Reardon worked, to go to trial. READ MORE FAMILY OF NORWALKER WHO DIED PLEASED THE JURY'S DECISION - 9/11 NORWALK CITIZEN
September 11, 2009, The Norwalk Citizen, by David Hennessey
Almost five years to the day after the nightmare involving Margaret Miller and her stay at the now-closed Darien Health Care Center began, the family of Miller will be able to enjoy some peace knowing that justice has been served. READ MORE PLAINTIFF INJURED IN TRIPOD ACCIDENT GETS $1.35M
August 31, 2009, The CT Law Tribune, by Thomas B. Scheffey
While Angela Wilson was at Knickerbocker’s restaurant in Milford in December 2003, a disc jockey was setting up a lighting display for a show. An 80-pound lighting fixture on an adjustable tripod came out of its socket and landed on Wilson’s head. READ MORE WOMEN'S DEATH COSTS NURSING HOME $1.4M
August 17, 2009, The CT Law Tribune, by Thomas B. Scheffey
A Bridgeport jury awarded the estate of an 80-year-old Norwalk child care worker nearly $1.5 million for her death following a fall at a Darien convalescent home in 2004. READ MORE HIRSCHBECK SEEKS ACCOUNTABILITY FOR FAILED HIP REPLACEMENT July 21, 2009, New Haven Register, by Michelle Tuccitto Sullo
Mark Hirschbeck had his dream job as a Major League Baseball umpire and reached a career high with the 2001 World Series, but he says what started as routine hip replacement surgery cost him his career and has led to years of pain. READ MORE
MISTAKEN CANCER DIAGNOSIS NETS PLANTIFF $1.5M July 13, 2009, The CT Law Tribune, by Thomas B. Scheffey
Michael Santopietro v. Elizabeth Lach-Pasko et al.: Patients who think they have been victims of medical malpractice can face a daunting battle getting the evidence – even when the evidence is literally their own flesh and blood. READ MORE
STRATTON FAXON FILES SUIT ARISING OUT OF CONTINENTAL CRASH IN BUFFALO ON BEHALF OF THE WIDOW OF 9/11 VICTIM
2009, The Houston Chronicle, by Shannon Buggs
The sister of a woman who died in a February plane crash in Buffalo, N.Y. — and who had been a prominent spokeswoman for victims of the 9/11 terror attacks and their survivors — has filed a wrongful death suit against three airlines, including Houston-based Continental. READ MORE
IMPROPERLY REMOVED LUNG WINS JURY VERDICT AGAINST HOSPITAL PATHOLOGIST AFTER MISDIAGNOSIS OF CANCER
June 17, 2009 Just before noon at Superior Court today, the jury in Michael Santopietro vs. Elizabeth Lach-Pasko, M.D. awarded $1.56 million to the plaintiff, 67-year-old Canton resident Michael Santopietro, finding that Dr. Elizabeth Lach-Pasko, Director of the Department of Pathology at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, was negligent in her pathology findings, misdiagnosing the plaintiff with cancer requiring immediate resection and removal of a lobe of his lung when there was actually no cancer present. READ MORE
COAL CARRIER COLLIDES WITH VESSEL: FAILURE TO FOLLOW PROPER SAFETY MEASURES AT SEA: WRONGFUL DEATH: SETTLEMENT
June 5, 2009, The CT Law Tribune, by AAJ Law Reporter
Bortolotti, 29, was working as a cook aboard a sailing vessel, the S/V Essence. Early one morning, the M/V Barkald, a bulk coal carrier weighing almost 49,500 deadweight tons, collided with the Essence. READ MORE
LAWFIRM TAKES GOOGLE TO COURT
June 3, 2009, lawyersandsettlements.com, by Brenda Craig
So what do lawyers do when they feel they have been dealt with unfairly? Well they go to court, that’s what they do. Stratton & Faxon, a personal injury firm in New Haven, Connecticut is more than a little perturbed about Google selling its hard-earned firm name to one of its competitors. READ MORE
GROWLING GOOGLE
June 1, 2009, The CT Law Tribune, by Thomas B. Scheffey
How would you feel if you typed your law firm’s name into an Internet search engine and saw a competitor’s name listed first in the results? READ MORE
GOOGLE SUED FOR ALLEGED SEARCH IRREGULARITIES
May 29, 2009, lawyersandsettlements.com, by Gordon Gibb
As the Internet continues to evolve as an integral marketing tool for business, the ability to connect with clients and potential customers searching for your firm name is pretty much a no-brainer. Or at least one would assume. READ MORE
STRATTON FAXON FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST CARDINAL EGAN AND BRIDGEPORT DIOCESE
March 30, 2009
Superiors were warned about John Castaldo, a pedophile priest in Trumbull, CT, but allow him access to children nonetheless. One victim is finally speaking about the abuse. WATCH VIDEO
AMPUTEE SUING HAVEN HEALTHCARE
March 19, 2009, New Haven Register, by Abbe Smith
Willemenia Walden was just 38 years old when both of her legs were amputated above the knee because of bed sores she developed while under the care of Haven Healthcare, according to her family.
