Fatal North Haven CT Accident Leaves Male Driver Dead and Female Passenger Seriously Injured- A crash happened in North Haven around 10 p.m. on the southbound side of the Interstate Highway 91 on Sunday night. The driver, 24-year-old David Cooley, of North Haven, was killed. His passenger, Paige Camera, 24, of Meriden, is in critical condition. Cooley was driving the 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier that belonged to Camera in the left lane when he lost control of the vehicle and struck a tree off the right side of I-91. North Haven firefighters had to use the Jaws of Life to remove Cooley and Camera from the wreckage of the automobile. Neither Cooley nor Camera were wearing their seat belt at the time of the accident.

Route 32 South, in the vicinity of Hempstead Drive, was closed for about 45 minutes between 8:47 a.m. and 9:30 a.m on Friday, November 16, 2012 due to a crash in Waterford CT.

What if the Person Who Caused My CT Car Accident has No Insurance?- Although Connecticut requires all drivers to carry a set amount of liability insurance, some choose to risk the consequences of driving without insurance. If you were injured or a family member was killed in a  CT car accident caused by a driver with no insurance, the CT car accident attorneys at Hastings, Cohan & Walsh, LLP may be able to help you pursue financial compensation for medical expenses, lost earnings, pain and suffering, vehicle damage and other related costs.

CT MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASES RESULTING FROM AN ACCIDENT OR INJURY CASE‏- If you have been seriously injured in some type of motorcycle, truck, taxi, car, bus or other motor vehicle accident or if you have been attacked or mauled by a dog or broken any bones in a slip and fall or trip and fall accident then chances are that you have been taken by ambulance to one of the  following hospitals: Backus Hospital, Norwich; Bridgeport Hospital,  Bridgeport; Bristol Hospital , Bristol; Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, Torrington; Connecticut Children’s Medical Center,  Hartford; Danbury Hospital, Danbury; Day Kimball Hospital,  Putnam; Greenwich Hospital,  Greenwich; Griffin Hospital,  Derby; Hartford Hospital, Hartford; Hospital for Special Care, New Britain; Hospital of Saint Raphael;  New Haven; Johnson Memorial Hospital,  Stafford Springs; Lawrence & Memorial Hospital, New London; Manchester Memorial Hospital, Manchester; Middlesex Hospital, Middletown; Milford Hospital, Milford; Mt. Sinai Hospital, Hartford; New Milford Hospital, New Milford; Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk; Rockville General Hospital, Vernon; Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center, Hartford; Saint Mary’s Hospital, Waterbury; Sharon Hospital, Sharon; St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport; Stamford Hospital, Stamford; The Hospital of Central Connecticut,  New Britain; The Hospital of Central Connecticut,  Southington; Uncas on the Thames Hospital; University of Connecticut Health Center/John Dempsey Hospital,  Farmington; Waterbury Hospital,  Waterbury; Windham Hospital, Willimantic; Winsted Memorial Hospital, Winsted; or Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven.

Shortly after 6:00 pm on Wednesday evening, a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle along Route 79 near Sand Hill Road in Durham, CT. The woman struck in this Durham CT pedestrian accident whose name has not been released by police, was a Durham resident. She sustained serious injuries and was transported to Middlesex Hospital in critical condition.

This past Monday afternoon, a two-vehicle crash in Oxford CT occurred between a 2004 Subaru Legacy, driven by Evelyn Nash, 62, of 16 Edgewood Road, Oxford CT and a 2001 Volkswagen Jetta, driven by Gary Lathlean Jr., 24, of 575 Chestnut Tree Hill Road, Oxford, CT.

Last Thursday, a Metro-North Railroad train collided with an SUV just north of the Beacon Falls, CT  Train Station. The driver of the SUV, a 59-year-old man who wasn’t identified, was injured. He suffered injuries from the train accident in CT that did not appear to be life-threatening. He was taken by ambulance to Waterbury Hospital.

If you have been seriously injured in any type of Fairfield County CT Accident, you can easily become completely overwhelmed. What should you do? What should you not do? Have you done anything to harm your case? Who will pay your bills? What doctors should you see? How will this case be investigated? What CT accident attorney or injury lawyer should you call? Contact us today so we can get you a FREE copy of our book “The Crash Course On Personal Injury Claims in Connecticut” so you can get all of your questions answered.

Connecticut has strict liability laws regarding Connecticut dog bite injuries.  If you were attacked by a dog, it’s important to seek immediate medical attention, even if your injuries seem minor. After a dog bite, it is also vital to contact the Connecticut Dog Bite Attorneys at Hastings, Cohan & Walsh, LLP.  If you were hurt by a dog, please contact Hastings, Cohan & Walsh, LLP for your free case consultation. Our dog bite injury attorneys welcome clients from the Ridgefield, Danbury, New Haven and Stamford, Connecticut, areas.

