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Connecticut Accident Claims Life of a Child

October 29, 2013 at 10:53 pm · Filed under Catastrophic Injury ·Tagged

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Recently, the Hartford Courant reported on a tragic accident that resulted in the death of a young baby.  The two-car collision resulted in the death of a 5-month-old as well as critical injuries to an 11-month-old passenger.  The driver of the second car was a 17-year-old.  Police are reportedly investigating the cause of the accident to determine who was to blame.

Lawyers in Hartford, CT know it is important for police to investigate any auto accident that results in serious injury or death. The driver who is to blame for the crash may face both civil liability and criminal liability if the motorist’s actions were negligent or dangerous.

Police Investigating Fatal Accident

The accident reported by the Courant occurred at around 1:20 in the afternoon. A four-door SUV carrying the two infants and their mothers was traveling west on Spencer Street.  The other car with the 17-year-old motorist was traveling north on Hillstown. The SUV and other vehicle collided, causing the SUV to roll over and hit a telephone pole.

The impact of the rollover caused the passenger compartment on the SUV roof to be crushed. The two mothers who were in the SUV were able to exit the vehicle after the accident and were waiting outside of the car when police arrived.  Police indicate that the damage to the SUV was relatively minor, even with the caved in passenger roof, but, unfortunately both infants had to be extracted from the vehicle by rescue personnel. One of the mothers was also taken to the hospital to treat emotional distress resulting from the accident and injuries to the children.

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Concerns About Liability Prompted The City of Hartford to Reduce Take-Home City Vehicles – Blog 820

October 16, 2013 at 5:20 pm · Filed under Auto Accidents ·Tagged

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Hartford provides city vehicles to certain employees, but has significantly decreased the number of take-home vehicles in recent weeks after several high-profile accidents. In March, there were 73 vehicles used by city employees, but the Courant reports this number has been reduced to 45 and may decline further.

The mayor cited financial issues for cutting back on the number of take-home city vehicles given to police officers and general government employees. But there is also another reason for scaling back the fleet: concerns about the city’s liability. Auto accident lawyers in Hartford know special rules apply to suing the government after an auto accident, but that there are circumstances under which the city could be liable for employee crashes.

Accidents in City Vehicles Raise Calls for Change
Drivers in take-home city vehicles are not permitted to allow others to drive their cars and are not supposed to use the vehicles for personal use. Many employees, however, have been violating these rules.

The mayor’s chief of staff, for example, was caught using a city vehicle without permission and was charged with interfering with police. The city’s deputy public works director was charged with drunk driving after she totaled a city-issued car and injured another driver in an accident. The Courant also reported on an accident involving the city’s corporation counselor and acting chief operating officer. This accident was the fault of another motorist, but the city-issued vehicle was damaged and the car was being driven by the city employee’s fianc? when the accident occurred at 2:17 a.m. While the driver was another city employee, his operation of the vehicle still violated policies stipulating that “commuter” cars are supposed to be driven only by the assigned employee and only during normal duty hours.

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Is Car Wreck Risks a Matter of Perception in Louisiana?

October 15, 2013 at 5:11 pm · Filed under Train Accidents ·Tagged

Louisiana Car Accident Risks a Matter of Perception

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Drivers need to make safe choices behind the wheel to prevent auto accidents. This means they need to recognize the types of behaviors that put them and other motorists at risk, and they need to do everything possible to avoid actions that have a strong chance of leading to a collision. business-growth-3-1426748-m

Unfortunately, a recent study shows that the public as a whole is becoming less worried about certain dangerous driving actions. This is bad news for motorists because if drivers don’t see a behavior as very dangerous, they may be more inclined to engage in unsafe action behind the wheel. A lawyer is in the best position to help you determine how to proceed after an injury accident.

AAA Study Shows Drivers Aren’t as Worried About Dangerous Driving

According to the Telegram, a recent AAA study involved conducting interviews with 11,000 people of driving age between 2009 and 2012.  The study was completed by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety and respondents lived throughout the United States.  Some of the drivers responding to the survey may have been interviewed more than one time over the course of the four year period that AAA was doing its research.

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Problems with Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants Canadian Institute Health Survey Reaffirms

October 12, 2013 at 6:39 pm · Filed under Lymerix ·Tagged

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It has become abundantly clear as a result of numerous medical studies and reports of complications to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that metal-on-metal hip implants are disastrous for patients. Our experienced attorneys know that metal-on-metal products are marketed primarily to younger and more active individuals with the promise that these new medical devices will last longer than traditional hip implant systems. Unfortunately, it seems the exact opposite is true.

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The high failure rate of metal-on-metal hip implants has been confirmed in yet another in-depth study, this one conducted by the Canadian Institute for Health. As reported by CBC News Health, the study showed that  the failure rate of metal-on-metal devices was not just higher, but was around twice as high as the chances of failure with metal-on-plastic implants.

Canadian Health Institute Survey Shows High Failure Rates of Metal-on-Metal Hip Replacement Products 

The Canadian Institute for Health study involved a review of 56,942 hip surgeries that were performed from 2003 through 2011 throughout Canada.  Of the hip implant surgeries included in the study:

  • Twenty-three percent of patients had received metal-on-plastic implants.
  • Nine percent of patients had received metal-on-metal implants.
  • Eight percent of patients had received ceramic-on-ceramic implants.
  • Five percent of patients had received ceramic-on-plastic implants.

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