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How Your Insurance Benefits May Affect a Personal Injury Award

Following a car accident you may require substantial medical care. Hopefully you have insurance that will minimize your out-of-pocket expenses. But if the accident was...

SADD Video & Meme Contest: Help Put an End to Distracted Driving

Our lawyers have seen firsthand how devastating a distracted driving accident can be. In June of 2013, the Tylers died less than an hour apart...

Is a City Liable for Failing to Tow Vehicle Before Hit-and-Run Accident?

As a general rule, Connecticut law exempts state and local government employees from any liability arising from their “discretionary acts.” Basically, this means that you...

Can I Receive Compensation for Injuries Sustained Protecting My Dog?

If you have never been the victim of a dog bite or animal attack, you might not realize how serious they can be. A dog...

Costs of Recovery from a Spinal Cord Injury

We all know that medical care can be expensive. When you are in a sudden accident and suffer a serious injury, a major concern will...

Connecticut DOT Unveils New Website

The Connecticut Department of Transportation (DOT) has launched a new website intended to help move traffic along by getting real-time and verified information to drivers...

Serious Facial Injuries in Motorcycle and Bicycle Accidents

Motorcycles and bicycles do not have seat belts or other types of restraints like cars and trucks have. For this reason, if a crash occurs,...

Seeking Medical Attention After Suffering Personal Injury

The circumstances that bring about personal injury lawsuits vary far and wide. One common aspect of all aspects that cause serious personal injury is that...

Understanding Personal Injury Liability in Connecticut – Who is to Blame?

No one can prepare for personal injury – we can only react after it occurs. Personal injury results in many unforeseen expenses such as medical...

U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in local tribal sovereignty case

Polito & Harrington associate attorney James Harrington has expressed that he was encouraged by the questions that the Justices were asking during oral arguments at...

Waterford attorney, tribes on opposite sides of U.S. Supreme Court case

In 2011, Brian and Michelle Lewis of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania were driving on Interstate 95 in Norwalk when a limousine rear-ended their vehicle, resulting in serious...

Polito & Harrington reaches settlement in case where driver’s moment of inattention leads to double fatal crash

The Tylers died within 50 minutes of each other on June 21, 2013, when their Honda CRV sport utility vehicle was struck head-on by a...