Hockla, Lauren vs. Don-Mat Trucking, et. al. (New Haven Superior Court—filed September 17, 2018) Last Fall, a tractor trailer, operated by John Albarelli, barreled towards the intersection of Pent Road and Berlin Turnpike in Wethersfield, CT.  Failing to maintain proper speed and control, the defendant violently collided with the driver’s side of our client’s vehicle, a silver Dodge Neon, and caused life-threatening injuries to both her, Lauren Hockla, and resulted in the death of her passenger.  In addition to multiple bodily injuries including fractures, lacerations, and hemorrhaging, Hockla, 30 years old, suffered a traumatic brain injury and required several different MORE

Aglio, et. al. v. Blair, et. al. (New Haven Superior Court—filed Sept. 6, 2018)  On May 11, 2018, our client, Russell Aglio—an active and experienced cyclist—was traveling in a southernly direction on a residential street in Chester, CT when without warning, a large cloud of dust and debris blew into the public roadway straight into Aglio’s path. The sudden obstruction was caused by a homeowner operating a ride-on lawnmower at the edge of his property, right as Aglio was traveling to pass. Momentarily blinded by the dust cloud, Aglio was then struck by a Hyundai Accent, driven by Amanda Hull. MORE

Bill Grant, et. al. v. L. Suzio Concrete Company, Inc. et. al. (Bridgeport Superior Court–filed August 21, 2018)  On August 23, 2016, the front discharge chute of a large cement mixing truck suddenly pinned Herbert Grant, an experienced mason, against a fence at a construction site in Westport, CT. The truck was discharging cement at the time of the chute’s uncontrolled and unexpected movement in Grant’s direction. The impact caused fatal crushing injuries to Grant’s head, neck and torso. Our firm is pursuing claims of negligent operation by the truck’s operator and negligent inspection and maintenance of the truck’s mechanical and hydraulic systems MORE

Christopher Baviello, et. al. v. Cherry Hill Construction, Inc. and Dylan Esposito  (Bridgeport Superior Court–filed June 25, 2018)  Wallingford Police were called to a workplace accident on private property. Upon arriving at the scene they found the decedent, David Baviello, unresponsive and face down on asphalt with a fatal head wound. While performing snow removal duties, Baviello, a pedestrian wearing a highly visible fluorescent yellow safety vest, was struck and killed by a Caterpillar front end loader with a plow attachment, owned and operated by Cherry Hill Construction. Baviello was only 29 at the time of his death. Esposito, the MORE

David Filley, et. al. v. David Young, M.D., (New Haven Superior Court—filed June 6, 2018) In August, 2017, a young child residing in Guilford, CT, was maimed by the neighbor’s dangerous dog while he attempted to retrieve a lacrosse ball from the physician/neighbor’s yard. The defendant, Dr. Young, should have known better than to keep a dangerous dog in proximity to children.  The minor suffered multiple penetrating wounds including defensive wounds on his upper arm as well as a puncture wound on his ankle. As a consequence of the attack, the child has incurred severe scarring, significant medical bills and MORE

James Carter, et. al. v. Interstate Aviation, Inc, et. al. (Hartford Superior Court—filed April 30, 2018) James Carter is the father of the decedent, Dana Parenteau, who was killed on May 3, 2016, along with one other passenger and the pilot, on an aircraft en route from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to Plainville, CT. While cruising at an elevation of 7,000 feet, the pressure air pump, which powered the flight instruments necessary to navigate the single-engine plane, suddenly failed causing the aircraft to lose control. The plane broke into pieces mid-air, resulting in the severe pain, suffering, and untimely death to MORE

Levesque v. C.H. Nickerson & Co., Inc. (Bridgeport Superior Court – filed May 11, 2018)  On August 26, 2016, ironworker James Levesque, received severe and disabling brain damage while installing rebar at a water treatment facility in Farmington, CT.   Suddenly, and without warning, a carelessly untethered and/or unfastened abandoned steel bracket, mis-applied by defendant Nickerson Construction, associated with the project’s concrete forming system fell from high above striking Levesque in the head.  Despite wearing all protective gear and a hard hat, he sustained blunt traumatic injuries to his head and body.  Nearly two years after the completely preventable misconduct Levesque MORE

Boehringer, et. al. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., et. al. (Waterbury Superior Court—filed April 30, 2018)  On July 20, 2010, our client received a bilateral hip replacement with products designed, manufactured, and sold by Smith & Nephew, Inc., and implanted by John M. Keggi of Orthopaedics New England, P.C.  Less than a year later, Dr. Keggi informed the plaintiff that Smith & Nephew instituted a recall of the hip liners used during surgery due to the product’s failure to conform to manufacturing specifications. Several batches of the liners had been subjected to no or very poor quality control by the MORE

John Doe v. Archdiocese of Hartford (Superior Court of Hartford—filed February 13, 2018) Our client was repeatedly sexually abused as a minor child by parish priest, Louis Paturzo, who was employed by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford beginning in 1974, and appointed to Sacred Heart Church in Hartford in 1982. While under direct supervision of the Archdiocese, Paturzo was given unlimited access to children as part of his daily work. Our plaintiff was raised in a devout Catholic family and participated in many youth and church activities, including serving as an altar boy. Over a three-year span, Paturzo sexually MORE

Edward Barron, et. al. vs. Bruce Bemer and William Trefzger (Bridgeport Superior Court—January 18, 2018) The brave plaintiffs in this case were among a group of children and very young men repeatedly and horrifically sodomized at the hands of the Bruce Bemer criminal sex trafficking conspiracy—operated by depraved individuals who, over decades, orchestrated a human trafficking conspiracy for their own sexual pleasure and financial gain. Career pedophiles preyed on victims and plied them with narcotics—hand selecting children and seriously mentally ill individuals for attack. They were chosen carefully based on their vulnerability and susceptibility to coercion. Almost immediately, the young MORE