Many people who are involved in motor vehicle accidents in the Waterbury, CT area do not suffered any broken or fractured bones but instead suffer a soft tissue injury. These injuries are sometimes referred to as a whiplash case. Sometimes, an injured party is rear ended after being hit from behind while stopped in traffic, at a stop sign, while waiting at a stop light or even on the highway. This type of impact causes the injured party’s  head to jerk back and forth with great force. This same type of injury can also occur when a person is involved in a side impact accident, also referred to as a T-Bone crash.

A Waterbury CT Fatal Pedestrian Hit and Run Accident occurred around 11:30 p.m. on October 23rd.

A CT head on crash between a Prius and a Pick Up truck on October 27th left one driver dead and another with serious injuries. The CT head on crash occurred at about 5:41 p.m. near the intersection of Route 66 and Route 151 in Stratford.

CT Slip and Fall Accident in CT Stores- What happens when you slip and fall in a store, mall, supermarket, shop or other retail establishment and suffer a serious injury in CT? Is the store liable for your injury? How do you prove that retail establishment is responsible for  your CT Slip and Fall Accident ? How can you collect money damages? The answer to these questions, as any great personal injury or accident lawyer in Connecticut will tell you is, it depends!

When it comes to a CT dog attack, Connecticut law explicitly states that dog owners are responsible for any damage to another person’s body or property.

Every year, literally millions of people are injured in motor vehicle accidents. Unfortunately, many of those injured are unaware of their rights or don’t know what to do in such a situation. In the event you are involved in a CT Motor Vehicle Accident,  it is important for you to follow a few basic rules:

The number of wrongful death claims in motor vehicle accidents in this country has skyrocketed in the first six months of 2012. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported a 9% increase in motor vehicle traffic fatalities for the first half of 2012. This is the  largest increase in the first half of a year since this type of data began being collected in 1975.

When a family member dies as the result of another’s negligence, you can be left traumatized and facing substantial expenses as well as financial instability.

The scene of a “violent” crash in New Haven showed one vehicle rolled over shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday. A unidentified man in his 20s was pronounced dead at the scene. A 21-year-old young man, Anthony Valentino, was rushed to the hospital.

A CT wrong way driver, Gregory Albert, 20, of Centereach, Long Island, was driving south in the north lane of the Merritt parkway in Greenwich, CT when he slammed head-on into a north bound car. The collision occurred at about 3:24 a.m, totalling both cars and sending three passengers to the hospital.

This Monday morning, October 8, 2012, just before noon, a head-on collision at the intersection of North Ave./Route 1 and France Street resulted in the hospitalization of eight people at Norwalk Hospital.

Fairfield County Accident Lawyers and Injury Attorneys- If you have been injured in a Connecticut truck, car, motorcycle, train, bus, taxi, pedestrian, hit and run or any other type of accident in any of the following Fairfield County CT towns or neighborhoods, Bethel, Branchville, Bridgeport, Brookfield, Byram, Cos Cob, Danbury, Darien, Easton, Fairfield, Georgetown, Glenville, Greenfield Hill, Greenwich, Hawleyville, Huntington, Long Hill, Lyons Plain, Monroe, New Canaan, New Fairfield, Newtown, Nichols, Noroton, Noroton Heights, Norwalk, Redding, Redding Ridge, Ridgefield, Riverside, Round Hill, Sandy Hook, Saugatuck, Shelton, Sherman, Southport, Stafford, Stamford, Stepney, Stratford, Trumbull, Weston, Westport, or Wilton, we can help you recover money damages from the responsible  party or parties. We have multiple office locations throughout Fairfield County CT and we can meet with you at one of our multiple office locations. If you are unable to travel to meet with us we can meet with you at your home, at the hospital or any other place that is convenient for you.

A two car crash occurred at the intersection of Old Post Road and Mountain Spring Road in Tolland on Tuesday, October 2nd.

An accident in Ridgefield CT occurred on September 29 around 2:30 p.m. at the intersection of Danbury Road and Laurel Lane. A car failed to stop in time and rear-ended another stopped car. The rear-ended car was then pushed into the rear end of a third car which was making a left onto Laurel Lane.

A car was traveling south on Flanders Road in Woodbury Saturday morning, just north of Elephant Rock Road, when it lost control around a corner. The vehicle struck an embankment and then veered into the northbound lane of traffic. It then struck one of the cars in the northbound lane head-on.

Traffic accidents happen every day throughout the State of Connecticut. These accident involve cars, trucks, motorcycles, buses, taxis, tractor trailers, mopeds, bicycles and pedestrians. The Connecticut Department of Transportation is in charge of maintaining  the state system of highways that serves the towns of CT. The causes of CT highway defect accidents are quite varied but can involve defective roadways and negligent care and maintenance of these roadways many of which are under the care, custody and control of the state.