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Can I get paid for PTSD after a Greenwich crash with no visible injury?
Yes - in Connecticut, you can recover money for PTSD, anxiety, or depression after a crash even without a broken...
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How much can a Norwalk crash claim lose from Facebook posts?
$10,000 to $100,000+ can disappear from a Connecticut injury claim because of bad social media, and with a serious...
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Can a Hartford crash pay for future pregnancy care?
Yes - if the crash made extra monitoring, treatment, or delivery care medically necessary, Connecticut law can...
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My brother got hit by a pest truck at work in Stamford, can he sue?
In Connecticut, workers' comp settlements often land in the low five figures, but a third-party injury case...
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How much can Danbury UM/UIM pay after a hit-and-run?
Get this wrong, and you may leave tens of thousands of dollars on the table by chasing the other driver's coverage...
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Why am I stuck with workers' comp after a Waterbury work crash?
If you get this wrong, you can lose the lawsuit completely and be left with workers' comp checks that do not cover...
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What happens if I wait after my kid gets hurt in Bridgeport?
Bridgeport's spring and summer safety enforcement around cyclists, pedestrians, and school traffic has ramped up,...
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Why is Hartford insurance using an old MRI to deny this crash?
Yes - if you let the carrier turn a pre-existing condition into an excuse, the claim gets cheapened or denied when...
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Should I sign Amazon's release or wait after a Greenwich delivery van crash?
The filing that matters is a civil complaint in Connecticut Superior Court, and the deadline is usually 2 years from...
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Should I let the adjuster record my employee's Greenwich crash call or just report basics?
What the insurance company does not want you to know is that Connecticut's 2-year deadline to sue usually keeps...
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What happens if we give the insurer my husband's old MRI after a Waterbury pileup?
2 years is the usual Connecticut deadline to sue under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-584, but giving the insurer an old MRI...
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How much is a Danbury apartment stair fall case worth?
If the ER told you it was a sprain, fracture, or head injury, the insurance company will turn that into a number...
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My mom fell on ice outside a New Haven store, who pays her bills?
If you guess wrong here, the bills can end up on your mom while the real claim gets underpaid or signed away too...
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Key Terms

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crashworthiness doctrine
A manufacturer may be liable when a product does not cause the initial accident but is defectively designed so that...
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enhanced injury
Insurance companies and defense lawyers often use this phrase to suggest a person is blaming a product for harm that...
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strict product liability
You just got a letter that says the manufacturer denies fault, but your lawyer says the case may involve strict...
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specific causation
Miss this issue, and a claim can fail even when a product was clearly dangerous and the injury is severe. Specific...
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statute of limitations for wrongful death
After a fatal crash on I-95 in New Haven or a pileup on the Merritt Parkway during freezing rain, families usually...
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general causation
You'll usually see this in an expert report, a denial letter, or a lawyer's email saying something like, "The...
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risk-utility test
A way courts and experts judge whether a product's design is unreasonably dangerous by weighing its risks against...
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failure to warn
You might see this phrase in a denial letter, an insurance claim, or a lawyer's note saying a product "lacked...
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Daubert challenge
Like a referee checking whether a measuring tool is reliable before letting it decide the score, a court may screen...
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manufacturing defect
You'll usually see it in a denial letter, an insurance claim, a lawyer's demand, or a recall notice: "The product...
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preponderance of evidence
The greater weight of the evidence. "Greater weight" means more convincing, more probable, and more likely true than...
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class action
It can change the value, speed, and leverage of a case because one lawsuit may resolve many similar claims at once...
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likelihood of confusion test
People often mix this up with actual confusion, and bad advice usually starts there. Actual confusion means real...
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consumer expectation test
Like a ladder rung that snaps under normal weight or a power tool guard that fails during ordinary use, some product...
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verdict
Like the final score posted after a game, a verdict is the formal decision that ends the fact-finding phase of a...
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product recall
Like pulling a bad batch of food off the shelf before more people get sick, a product recall is a manufacturer's or...
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bellwether trial
Why would one case go to trial first when hundreds of similar lawsuits are pending? A bellwether trial is a test...
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copyright registration
Money often turns on whether a creative work was formally registered before a dispute began. For an artist,...
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design defect
A built-in safety problem in a product's design. "Built-in" matters because the problem exists before the product is...
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multidistrict litigation
Why is my case being grouped with hundreds or thousands of others? Multidistrict litigation is a federal court...
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involuntary discharge
A transfer is usually a temporary move to a hospital or another setting for treatment or safety, but this is the...
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Form 36
Under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-296, a workers' comp insurer in Connecticut is supposed to file a Form 36 before cutting...
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utility patent vs design patent
Insurance companies or defense lawyers may point to a patent and imply a product was "approved," safer, or legally...
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