Surgery errors may occur during the surgery as well as during post-operation care. Negligent surgeons may damage internal organs, operate on the wrong body part or fail to remove all medical instruments from the body. Negligent post-op care may result in infections and other complications.

Once the weather becomes enjoyable, Connecticut’s roads will become a haven for bicycle riders from the surrounding area. The rolling hills are a sought after challenge and the beautiful homes and scenery provide an unparalleled biking experience. However, for the residents who drive the roads every day, the increase in bicycle riders slows traffic and creates situations where neither party knows how to react. Nationally in 2009, over 51,000 cyclists were injured and 630 of those were killed. In Connecticut, there is an average of 289 injuries and 8 deaths every year. Fatality and injury rates in Connecticut are highest for males ages 5 to 19.

The film Social Network told the story of the start of Facebook and the lawsuit brought by Darien, CT residents Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss against Mark Zuckerberg. In 2008, Facebook reached a settlement with 3 parties, 2 of which were the Winklevoss brothers, for $65 million. However, the twins wanted the court to set aside their settlement and subsequent release, requesting more money due to the increased value of the company.

Your slip and fall case in Waterbury, Connecticut can completely overwhelm you.  What should you do?  What should you not do?  Have you done anything to harm your case?  How will this case be investigated?  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.

By, Richard P. Hastings, Connecticut Attorney

Author and Attorney, Richard P. Hastings, Hits Amazon’s Best Seller List With “A Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing”

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Richard P. Hastings, a partner with the law firm of Hastings, Cohan & Walsh, LLP was inducted into the Million Dollar Associates Forum which is one of the most prestigious groups of trial lawyers, in the United States. Membership is limited to attorneys who have won million and multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements. Fewer than 1% of US attorneys are members.

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In an instant, you slip and fall in a grocery store in New Haven, Connecticut and everything changes.  Your life is suddenly put on hold.  You are in constant pain, you have mounting medical bills and you cannot work.  Where do you turn and what do you do?  Our firm has been helping people like you for decades.  You get better and we will handle everything else.

By Richard P. Hastings, Connecticut Attorney

You’ve  been in a Danbury slip and fall accident in a grocery store.  You have a number of questions that need to be answered right away.  Get those answers now from attorneys who have decades of experience in obtaining money damages for injured people.

Why You Should to Hire an Experienced CT Attorney for Your Insurance Claim

People who have been injured in some type of accident including car, truck, motorcycle, drunk driving or other motor vehicle accidents, slip and falls, dog bite injury cases, child injury cases, premises liability case or other accident or injury case wonder what is the first thing you should do after your accident and that is seek appropriate medical treatment. Injuries suffered as a result of a fall on snow and ice can be quite severe, and could include broken or fractured bones, spinal cord injuries and traumatic brain injuries. Sometimes, due to the shock which your body endures the seriousness of these injuries are not immediately apparent and you may just want to go home rather than be seen by a medical professional in the hospital. For this and many other reasons, it is important that you be transported, preferable by ambulance, to a hospital emergency room to be thoroughly examined and checked out.

When you are seriously injured falling on a defective municipal/city sidewalk in Hartford, 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.

An experienced Connecticut medical malpractice lawyer may advise you that the statute of limitations limits the amount of time you have to take action. If you or your Connecticut medical malpractice lawyer do not file suit within the statute of limitations than your case may be dismissed, and you may be prohibited from taking any legal action on that case.

An accident or injury case in Connecticut involving snow and ice, a slip and fall or cause resulting in a traumatic brain injury of an individual can be devastating to the family of the innocent victim. Any traumatic brain injury claim must be investigated immediately so the rights of the survivor are protected. You need an experienced traumatic brain injury lawyer to help you through this most difficult time.

People sometimes seek a Connecticut car accident lawyer to understand their options. In fact, you can take actions that may help your case before you even contact a Connecticut car accident lawyer.

Being deeply concerned about your situation after your Connecticut car accident case is very typical. Your body hurts. You cannot sleep, your mind races, how are you going to survive financially? We are here to help take the pressure off you so you can just worry about getting better.

An accident case in Westport, Connecticut resulting in a traumatic brain injury of an individual can be devastating to the family of the innocent victim. Any traumatic brain injury claim must be investigated immediately so the rights of the survivor are protected. You need an experienced Westport CT Traumatic Brain Injury lawyer to help you through this most difficult time. Find out what you need to be doing right away. Contact us today.

Seriously injured in a Danbury, Connecticut car accident case? We can help. Get a copy of our FREE book today “The Crash Course On Personal Injury Claims in Connecticut”. Find out what to do and find out how you could be harming your case. One issue that must be dealt with in an injury case is the question of liability.

If you have been injured in a motorcycle accident in Danbury CT for example, then one of the elements of your accident or injury case is alleging and proving that the person who caused the accident was at fault. One way that you can do this is by showing that the at fault party has breached or violated one of the Connecticut General Statute sections that deals with the operation of a motor vehicle. For example, if the fact pattern of your case applies you could allege that the responsible violated….C.G.S. Section 14-222 entitled  Reckless driving. This statute provides: (a) No person shall operate any motor vehicle upon any public highway of the state, or any road of any specially chartered municipal association or of any district organized under the provisions of chapter 105, a purpose of which is the construction and maintenance of roads and sidewalks, or in any parking area for ten cars or more or upon any private road on which a speed limit has been established in accordance with the provisions of section 14-218a or upon any school property recklessly, having regard to the width, traffic and use of such highway, road, school property or parking area, the intersection of streets and the weather conditions. The operation of a motor vehicle upon any such highway, road or parking area for ten cars or more at such a rate of speed as to endanger the life of any person other than the operator of such motor vehicle, or the operation, downgrade, upon any highway, of any motor vehicle with a commercial registration with the clutch or gears disengaged, or the operation knowingly of a motor vehicle with defective mechanism, shall constitute a violation of the provisions of this section. The operation of a motor vehicle upon any such highway, road or parking area for ten cars or more at a rate of speed greater than eighty-five miles per hour shall constitute a violation of the provisions of this section.

As you drive through the Stamford, Connecticut intersection, where you have the right of way, an elderly driver runs a red light and rams into the