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Summer is upon us! Such nice hot weather for swimming, picnicking, and outdoor summer fun!  Even with the issue of safe distancing and social unrest in the world, it is important to good health, happiness and peace of mind to make time, even an hour or two, to enjoy the summer weather and keep u...

Recently I went into a famous named retail store.  Upon entering the store I was shocked to see that 90 percent of the merchandise was gone from the racks.  The store looked like it was going out of business. I asked one of the employees what happened? The employee told me that the store had a 50...

After years of denying that its talc-based Baby Powder caused ovarian cancer or contained asbestos causing mesothelioma, Johnson and Johnson has now decided to discontinue its sale of the talc-based Baby Power in the U.S. and Canada. Thousands of cases are pending in U.S. Courts claiming either ...

Several Years ago a very close friend of the family, Michael K., taught me his mother's homemade cabbage soup recipe which was used for his family during the Great Depression. Things were tough in the time period from 1929-1939(about ten years). Finances  were so tight and unemployment rampant i...

Julia Child- the late famous French Chef and TV personality and cook book writer once said "it is important to find a passionate calling in life."  In my quest to learn to cook via reading the Art of French Cooking and other Julia Child cook books, I found out just how ponderous of life Julia Ch...

Nearly 80 veterans have died in a Massachusetts elder care facility.  Patients at the Holyoke Soldiers Home had contracted the coronavirus and unfortunately passed away.   Many are blaming shortages of staff members causing corona positive patients to be stuffed in with non corona patients causi...

According to the Connecticut Post in  an article on Saturday April 25, 2020, the number of probable deaths associated with COVID-19 at nursing homes more than doubled this week to 768, according to state data released Friday evening.  The Connecticut state data released April 16 reported 1,713 p...

The family of a patient at  Kansans City, Kansas, rehabilitation center who died due to the corona virus has filed a lawsuit against the facility according KCTV of Kansas City, Kansas. KCTV is reporting that the suit was filed by the family of 87-year old Okey Long, who died from complications f...

Many of us during the Pandemic are going through a culture shock and quite frankly do not know what  can do to confront the challenges of this economic slow down.  So I sat down and thought about things anybody can do no matter what your financial situation is right now. 1. Don't panic!  Have fa...

We never closed during the Corona Virus and are considered an "Essential Business."  Presently, we are at the front lines practicing law and calling our clients, friends and the caring family members to check up on their well being. Currently, we are signing new cases(Slip and falls, auto accid...

What is exactly going on with the corona virus pandemic? When will the economy start up again? Where it is business as usual. Or will things ever again be the same like they were before the pandemic? According to President Trump there is a forecast that he will open up the US economy as early...

Are you sitting home soul searching about which direction you want to take with your life? Or instead, like most of us, you are on social media talking to all your friends? Hey social media is great and thank god we have the digital world to stay in contact with loved ones, friends and clients....

A business interruption insurance policy is a contract with the insurance company to insure against certain identified types of losses due to an interruption of the business.   There are certain types of events the business interruption policy covers for losses. An example being a fire with  tem...

Throughout history, there was always a crisis one after another throughout the ages. Whether an economic upheaval like a recession, depression, war, flu or famine. Such crisis' come and Go Away! Our ancestors who built America, worked through these problems, solved them and built America!! Some...

A Traumatic Brain Injury(TBI) is a blow or jolt to the head or penetrating head injury that disrupts function of the brain. Not all blows or jolts to head result in TBI.  The severity of such an injury may range from "mild" a brief change in mental status or consciousness to "severe" an extended...

FIRST DO NOT PANIC!!! 2. GET OUT OF THE ROAD, if you are in the middle of traffic as you don't want to get run over. 3. Call 911 if injured and report incident to police. 4. Try to clear the bike from the road so it does not get hit or endanger other vehicles, if possible, without endangering ...

A bicyclist is at very big risk for catastrophic injury especially when struck by a car or a truck while riding. This is because there is less physical protection to the bicyclist because the whole body is exposed to impact. Because there is less protection to bicyclist when injured, it is impo...

We hope all of you are safe and in good spirits during this period of the pandemic i.e. Corona Virus We are presently operating the law firm and are still working on the cases we have with many of you.  "The show must go on." Further, were are processing legal cases with insurance adjusters and...

Most have been to a salad bar at our favorite supermarket or restaurant.  Many times you might see food on floor and be careful not slip and fall on it.  But often times we are busy filling our plates and do not see the hazard on the floor. Connecticut Courts have established a rule called the "...

Zantac the widely used heartburn medicine has now been linked to causing certain type of cancers because of certain properties the drug contains. Cancers such as Stomach, Colorectal, Intestinal, Esophageal, Pancreatic and Bladder are among the Cancers that may be linked to Zantac If you or a lo...

I just wanted to wish everyone Happy New Year!!! Further, I wanted to remind people to be bold and set goals to be attained throughout the new year! When I talk to most people about setting both personal and career goals, most of them think a goal is something like losing weight or quitting smo...

In the past seven years I added Mass Torts to my practice.  A mass tort is a civil action filed by many plaintiffs against a large number of corporate defendants. I am presently handling mass tort claims against Johnson and Johnson for its Talc baby powder which has been shown to cause ovarian c...

On October 28, 2019 a Philadelphia State Court Jury awarded the sum of 33 million dollars to Tracy Reed-Brown in a claim against Rex Medical and Argon Medical Devices.   The claim stemmed from the malfunction of the Option Retrievable IVC Filter manufactured by Rex Medical and distributed by Arg...

The National Law Journal recently reported that Monsanto(the maker of Roundup) owned by parent company Bayer AG filed several appeals because Monsanto lost a 289 million dollar verdict last year and an 80 million dollar verdict this year over its weed killer Roundup. These two cases were filed i...

With the anticipation of the Thanksgiving holiday, it is time to reflect on the gratitude I feel toward my customers, colleagues and family for their benevolence, joy and goodwill they have bestowed on me in the past and present years.  For this I am blessed and truly grateful. I know how import...