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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 not true. In a civil case, the party with the burden of...

Daubert challenge

Like a referee checking whether a measuring tool is reliable before letting it decide the score, a court may screen an expert's methods before the expert is allowed to...

Danbury truck crash and a "wait and see" lawyer can wreck this case

A pregnant electrician hit by a truck in Danbury can get burned fast if nobody moves to preserve the truck's data, document fetal follow-up care, and shut down the blame game about walking on a road without a sidewalk.

ARTICLE by Karen Ostrowski

specific causation

Miss this issue, and a claim can fail even when a product was clearly dangerous and the injury is severe. Specific causation is the proof that a particular exposure, defect, or...

My Hartford claim adjuster just said my Instagram posts make it look like I'm not really hurt

A Hartford pedestrian claim can lose value fast when the insurer uses your posts to argue you were fine or more than 50% at fault for walking in the roadway.

ARTICLE by Luis Carvalho

Eighteen months after a Greenwich crash, the panic can still be the real injury

A Greenwich pedestrian who was pushed into traffic by a rear-end crash may still be able to prove serious emotional harm even when the insurers are playing the blame game.

ARTICLE by Karen Ostrowski

Everyone says it's not their fault. Your settlement still has to come from somewhere.

A Hartford retiree hit by a fleeing driver can end up with several possible claims, several people denying blame, and a settlement number that shrinks fast once the bills and liens come out.

ARTICLE by Janet Kowalczyk

Two years later and your kid still limps after that Norwalk crosswalk crash - the case may not be dead

When a child is hit in a Norwalk crosswalk and the parent was traveling between work sites, the fight over insurance does not wipe out the kid's claim, and the timing rules are different than most people think.

ARTICLE by Maureen Sullivan

Who Pays After a Connecticut Multi-Car Crash?

If you were the passenger in a Connecticut wreck and the driver is your friend or relative, the insurance mess is usually not as simple as the adjuster is making it sound.

ARTICLE by Robert Hennessy

Who Pays After an Instacart Delivery Injury?

If you were shopping an order in a Connecticut grocery store when you fell, the fight is usually over which insurance company gets to duck responsibility first.

ARTICLE by Janet Kowalczyk

consumer expectation test

Like a ladder rung that snaps under normal weight or a power tool guard that fails during ordinary use, some product failures are so basic that an average buyer would say the...

general causation

You'll usually see this in an expert report, a denial letter, or a lawyer's email saying something like, "The plaintiff has not established general causation." What they mean...

bellwether trial

Why would one case go to trial first when hundreds of similar lawsuits are pending? A bellwether trial is a test case chosen from a larger group of related lawsuits so the...

Your coworker got paid after a Merritt blowout crash - so why is your Stamford claim dying on the deadline?

A late-filed claim after a blowout crash on the Stamford commute can wreck your leverage fast, especially when the insurer is already trying to pin part of it on you.

ARTICLE by Anthony DiNapoli

No money for a lawyer after a Danbury ramp crash? You still have moves

A wrong-way crash on a Danbury off-ramp can still turn into a real claim even when Connecticut says sovereign immunity and you don't have cash for a lawyer.

ARTICLE by Anthony DiNapoli

Like pulling a bad batch of food off the shelf before more people get sick, a product recall is a manufacturer's or government agency's move to get a dangerous or defective...

It can change the value, speed, and leverage of a case because one lawsuit may resolve many similar claims at once instead of forcing each injured person to sue separately. A...

Just left Greenwich Hospital and they already want you to settle

A rear-end crash claim in Greenwich does not require lawful immigration status, and the fast settlement offer is usually about shutting the file before the real medical costs show up.

ARTICLE by Tina Bowman

risk-utility test

A way courts and experts judge whether a product's design is unreasonably dangerous by weighing its risks against its usefulness and the feasibility of a safer design. That...

Connecticut Attic Fall Claims Against Homeowners Insurance

When an HVAC tech gets hurt in a customer's attic, the fight usually turns into a blame game between homeowners insurance, the employer, and workers' comp while the injured worker is stuck trying to get treatment.

ARTICLE by Priya Chandrasekaran