Miscellaneous

• Whistleblower Settlements: HMO Pays 137.5m and Whistleblowers Get a Share

  Michael A. Stratton | May 16, 2012 4:04 PM | 0 CommentsConnecticut, CT

  Private parties who know of fraudulent claims being filed with the federal government may file suit on behalf of the United States. Parties with proof of fraud are empowered to bring these claims...

• The Lawyer You Refer Cases To May Be a Cannibal

  Michael A. Stratton | May 15, 2012 10:19 AM | 0 CommentsConnecticut, CT

  Is the law firm you refer complex PI cases also your competition for client business? Many referral based law firms want it both ways. These firms attempt simultaneously to develop a...

• Tort Deformers Exploit Over Blown Egos

  Michael A. Stratton | May 08, 2012 9:56 AM | 0 CommentsConnecticut, CT

  It used to be when Americans heard a verdict they initially disagreed with, they would say “I wasn’t there, I didn’t hear all the evidence. I will give the jury the...

• Dr. George Reardon and St. Francis Hospital: Don't Let Them Off the Hook

  Michael A. Stratton | May 04, 2012 8:26 PM | 0 CommentsConnecticut, CT

  From 1965 to 1993, Dr. George Reardon served as Chief of Endocrinology at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut. During that time, hospital executives paid for him to do research on...

• Un-American Wall Street: Immune from the Jury System and the 99%

  Michael A. Stratton | May 04, 2012 8:09 PM | 0 CommentsConnecticut, CT

  What’s wrong with Wall Street? Why do these brokerage houses get away with so much graft and corruption? Why repeatedly are their profits allowed to trump the needs of the public and...

• AMA Corrects Impairment Ratings Guide

  James Sabatini | March 26, 2008 7:31 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  When the AMA published the Sixth Edition of its Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, it contained new language that restricted chiropractic evaluations to the spine only. The restriction drew sharp criticism from the American Chiropractic Association. In a letter to the AMA, the ACA questioned the legality of restrictive language related to evaluations by doctors of chiropractic...

• Negligence Lawsuits Filed Against St. Francis Hospital - Failure To Supervise Dr. Reardon

  James Sabatini | December 07, 2007 2:38 PM | 0 CommentsWaterbury, CT

  Two men who say they were sexually molested by Dr. George Reardon filed lawsuits Thursday against St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, claiming the hospital was negligent in its supervision of the doctor during the 30 years he practiced there. In the latest suits, the men say Reardon fondled and photographed them in his private St. Francis office during the 1970s or early 1980s. One suit...

• Negligence Lawsuits Filed Against St. Francis Hospital - Failure to Supervise Dr. Reardon

  James Sabatini | December 07, 2007 2:36 PM | 0 CommentsNew Haven , CT

  Two men who say they were sexually molested by Dr. George Reardon filed lawsuits Thursday against St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, claiming the hospital was negligent in its supervision of the doctor during the 30 years he practiced there. In the latest suits, the men say Reardon fondled and photographed them in his private St. Francis office during the 1970s or early 1980s. One suit...

• Negligence Lawsuits Filed Against St. Francis Hospital - Failure to Supervise Dr. Reardon

  James Sabatini | December 07, 2007 2:32 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  Two men who say they were sexually molested by Dr. George Reardon filed lawsuits Thursday against St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, claiming the hospital was negligent in its supervision of the doctor during the 30 years he practiced there. In the latest suits, the men say Reardon fondled and photographed them in his private St. Francis office during the 1970s or early 1980s. One suit...

• Many Injured In Train Collision

  James Sabatini | November 30, 2007 2:59 PM | 0 CommentsNew Haven , CT

  At least five Amtrak crew members were critically or seriously injured Friday when their train collided with a freight train traveling on the same track. About 100 or 150 passengers have been injured in this train collision in Chicago. The cause of the collision is under investigation.