Add another Chinse product to the ever growing list of defective and unsafe products being made in China. A Russian car magazine recently sponsored a crash test of a Chinese made vehicle – Chery Amulet. The car folded like an accordian in the test calling into serious question the basic safety of the car. Click here for crash test video.
Connecticut makes sellers liable if they sell alcoholic beverages to an intoxicated person who injures a person or property because of the intoxication. Sellers include bars, taverns, restaurants, nightclubs and other establishments that serve alcohol. Under Connecticut statutory law, the maximum an injured person can recover is $250,000 for injuries to a single person and $250,000 in aggregate for injuries to more than one person. The law requires that the injured person give notice to the seller within 120 days from the date of the incident. This 120 day notice is absolutely critical to meet. If notice is not given within 120 days, the injured person loses the right to bring a Dram Shop action against the seller. Furthermore, the notice must contain specific information that meets the criteria set forth in the statute. If the notice does not contain the necessary information it may be fatally defective and the Dram Shop claim will be barred. The lawsuit must be brought within one year.
The notice requirements and strict time deadlines contained within the Dram Shop Act provide a powerful example of why contacting an attorney immediately after being seriously injured is so important. It allows our attorneys to preserve all your legal rights in order to maximize your financial recovery.
Police have charged 19-year-old Clinton resident Dennis Knapp with the death of a young Madison woman who was killed in a violent car crash early Saturday morning. Knapp, 19, of North High St., is charged with vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence of alcohol. He faces up to 10 years in prison on the manslaughter charge.?
The police have not disclosed, and it is unknown if the police know, where and how?the minor got the alcohol that he drank.?
Mattel Inc. on Tuesday identified the Chinese vendor that made nearly 1 million Fisher-Price toys that were recalled last week because they may contain lead. Mattel said Lee Der Industrial Company Ltd., located in Guang Dong province, made the 967,000 toys sold under the Fisher-Price brand in the United States between May and August
A Naugatuck priest is facing charges of sexually assaulting a minor. Father Robert J. Grant, of St. Mary’s Church on North Main Street, was arrested on Thursday after an investigation by Naugatuck police.