Connecticut Personal Injury Law Blog

When you get set to give birth in Connecticut, you might have concerns about whether you and your baby will experience an easy, healthy delivery, and it might surprise you to know that maternal mortality rates are on the rise across the nation. It may, too, surprise you to learn that your race ultimately plays a role in the likelihood of you dying during childbirth, or within one year of childbirth, and that women of some races face higher risks than others. At Kennedy, Johnson, Schwab & Roberge, L.L.C. we recognize that the majority of pregnancy-related deaths are preventable, and we have helped many people who suffered hardship or lost loved ones due to pregnancy or childbirth pursue appropriate recourse in the aftermath.

According to Psychology Today, pregnancy-related deaths continue to increase across America, even though researchers and scientists are regularly making medical advancements meant to reduce pregnancy-linked fatalities. Currently, about 700 American women lose their lives annually as a result of pregnancy-related circumstances, and estimates suggest that more than 60 percent of these deaths could have been avoidable, suggesting that many of them resulted from doctor or hospital errors.

When you buy medicine from a Connecticut pharmacy, whether over-the-counter medicine or a prescription drug, you want that medicine to improve your state of health. However, some medicines have the potential to degrade a person's health or cause death due to defects. Sometimes the producers of a medication discover problems with their products. When this occurs, the manufacturer will issue a recall of the drug. There are a number of reasons why drugs may be recalled.

As WebMD points out, there have been times when medication has been out on the market and health problems have resulted from use. In these instances, the potential for the medication to develop health issues was not known at the time the drug was manufactured. However, as people used the medication, the fact that the medicine caused illness or other problems became evident.

Under Connecticut law, commercial property owners do have a duty to the safety of anyone who comes on their premises. This includes not only paying customers but the general public. Even trespassers have (very limited) protections.

If you are injured on commercial property - as a patron, tenant or visitor -- you may have grounds to sue for compensation if the owners or proprietors failed to keep you safe.

At Kennedy, Johnson, Schwab & Roberge, LLC, we know that no amount of monetary compensation could ever make up for the loss of a loved one. You cannot put a price on closure. However, we believe there is often much more than money at stake for those who pursue justice for wrongful death through the Connecticut civil courts.

What we find so powerful about the process is not the fact that bereaved families have the potential to gain compensation for the loss of their loved ones. It is the way that these people use the funds they receive to rebuild their lives, secure their futures or even prevent future tragedies.