Personal Injury 

Connecticut Personal Injury Lawyers

When a personal injury is suffered, it is because of the negligence of another party or parties. The personal injury can be the result of a wide variety of careless actions, including negligence, products liability and workers’ compensation. When trying to recover damages suffered for the personal injury, the monetary damage awards will usually consider lost wages, medical bill and pain and suffering.

The severity of a personal injury can range from minor physical injury to debilitating injuries and death. In some instances, a physical injury may not even be present and the personal injury claimant will seek damages for extreme emotional distress, as well as other psychological impacts. A personal injury claim acts to hold the party or parties accountable for their actions, as well as to best ensure similar events do not continue to occur and injure more victims in the future.

Non-Economic Damages in Personal Injury Cases

More than half of the states in the United States have so far passed controversial legislation addressing non-economic damages for pain and suffering, as well as other intangibles in personal injury lawsuits and product liability and other civil lawsuits. Some laws have placed a cap on pain and suffering personal injury awards, and though some states have exception for catastrophic cases, many argue the caps are an injustice and only act to further victimize those most seriously suffering from a personal injury.

Elder Abuse And Neglect

Elder abuse is only a recently known national problem to many, though evidence suggests elder abuse has existed throughout time on a wide scale. Not too much information is known about elder abuse still, though tackling the deep-rooted problem has become a national and state-to-state priority. The actual incidence of elder abuse is unknown, with the majority of elder abuse cases believed to go unreported.

Abuse can be physical, mental, sexual, financial, as well as complete neglect. Reports of vicious cases of elder abuse have continued to be revealed and lawmakers and officials are trying to reverse trends and create an environment of safety and well-being that is needed now more than ever. The population of persons aged 65 years and older continues to increase each year. By 2030, there will be about 71.5 million older persons, making the urgency to stop elder abuse especially necessary.

Areas of Personal Injury

  • Automobile Accidents
  • Airplane Crashes
  • Hit & Run
  • Uninsured Motorist
  • Underinsured Motorist
  • Slip & Falls

If you or a loved one has suffered a personal injury, contact the Connecticut personal injury lawyers at The Berkowitz Law Firm today. We will provide you with a thorough evaluation of your case.

Call today (866) 314-9352 or send us an email and we will contact you shortly.

  • $9,000,000.00 medical malpractice recovery against an obstetrician and a hospital whose failure to timely deliver the infant plaintiff, despite signs of fetal distress, left her severely brain damaged.
  • $6,100,000.00 settlement against a hospital and two physicians on behalf of a client who sustained permanent paralysis following the administration of anesthesia and prior to undergoing an anterior cervical discectomy.
  • $4,750,000.00 medical malpractice award on behalf of a child who sustained brain damage as a result of a hospital's negligent airway management.
  • $4,000,000.00 medical malpractice verdict against a gynecologist who caused the plaintiff to undergo a hysterectomy following a negligent surgical procedure and destroyed her ability to bear children.
  • $3,000,000.00 medical malpractice recovery against an anesthesiologist whose negligent administration of spinal anesthesia left an infant plaintiff profoundly brain damaged.
  • $3,000,000.00 medical malpractice settlement on behalf of a brain damaged newborn against a hospital as a result of the hospital's failure to timely deliver said newborn despite signs and symptoms of fetal distress.
  • $2,600,000.00 wrongful death verdict against a family practitioner and a urologist whose failure to timely diagnose prostate cancer led to the plaintiff's death.
  • $2,500,000.00 settlement against a radiologist for his failure to timely diagnose the plaintiff's spinal tumor which progressed to metastatic late stage cancer.
  • $2,450,000.00 total award against a hospital for its failure to properly restrain a hospital psychiatric patient who jumped out of a hospital window and fell three stories sustaining a permanent brain injury.
  • $2,300,000.00 medical malpractice settlement against a hospital following its failure to diagnose a bacterial infection causing a child to go into respiratory arrest and without oxygen for 20 minutes leading to the child's brain damage.

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