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Choosing a Dog Bite Lawyer in Connecticut

Posted by HCW Law | Nov 21, 2025 | 0 Comments

A dog bite attack can be a traumatic event resulting in serious injuries. Often, dog bite victims require emergency medical care, medications to treat infections, and in serious cases reconstructive surgery to address facial cuts and lacerations. These expenses can result in a serious financial burden. Fortunately, the dog owner can be held accountable for your damages.

Waterbury Slip and Fall Jury Charges: Control

Posted by HCW Law | Nov 21, 2025 | 0 Comments

You slip and fall in Waterbury, Connecticut.  This incident can ruin you physically, emotionally and economically.  Who will pay your bills?  How do you go about getting your lost wages?  How much money are you entitled to receive for your injuries?  Who is to blame?  These circumstances create very difficult times that require immediate answers.

New Haven Slip and Fall Accident Jury Charges: Public Nuisance

Posted by HCW Law | Nov 21, 2025 | 0 Comments

A slip and fall case in New Haven, Connecticut resulting in a traumatic brain injury can be devastating to the family of the innocent victim.  Any traumatic brain injury claim must be investigated immediately.  You need an experienced New Haven slip and fall accident lawyer to help you through this most difficult time.  Find out what you need to be doing right away.  Contact us today.

Wrongful Birth: Medical Malpractice?

Posted by HCW Law | Nov 21, 2025 | 0 Comments

This week, the court of public opinion weighed in on a controversial decision in a wrongful birth case, which was delivered by a Portland, OR jury that awarded the parents of a girl who was born with Down’s syndrome the sum of $2.9 million. The parents of the now 4-year-old girl originally went to their doctor to determine if their 13-week-old baby had any chromosomal problems and were told there were none.  Their daughter was later born with Down’s syndrome.

New Haven Jury Charges Municipal Sidewalk Defect

Posted by HCW Law | Nov 21, 2025 | 0 Comments

When you are seriously injured falling on a defective municipal/city sidewalk in New Haven, Connecticut you have so many questions.  Do you speak to the insurance company of the city?  How do you investigate the accident?  Who will interview the witnesses?  How are all of your bills going to be paid?  Don’t delay in getting the answers you need.  Call us today.

How To Collect Money Damages When You Are Injured in Multiple Accidents: How CT Law Apportions Damages When Your Doctor Cannot

Posted by HCW Law | Nov 21, 2025 | 0 Comments

A person is involved in a car accident, caused by the fault of another and injures their lumbar spine. Before the injured party has concluded their medical treatment they are involved in a second car accident where another injury occurs to their lumbar spine. The physician, who treats each injury, is unable to determine which accident caused what percentage of disability to the injured party’s spine.

New Haven Slip and Fall Jury Charges: Actual Notice of Condition

Posted by HCW Law | Nov 21, 2025 | 0 Comments

A slip and fall accident caused by a careless employee of a retail store in New Haven, Connecticut can cripple you physically, financially and emotionally.  You need to know what to do and where to go.  We have been helping injured people and their families for decades.  Contact us today to get the answers you need.

CT Child Dog Bite Injury Cases

Posted by HCW Law | Nov 21, 2025 | 0 Comments

When your child is seriously injured after being attacked by a dog you have so many questions. Will your child recover completely? Will your child be left with permanent scars or have psychological problems? What doctors do you need to see? How could something like this happen? What is going to be done to this dog?  Do you speak to the insurance company of the dog owner?  How do you investigate this animal attack?  Who will interview the witnesses?  How are all of your child’s medical bills going to be paid?  Don’t delay in getting the answers you need.  Call us today.

Red Light Cameras: Lifesaver or Flawed Solution?

Posted by HCW Law | Nov 21, 2025 | 0 Comments

Motor vehicles that ran red lights injured a total of 113,000 people in 2009. Of those injuries 676 were fatal.  Of these fatal accidents, 46% were occupants of the other vehicle, 12% were passengers in the vehicle running the red light, 6% were pedestrians or cyclists and 36% were the drivers of the vehicle running the red light.  In addition, 11% of people killed in red light running accidents were motorcyclists, 10% of those drivers were teenagers. 22% of drivers in fatal red light crashes were

CT Hit and Run Accidents

Posted by HCW Law | Nov 21, 2025 | 0 Comments

If you have been involved in a hit-and-run accident in Connecticut, there may be a number of different ways that we can collect money damages for you despite the fact that the other driver cannot be located or identified. It is important that you contact us as soon as possible so that we can properly investigate your particular situation to determine ways that we can get money damages to compensate you for your injuries which might include going through your own motor vehicle insurance policy under the uninsured motorist provision. You do not have to have any money in order for us to represent you. We handle these cases on a contingency fee basis and advance the costs to develop your case. We are only paid if we collect money damages for you. If there is no recovery then you will owe us no money. Contact us today to see how we can assist you.

CT Child Slip and Fall Injury

Posted by HCW Law | Nov 21, 2025 | 0 Comments

Has your loved one been injured in a CT child slip and fall accident? We can help.  Get a copy of our FREE book today “The Crash Course On Child Injury Claims”.  Find out what to do and find out how you could be harming your child’s case. We are available to answer your important questions and to give you information you need to know.

How Long Do I Have to File a CT Personal Injury Claim?

Posted by HCW Law | Nov 21, 2025 | 0 Comments

Although your injuries may be permanent, your right to file a CT personal injury claim is only temporary. In Connecticut, a two year time limit applies to most CT personal injury cases although the time can be much shorter if it involves certain types of cases such as those against a town, city or state, for example. This time limit applies no matter when you actually discovered that you had suffered injury, and may be further limited for some types of cases.

CT Child Playground Injury

Posted by HCW Law | Nov 21, 2025 | 0 Comments

Your child is seriously injured in a playground accident. This incident can ruin you emotionally and economically. Will your child have a complete recovery? Who will pay your child’s  bills?  How do you go about getting your lost wages that you incur in caring for your child?  How much money are you entitled to receive for your child’s injuries?  These circumstances create very difficult times that require immediate answers.

CT Drowning and Child Injury Cases

Posted by HCW Law | Nov 21, 2025 | 0 Comments

In an instant, the unthinkable happens and everything changes. Your child is supervised by another while swimming and something goes terribly wrong and you are told that your child drowned.  You are in agonizing pain, you feel like you are living a nightmare from which you will never wake up. Nothing will ever be the same again.  Where do you turn and what do you do?  Our firm has been helping people like you for decades.   Let us begin to tell you what steps you need to take to investigate all of the overwhelming matters that are coming at you.

Connecticut DMVs Teen Safe Driving Video Contest: How CT High School Students are Making a Difference with Teen Driver Safety

Posted by HCW Law | Nov 21, 2025 | 0 Comments

This year over 100 teens statewide submitted a video entry into CT DMV’s teen safe driving video contest; From the Directors Chair to the Drivers Seat. These 25-second video public service announcements focus on teens talking to teens about safe driving. This year’s contest centered around the theme; How a Community Helps to Make Teens Safe Drivers.

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Unlike other law firms, we will personally handle each legal aspect of your case, walking with you every step of the way.

We aim to provide the highest quality representation possible. We have extensive experience and training in a variety of aspects of personal injury law. We obtain the knowledge and skill-set necessary to maximize your compensation.

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