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Should Gunmakers Be Exposed To Lawsuits?
April 22, 2013Joel Faxon, a Newtown resident and father of young children, is one of the town's police commissioners. He is also a trial lawyer in the New Haven firm of Stratton Faxon. ...
Hundreds of runners dash through Danbury
April 07, 2013People run for a lot of reasons. On Sunday, Kevin Bresnahanand his family ran for Chase Kowalski. Bresnahan lives in Colchester, but along with his brother, James, and s...
Race to Honor First Responders
March 22, 2013Newtown Police Commission member Joel Faxon is the title sponsor for the 9th annual Stratton Faxon Greater Danbury Half Marathon and 5K road race scheduled for April 7 that begi...
Members in Motion
March 20, 2013The shootings in Newtown, Conn., have had a wide impact. Joel Faxon, who practices law at Stratton Faxon in nearby New Haven, lives in Newtown, so he feels the pain in his commu...
Record $25 Million Verdict Against State For Man Hit By State Police Cruiser
March 18, 2013There are big verdicts that simply stand on their own. And then there are others that help set new standards for future cases. A $25 million verdict handed down last week in Bri...
$25 Million Verdict Awarded In State Trooper Crash Case
March 13, 2013A Bridgeport Superior Court jury has delivered a $25 million verdict against the State of Connecticut arising out of an accident involving a state trooper whose cruiser crashed ...
Jury Awards $16.2 Million To Man Struck By State Police Cruiser
March 12, 2013A jury Tuesday awarded $16.2 million to a Bridgeport man whose right leg was severed after he wa...
Man gets $16.2M in speeding trooper case
March 12, 2013A jury has awarded $16.2 million against state in favor of a local restaurant owner whose right leg was ripped off by a speeding State Police cruiser. The verdict was re...
Crash victim seeks $10 million-plus from state
February 27, 2013A local restaurant owner, whose right leg was sheared off by a speeding state police car, is claiming more than $10 million in damages against the state. Melvin Gordils,...
Stew Leonard Heading to Court on Boating Death
February 18, 2013Accused in a lawsuit of causing a death at sea, dairy store owner Stew Leonard will have to defend himself on his native soil. Despite Leonard's claim that the death of ...
NRA-branded video game draws outrage amid Newtown gun debate
January 16, 2013As President Obama prepared to announce his gun control proposals Wednesday, an NRA-branded video game was sparking outrage across the country. “NRA: Practice...
NRA draws heat over its new shooting game
January 15, 2013A month after the deadly school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, the National Rifle Association is taking heat again -- this time for releasing a mobile video...
Newtown Police Commissioners Ask For Changes In Workers' Compensation Law
January 08, 2013The board of police commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to ask the legislature to expand Connecticut's workers' compensation law to provide benefits for those who might have...
After Newtown Shootings, Push On To Expand Workers' Compensation For First-Responders
December 21, 2012In light of the Newtown school massacre, a state lawmaker said Friday that he will propose legislation to expand the circumstances in which emergency responders can receive work...
Joel Faxon Has Been Part Of The Gun Debate In His Hometown
December 21, 2012Attorney Joel T. Faxon lives in Newtown and serves on its five-member police commission. On the morning of Dec. 14, he was taking one of his three children to middle s...
Son of former Legionaries leader arrested in Mexico for extortion
October 23, 2012Mexican police arrested Jose Raúl Gonzalez Lara, a biological son of the late Legion of Christ founder Fr. Marcial Maciel, on Monday on charges of attempted extortion aga...
Men's national champion sets USA Championship record at 35th Stratton Faxon New Haven Road Race
September 03, 2012NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Matt Tegenkamp (Portland, Ore.) and Renee Metivier Baillie (Bend, Ore.) won the respective men's and women's titles at the USA 20K Champions...
Labor Day Race
August 26, 2012The Stratton Faxon New Haven Road Race celebrates its 35th anniversary this Labor Day on Sept. 3. Race directors expect a record crowd of 7,000 participants competing in the 20K...
DOT, Truck Driver Found Liable For 2008 Crash That Killed One
July 30, 2012A Superior Court jury in New Haven on Monday awarded $2.72 million to a man for injuries he suffered in a crash on I-95 in ...
Wallingford Man Awarded $2.7M in Lawsuit Against State
July 30, 2012A Wallingford resident was awarded $2.7 million in damages Monday for a 2008 highway accident that his lawyers say left him permanently disabled, though lawyers for the other si...
Jury Awards $6.72 Million Verdict in 2008 Orange Crash That Killed New Haven Man
July 30, 2012Jurors awarded a $6.72 million verdict Monday in a multi-crash accident in Orange in 2008, where the state was found to be partially at fault, one driver was severely injured an...
Bionic Woman Walks Into the Future
July 12, 2012After a severe spinal cord injury, Sarah Anderson can’t use her legs. But that didn’t stop her Wednesday night from walking over and accepting a $100,000 check that ...
Big Field Takes on Challenging Fairfield Half
June 24, 2012Tesfaye Girma and Ketema Niguesse ran neck and neck for 13 miles. That's routine for them. The two Ethiopians train together, and they shared strides, cups of water and the...
Chowder Pot Defendant Pleads Guilty
June 14, 2012John Mayor, 45, of New Haven, pled guilty on Tuesday in the stabbing of 43-year-old Monte Freire of Nashua, New Hampshire. Mayor stabbed Frerie in the neck during an argume...
Joel Faxon Secures Top Settlement in CT
June 11, 2012$23,350,000 was awarded in the largest construction-related, pre-trial personal injury settlement in Connecticut history. Click on image for case details. ...
