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• Woman Getting Mail Struck By Drunk Driver

  By Christina Acampora | posted on June 18th, 2015

  Anne Kisver v. Peter Pfeiffer and George Pfeiffer (Litchfield Superior Court – filed June 15, 2015)  While retrieving her mail in a residential New Milford neighborhood, our plaintiff was violently struck by a drunk driver—speeding and out of control. Peter Pfeifer failed to stop before barreling into Mrs. Kisver, who was crossing the lane to her mailbox, causing severe and permanent life-altering injuries, including trauma to the brain. Client also suffered multiple broken bones in her arm and ribs, a shattered hip that required a partial replacement, and memory loss. The life she shares with her husband has catastrophically changed MORE

• Negligence at Pet Store Chain Results in Injury

  By Christina Acampora | posted on May 21st, 2015

  Borea v. Petsmart, Inc. and Arredondo Properties, LP (Stamford/Norwalk Superior Court) — While shopping at the Norwalk location of the popular pet store chain, Petsmart, our plaintiff was heading down the dog food aisle when she slipped on dry dog food that had spilled on the floor and not been properly cleaned up by store employees. Withstanding a very hard fall on her right side, the plaintiff suffered a fractured shoulder, sprained arm and wrist, meniscus tear of her right knee, and neck/joint pain lasting a long period of time. Forced to miss work, she experienced loss of wages and, MORE

• Young Patient Dies After Attempted Suicide Carried Out in Psychiatric Facility

  By Christina Acampora | posted on March 13th, 2015

  (Federal Court — filed March 11, 2015) Medical malpractice case involving a teenage patient who was admitted to a psychiatric facility for severe depression, suicidal thoughts, and previously documented dangerous behavior.  Treatment center failed to monitor the patient properly, allowing the adolescent to attempt suicide by hanging within the facility.  After suffering severe injuries and brain damage from the suicide attempt, the patient ultimately passed away some time later as a result of the facility’s negligence.

• Innocent Passenger Shot During Bus Brawl on I-95

  By Christina Acampora | posted on March 2nd, 2015

  Chan v. Dahlia Group, Inc. (U.S. Federal Court—filed January 2, 2015)  En route from Chinatown to Mohegan Sun Casino, a bus driver, employed by Dahlia Group, Inc. in Boston, Mass., stopped his vehicle in a highway construction zone in Norwalk after a fight escalated on the motor coach. The driver failed to properly secure and protect his passengers on the bus and as a result our client, an innocent party, was shot and suffered several flesh muscle wounds, some leading to permanent injury.

• Dump Truck Fatally Strikes Jogger

  By Christina Acampora | posted on March 2nd, 2015

  Est. of Feinn v. Matar (Waterbury Superior Court – filed August 27, 2014)  Among one of our most egregious, current and active catastrophic injury cases, a 76-year-old jogger was struck down at approximately 2:00 in the afternoon by a privately owned dump truck. Benjamin Feinn, a well-known business owner, army veteran, and active member of his community, was killed while jogging in his own neighborhood. Ben, an avid jogger out for his routine run, was pronounced dead at the scene after the defendant, driving a Peterbilt Triaxle dump truck stopped him  to ask for directions, and then — failing to MORE

• In Re: DePuy Pinnacle Hips, Multiple Cases Filed in Federal Court

  By Christina Acampora | posted on February 5th, 2015

  Johnson & Johnson designed and sold DePuy Pinnacle hip replacements that leave toxic amounts of chromium in the blood supply. These replacements are metal on metal and have also been implicated in poor functionality, increased failure rate, metallosis, infection, dislocation and immobility. These parts must be removed. Thousands of these implants were used on patients throughout the country, and Faxon Law Group is prosecuting these cases as part of a Multi-District Litigation centered in Texas. These cases must be brought within three years of the discovery of a defect so time is of the essence!

• Faxon Law Group Files 64th Case Against St. Francis Hospital

  By Christina Acampora | posted on January 17th, 2015

  John Doe v. St. Francis Hospital (filed January 3, 2015)  We filed our 64th case against St. Francis hospital arising out of the exploits of serial, multi-decade pedophile Dr. George Reardon.  John Doe 46 was a minor patient in Reardon’s bogus growth study–with no supervision–which spanned the decades of the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s with total ignorance on the part of St. Francis.  John Doe 46 was photographed and repeatedly sexually molested by St. Francis’ Chief of Endocrinology, Dr. George Reardon on multiple occasions on the premises of the hospital in the early 1980s.

• Patient Awakes to Molestation by Hospital Employee

  By Christina Acampora | posted on January 17th, 2015

  Villanueva v. St. Vincent’s Medical Center (Bridgeport Superior Court – filed Dec 19, 2014) The plaintiff, a middle-aged man with liver disease, was a patient at St. Vincent’s in May of 2013 where he awoke to a hospital employee sexually assaulting him. Gonzalo Flores, a 51-year-old certified nursing assistant who was hired by St. Vincent’s in August of 2011, was investigated by the hospital after a previous patient made a formal complainant regarding similar sexual misconduct but the hospital not only took no action, they continued to allow Flores access to patients with no supervision or warning to others, similar MORE

• ER drs fail to admit patient that hospital radiologist said needed treatment

  By mstratton | posted on June 2nd, 2014

  Miliano v. Danbury Hospital (Waterbury Super Court – filed May 27, 2014) Young mother repeatedly returns to the Danbury Hospital emergency room where she is discharged despite doctors’ knowledge that she has an abnormal CT Scan.  The scan revealed that a potentially dangerous condition could be impacting her brain, as noted by a radiologist, but those warnings were ignored.  She returned to the hospital pleading for help—actually stating that she thought she was having a stroke.  By the time the doctors finally admitted her to the hospital it was too late.  The window of opportunity to administer TPA, a stroke MORE

• Underinsured/ Undocumented Driver Causes Mayhem

  By mstratton | posted on May 12th, 2014

  Mazzeo v. SAFECO (US District Court – filed March 21, 2014) On an August day in Somers, New York, Tomas Salguero-Ramirez, an undocumented laborer, was operating an underinsured landscaping vehicle when he crossed the center line and struck our client Elaine Mazzeo’s car head-on.  Elaine had to be extricated from the vehicle, suffering severe injuries, but most tragically her life partner was killed in the collision while she was on a simple trip across town to run some errands.  Elaine purchased underinsured motorist insurance from SAFECO to protect her from precisely this type of incident but – as insurance companies MORE