Author: James Sabatini

James Sabatini is a Connecticut trial lawyers practicing personal injury law.

About James Sabatini

James Sabatini is a Connecticut trial lawyers practicing personal injury law.

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Diabetes Medication Actos Linked To Bladder Cancer

Posted on August 15, 2011 by - Legal News, Unsafe Drugs

The diabetes drug Actos has been linked to bladder cancer.  A lawsuit has already been filed in court against Takeda Pharmaceuticals claiming that its diabetes medication Actos caused the plaintiff’s bladder cancer.  In the lawsuit, the plaintiff alleges that Takeda failed to warn of the risks of bladder cancer connected with Actos and that had there been such a warning the plaintiff would have sought an alternative course of treatment. 

Recent studies have indicated a connection between Actos usage and an increased likelihood of bladder cancer.  The FDA studied data from the first five years of a 10 year Actos safety study begun in 2002 and concluded that risk of bladder cancer was 40 percent higher for patients taking Actos for at least one year.  Doctors in France and Germany have been advised to stop prescribing Actos. If you or a loved one has taken Actos for more than one year, you may have a claim for damages and should contact our attorneys today at 860-667-0839.

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$190,000.00 Car Accident Settlement

Posted on August 7, 2011 by - Car Accidents, Settlements and Verdicts

Attorney James Sabatini recently secured a $190,000.00 settlement for his client who was injured in a car accident. The collision resulted in a cervical disc herniation.

 The herniation was producing radiating pain symptoms. The symptoms were delayed. In other words, the first report of the radiating pain was approximately four months after the collision. There was no surgery. The medical bills were paid and there was no insurance reimbursement for the medical bills paid.  The case was pending in Hartford Superior Court for approximately two years. The case settled two weeks prior to trial.

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U.S. Orders Review Of Risks Of Some Birth Control Pills Including Yaz and Yasmin

Posted on June 1, 2011 by - Defective Products, Hot Topics, Legal News

The F.D.A. is conducting a review of certain birth control bills that contain the hormone drospirenone.  The hormone is found in Bayer’s Yaz, Yasmin, Beyaz and Safyral. While all birth control pills pose a rik of blood clots, certain studies have suggested that Bayer’s birth control pills pose a greater risk of blood clots.  Two recent reports in the British Medical Journal found a two-fold to threefold greater risk of blood clots in women taking birth control pills like Bayer’s Yaz.  The F.D.A. ‘s current review involves an 800,000 person study.  The sale of Yaz family of products in 2010 represented 3.3 percent of Bayer’s annual revenue. The lawyers at Sabatini & Associates, LLC currently represent women injured by Yaz and Yasmin and is accepting new cases.

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GM and Chrysler Bailed Out and Freed From Legal Obligation To Pay Accident Victims

Posted on May 31, 2011 by - Defective Products, Legal News

Bailed out by the taxpayers, but off the hook for compensating some of the very same people who have been seriously injured by their defective motor vehicles, this is the deal Chrysler and GM got as part of their government bailouts. When the U.S. Government brokered a bankruptcy for Chrysler two years ago, it allowed the car maker to discharge any and all obligations it owed to car accident victims with pending cases against the automaker, or those who had already won an award or settlement. The Wall Street Journal has tracked several stories of some of the losers in the government deal, including the family of Vicki Denton. Ms. Denton died when the airbag in her 1998 Dodge Caravan failed to deploy in a collision. After years of litigation, in 2009 a jury determined that Ms. Denton’s vehicle was defective, and order Chrysler to pay her son $2.2 million in damages. Despite the jury’s finding, Chrysler has not paid the judgment, and under the rules of the bailout will never have to.

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Client Receives $100,000.00 Settlement From Car Accident Involving Drunk Driver

Posted on May 16, 2011 by - Car Accidents, Settlements and Verdicts

Attorney James Sabatini has reached a $100,000 settlement on behalf of his client who suffered a herniated disc as a result of a drunk driver.  The client was rear ended by a drunk driver.  The case settled for the drunk driver’s policy limits. The insurance company’s original settlement offer was $6,000.00.  The insurance company repeatedly attempted to try to settle the case for less than the policy limits.

Each attempt by the insurance company to settle for less than the policy limits was immediately rejected.  With the trial a few months away, the insurance company offered the full policy limits.   On a related noted, the drunk driver had been drinking alcohol at a restaurant.  A dram shop claim has been brought against the restaurant.  The case remains pending in court.

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