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CT Teen Driving Reforms

04.17.08 Governor Jodi Rell’s Teen Driving Task Force  has placed a bill before the CT Legislature that would provide tougher penalties for teen drivers caught breaking the law. The Bill has been passed by the House of Representatives and is now before the Senate for review. If passed the laws would (...) [ read more ]

Heparin overdoses in infants

03.25.08 Preventable medical error leads to celebrity activismIn November 2007, Actor Dennis Quaid and his wife Kimberly nearly lost their newborn twins when a nurse erroneously injected the infants with the wrong dose of heparin, an anti-coagulant frequently used in low doses to keep IV lines open. The twins have recovered (...) [ read more ]

10 things your hospital won’t tell you

02.17.07 This article was reported and written by Reshma Kapadia for SmartMoney and published February 23, 2007. It covers the following ten topics:•    Errors in treatment have become a serious problem•    You may leave sicker than when you came in•    Good luck finding the person in charge•    Everything is negotiable, even (...) [ read more ]

Hartford Settles Police Officer Crash for $1.3M

01.22.07 Writing for The Connecticut Law Tribune, Scott Bebe reported on Ebony Foreshaw v. Jose Contreras, et al. on January 22, 2007“The city of Hartford has reached a $1.3 million lump-sum settlement with a woman whose car collided with a police cruiser driven by a Hartford police officer responding to a (...) [ read more ]

Doctor Loses $1.2 Million Judgment in Woman’s Death

08.05.06 Writing for the Hartford Courant on August 5, 2006 staff writer Hilda Munoz reported on Bogazis v. Bristol Hospital, Bristol, Connecticut. The medical malpractice case was tried and won by Vincent DeAngelo of Trantolo & Trantolo, Attorneys at Law. “A man who sued Bristol Hospital in 2003 claiming his wife (...) [ read more ]

City Settles Police Lawsuit Family to get $7.9 Million for ’01 Crash with Cruiser

11.05.04 On November 5, 2004 Hartford Courant staff writer Tina A. Brown reported on Smith v. The City of Hartford, Connecticut. The personal injury case was settled when the city agreed to pay Christopher Smith $7.92 million for his injuries, and to retrain Hartford police officers on the regulations involving high-speed (...) [ read more ]