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Effort to Settle Lawsuits in Reardon Child Sex-Abuse Case Fails
October 09, 2009St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford could be headed to trial after talks to resolve the child sex-abuse cases broke down this week. Plaintiff attorney Mi...
Woman Wins $5.25 Million Malpractice Settlement Against Doctor and New Milford Hospital
October 09, 2009A settlement has been reached in a malpractice suit brought against Dr. Ramon Mabasa and New Milford Hospital by a woman whose left leg had to be amputated as a result of compli...
Talks to Resolve Reardon Child-Sex-Abuse Suits Break Down
October 08, 2009Talks to resolve scores of child-sex-abuse lawsuits involving Dr. George Reardon broke down this week, clearing the way for more than 100 cases against St. Francis Hospital and ...
Family of Norwalker Who Died Pleased The Jury's Decision—9/11 Norwalk Citizen
September 11, 2009Almost five years to the day after the nightmare involving Margaret Miller and her stay at the now-closed Darien Health Care Center began, the family of Miller will be able to e...
Plaintiff Injured in Tripod Accident Gets $1.35M
August 31, 2009Plaintiff’s attorney Joel Faxon said one complication was that the company that made the allegedly faulty tripod was Chinese and it couldn’t be located. Defense argu...
Woman's Death Costs Nursing Home $1.4M
August 17, 2009Estate of Margaret Miller v. Darien Health Care Center: A Bridgeport jury awarded the estate of an 80-year-old Norwalk child care worker nearly $1.5 million for her dea...
Hirschbeck Seeks Accountability for Failed Hip Replacement
July 21, 2009Mark Hirschbeck had his dream job as a Major League Baseball umpire and reached a career high with the 2001 World Series, but he says what started as routine hip replacement sur...
Mistaken Cancer Diagnosis Nets Plaintiff $1.5M
July 13, 2009Michael Santopietro v. Elizabeth Lach-Pasko et al.: Patients who think they have been victims of medical malpractice can face a daunting battle getting the evidence &nd...
Improperly Removed Lung Wins Jury Verdict Against Hospital Pathologist After Misdiagnosis of Cancer
June 17, 2009Just before noon at Superior Court today, the jury in Michael Santopietro vs. Elizabeth Lach-Pasko, M.D. awarded $1.56 million to the plaintiff, 67-year-old Canton resident Mich...
"Coal Carrier Collided with Vessel" Results in a Wrongful Death Settlement
June 05, 2009In re Essence Marine Holding Ltd., U.S. Dist. Ct., S.D.N.Y., No. 1:06-cv-08154, Jan. 13, 2009. Bortolotti, 29, was working as a cook aboard a sailing vessel, the S/V Ess...
Law Firm Takes Google to Court
June 03, 2009So what do lawyers do when they feel they have been dealt with unfairly? Well they go to court, that’s what they do. Stratton & Faxon, a personal injury firm in New Ha...
Growling Google
June 01, 2009How would you feel if you typed your law firm’s name into an Internet search engine and saw a competitor’s name listed first in the results? New Haven person...
Google Sued for Alleged Search Irregularities
May 29, 2009As the Internet continues to evolve as an integral marketing tool for business, the ability to connect with clients and potential customers searching for your firm name is prett...
Stratton Faxon Files Lawsuit Against Cardinal Egan and Bridgeport Diocese
March 30, 2009Superiors, like Cardinal Egan, were warned about John Castaldo, a pedophile priest in Trumbull, CT, but allowed him access to children nonetheless. One victim is finally speakin...
Amputee Suing Haven Healthcare
March 19, 2009Willemenia Walden was just 38 years old when both of her legs were amputated above the knee because of bed sores she developed while under the care of Haven Healthcare, accordin...
Dems Move to End Pre-emption of Medical Device Lawsuits
March 05, 2009A day after the Supreme Court ruled that patients can sue drug makers in state courts, Congressional Democrats proposed making it easier to sue medical-device makers. De...
Bill Would Make it Easier to Sue Insurers for Unfair Claim Practices
February 02, 2009Trial lawyers are lobbying for legislation that would make it easier for some Connecticut consumers to sue insurers for unfair claim practices — and potentially collect bi...
Molestation Lawsuit Involving Priest Settled
January 28, 2009Announced Tuesday was a $785,000 settlement against another Hartford Archdiocese priest, Daniel McSheffrey, who was accused of orally and anally raping a teenage boy, beginning ...
Ex-Trumbull Priest, Diocese in Abuse Suit
January 23, 2009A Trumbull man, identified in court papers only as "David Doe," is suing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport and one of its defrocked priests, John Castaldo, for allegedly ...
Multiple Settlements Announced in Priest Sex Abuse Continuing Scandal
January 23, 2009The Hartford Roman Catholic Diocese settled two lawsuits on behalf of former Connecticut priests. See related video to learn more....
Settlement Nets $2.5M for Woman's Estate
January 19, 2009John P. Bohannon, Jr., as administrator of the Estate of Kazimiera Dolik, deceased v. Action Carting Environmental SVC Inc. and Charles Patterson: Stratton Faxon, a New Haven-ba...
Stratton Faxon Files Suit Arising our of Continental Crash in Buffalo on Behalf of the Widow of 9/11 Victim
January 01, 2009The sister of a woman who died in a February plane crash in Buffalo, N.Y. — and who had been a prominent spokeswoman for victims of the 9/11 terror attacks and their survi...
Joel Faxon Discusses the St. Francis Sex Abuse Scandal with Tom Monahan
December 23, 2008Attorney Joel Faxon talks about the increasing number of victims in the sex abuse scandal involving St. Francis Hospital and Dr. George Reardon. Watch news segment on left to le...
Stratton Faxon Named CT Law Tribune Most Influential Lawyers of 2008
December 22, 2008Michael Stratton and Joel Faxon have contributed $100,000 to legal aid agencies as part of a campaign that encouraged other lawyers to give as well. Offering Financial A...
Chamber Honors Lender, Area Businesses
October 24, 2008At a time when the local business community acknowledges growing economic uncertainty, area business leaders gathered Thursday to honor people and companies that, they say, help...
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