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• Two Car Accident Injures Five in Portland

  Margaret Embry | August 31, 2009 3:17 PM | 0 CommentsWaterbury, CT

  A two-car accident near Portland, CT injured five people and closed down parts of Route 66 for nearly two hours on Saturday, August 29th, according to the Hartford Courant. Police are still...

• 18 Year-Old Driver Involved in Fatal One-Car Accident Charged with Negligent Homicide

  Margaret Embry | August 06, 2009 4:25 PM | 0 CommentsNew Haven , CT

  On April 30th in Wallingford, an eighteen-year-old male was involved in a one-car accident that killed one seventeen-year-old high school student who was riding in the front seat and injured another...

• Mistrial Declared in Bus Driver's Wrongful Death Civil Trial

  Margaret Embry | August 06, 2009 2:43 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  In October, 2006, a school bus driver driving in West Hartford struck and killed a 65 year-old male drug counselor while he was in the crosswalk, as reported by School Transportation News in...

• Dick’s Sporting Goods Recalls Camp Stoves Due To Burn Hazard

  Chrissie Cole | February 10, 2009 10:02 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  Dick’s Sporting Goods, in conjunction with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), announced a voluntary recall of “Field & Stream” Dual Burner Camp Stoves...

• Bunk Beds Recalled By Land of Nod Due to Fall Hazard

  Chrissie Cole | February 06, 2009 11:55 AM | 0 CommentsWaterbury, CT

  The Land of Nod, in cooperation with the CPSC, voluntarily recalled 750 Cottage Bunk Beds because screws are missing from the upper bunk’s guardrails, which can cause the vertical slats to...

• Peanut Butter Recalled For Salmonella

  Chrissie Cole | January 31, 2009 10:16 AM | 0 CommentsNew Haven , CT

  A string of peanut butter recalls have been traced back to the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA). The latest recall includes all peanuts, peanut paste, granulated peanut and peanut meal made by...

• Motorcycle Deaths On The Rise

  James Sabatini | August 15, 2008 4:56 PM | 0 CommentsNew Haven , CT

  The number of motorcyclist deaths jumped in 2007. One out of every eight vehicle deaths on our roads invovled a motorcycle. Deaths of people in cars, trucks and on bicycles declined in 2007. The...

• Medical Device Safety Act of 2008

  James Sabatini | June 29, 2008 1:45 PM | 1 CommentWaterbury, CT

  U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, and Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee,...

• Connecticut Motorcycle Accident - Helmet Law Review

  James Sabatini | May 14, 2008 12:12 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  A 43-year-old motorcyclist who collided with a truck Tuesday afternoon on Route 159 is recovering at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. The collision occured at the Hickory Street intersection...

• Insulin Pumps for Teens Have Been Linked to Injuries and Deaths

  Jenny Albano | May 08, 2008 2:59 AM | 0 CommentsNew Haven , CT

  A federal review from the FDA found that insulin pumps used by teenagers with Type 1 diabetes can be dangerous and have been linked to injuries and deaths. Researchers from the FDA did not advise...