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Young Connecticut woman wins $41.7 million verdict after becoming disabled on school trip
On March 27, 2013 a federal court jury in Bridgeport, CT returned a $41,750,000 verdict for a young woman who, after being bitten by an infected tick on a school-sponsored trip to China, contracted encephalitis and now suffers neurological disabilities and cannot...
Ferry Accident in New York City
More than 50 people were injured Wednesday morning when a ferry headed for New York crashed into a dock in lower Manhattan. The cause of the crash has not yet been determined.The injured passengers were taken to Manhattan and Brooklyn hospitals. Two of the passengers'...
What Every Patient Should Know
As reported by The Wall Street Journal this weekend about 25% of hospitalized patients are harmed by medical errors. The amount of patients killed each week by medical errors is enough to fill four jumbo jets. Why are these numbers so high, and why don't we hear more...
Little Girl’s Drowning Death Used as Excuse for Bad Behavior by Club Executive Director
Brianna Murray's drowning death went unacknowledged by virtually everybody until Tuesday morning. Retemar Robinson was livid when she read the paper on Tuesday morning and discovered that Robert Generali, former executive director of the Boys and Girls Club of Greater...
Wethersfield woman killed in vacation parasailing accident
A Connecticut man was forced to watch this week as his wife's parasailing harness broke and she plummeted 150 to 200 feet to the waters of Pompano Beach, Florida. The operators of the parasailing boat quickly reeled the man in from the couple's side-by-side parasail...
Connecticut River jet ski accident takes life of Meriden man
This time of year, people of all walks of life take to the open air to enjoy the Connecticut River. The largest flowing waterway in New England, it snakes southeast through Hartford and finally opens onto the Long Island Sound at Old Lyme and Old Saybrook. While the...
Sepsis Death in New York
Recently, a 12-year-old-boy, Rory Staunton, died of sepsis in a New York hospital. Rory had gotten a cut on his arm while playing basketball with his friends. Bacteria got into the cut and a few days later Rory was dead. The sepsis was a result of undiagnosed...
Danger of falling limbs from trees and injuries that have been caused
A disturbing article by William Glaberson and Lisa Foderaro in the New York Times today talks about the danger of falling limbs from trees, and the number of injuries that trees have caused in New York City alone. The article cites deep cutbacks in the amount of money...