Year: 2023
When people make the decision to place an elderly family member in the care of a nursing home facility, we should be able to expect that he or she will be treated with compassion and dignity. Sadly, many people are mistreated at the hands of the very people who are supposed to be providing a […]
Medical device manufacturer Olympus Corp. recently announced it will be voluntarily recalling their defective duodenoscopes, which have been tied to the spread of serious infections in hospitals across the country. The company came under fire after an investigation revealed they knew about the problem for years, but failed to report it. Over 140 people have reported […]
Thursday afternoon, a 57-year-old woman from Torrington was killed when she collided with a truck on Route 4 in Burlington near the Farmington town line. Four other people were also injured in the crash. Police are still investigating the incident, according to NBC Connecticut. The woman was driving eastbound on Route 4 by the intersection for […]
Michael A. D’Amico earned a spot on the Connecticut Super Lawyers Top 50. A highly respected personal injury attorney, D’Amico provides high-quality legal representation to injured victims and the families of catastrophically injured victims as they pursue personal injury compensation due to the negligence of other individuals or medical professionals.
We are excited to announce that our firm’s partner Michael D’Amico has been recognized as the 2019 New Haven Personal Injury Litigation “Lawyer of the Year” by The Best Lawyers in America©. This marks the third time D’Amico has been nominated by his peers in the legal community for his professional accomplishments in personal injury law. He was […]
D’Amico Pettinicchi Injury Lawyers attorney Michael A. D’Amico was recently selected as 2015 “Lawyer of the Year” for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs in the New Haven area. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this accolade particularly significant. These lawyers […]
The Applebee’s restaurant chain has locations throughout the nation including in the state of Connecticut. In most cases when people go to the restaurant for a meal it is to take a break and enjoy themselves over dinner. Often that is exactly the experience they get. The visit was anything but enjoyable for a father […]
The perception that our courts are inundated with “frivolous lawsuits” probably reached its peak in the mid 1990’s, but the foundation for such perception was actually formed a decade earlier. In 1986, the American Tort Reform Association was formed by corporations, large businesses and professional societies looking to shield themselves from accountability in the civil […]
Last Friday, Mattel voluntarily decided to recall all Rock ‘n Play Sleepers (4.7 million units) due to 32 infant deaths linked to the product. The recall announcement instructs parents to immediately stop using all models of the product. The recall comes just one week after Fisher-Price, which is owned by Mattel, and the U.S. Consumer […]
If you are considering filing a personal injury claim in Connecticut, there are important deadlines you must be aware of. These deadlines are called statutes of limitations and they limit how long an injury victim has to file a personal injury lawsuit. If you miss the deadline, you likely will not be able to file […]