archive for April, 2020

• Young Motorcyclist Severely Injured by Negligent Driver

  By Christina Acampora | posted on April 20th, 2020

  Last month Faxon Law Group filed a negligence case on behalf of a young motorcyclist in Connecticut Superior Court. The case Yeager v. Palluotto originated on a Spring evening in 2018 as Eric Weinstein was enjoying a ride on his Harley Davidson.  Suddenly and without warning the defendant, operating a motor vehicle, failed to grant the right of way and entered into Eric’s lane of travel, violently striking him and ejecting him off his motorcycle onto the pavement. The plaintiff’s injuries are numerous, from head to toe, including multiple fractures to his face, jaw, right leg, and right arm, as MORE

• When PCP Fails to Screen

  By Christina Acampora | posted on April 9th, 2020

  Late diagnosis of a health problem often leads to tragic results, as illustrated by Hatcher vs. West Haven Medical Group LLC, filed on March 9th in Connecticut Superior Court. Hatcher is a 65-year-old man who routinely saw his primary care physician for regular physicals. For years, his PCP did not offer prostate cancer screening, despite his advancing age and the markedly higher risks for African Americans of developing and dying of prostate cancer. Without the benefits of early detection, Mr. Hatcher’s prostate cancer silently progressed to advanced-stage disease (spread to other parts of his body). Had this PCP not deviated MORE