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HAVEN HEALTH CENTER LAWSUIT
March 18, 2009 WATCH VIDEO
DEMS MOVE TO END PRE-EMPTION OF MEDICAL-DEVICE LAWSUITS
March 5, 2009, Wall Street Journal
A day after the Supreme Court ruled that patients can sue drug makers in state courts, Congressional Democrats proposed making it easier to sue medical-device makers. READ MORE
BILL WOULD MAKE IT EASIER TO SUE INSURERS FOR UNFAIR CLAIM PRACTICES
February 2, 2009, Hartford Courant, by Diane Levick
Trial lawyers are lobbying for legislation that would make it easier for some Connecticut consumers to sue insurers for unfair claim practices — and potentially collect bigger damages. READ MORE
MOLESTATION LAWSUIT INVOLVING PRIEST SETTLED January 28, 2009, Hartford Courant, by Elizabeth Hamilton and David Altimari
Also announced Tuesday was a $785,000 settlement against another Hartford Archdiocese priest, Daniel McSheffrey, who was accused of orally and anally raping a teenage boy, beginning in 1986. The abuse is alleged to have occurred for several years. READ MORE
LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST PRIEST AND ARCHBISHOP OF NEW YORK
January 27, 2009 WATCH VIDEO
MULTIPLE SETTLEMENTS ANNOUNCED IN PRIEST SEX ABUSE CONTINUING SCANDAL
January 23, 2009 WATCH VIDEO
EX-TRUMBULL PRIEST, DIOCESE IN ABUSE SUIT
January 23, 2009, Connecticut Post, by John Bergeson
A Trumbull man, identified in court papers only as "David Doe," is suing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport and one of its defrocked priests, John Castaldo, for allegedly molesting the plaintiff a number of times in the 1980s. READ MORE
SETTLEMENT NETS $2.5M FOR WOMAN'S ESTATE
January 19, 2009, The CT Law Tribune, by Christian Nolan
Stratton Faxon, a New Haven-based law firm, is expanding its practice into New York, where it has recently won a $2.5 million settlement for the estate of a Polish immigrant who died about two months after being hit by a sanitation truck. READ MORE
ATTORNEY JOEL FAXON TALKS ABOUT THE INCREASING NUMBER OF VICTIMS IN THE SEX ABUSE SCANDAL INVOLVING ST.FRANCIS HOSPITAL AND DR. GEORGE REARDON
December 23, 2008 WATCH VIDEO
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. READ MORE
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. READ MORE
FIGHTING BACK AGAINST ERISA LIENS September 29, 2008, by Joel T. Faxon
When a case is about to settle, myclient’s first question is always: whatam I going to net after fees, costs, and liens? READ MORE
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. READ MORE
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. READ MORE
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. READ MORE
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. READ MORE
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. READ MORE
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. READ MORE
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. READ MORE
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. READ MORE
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. READ MORE
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. READ MORE
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. READ MORE
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. READ MORE
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. READ MORE
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. READ
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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. READ
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POLICE SEEK IDENTITY OF MEN IN REARDON PHOTOS April 12, 2008 WATCH VIDEO
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. READ
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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. READ
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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. READ
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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. READ
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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. READ
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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. READ
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