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The Dangers of Interstate Truck Driver Fatigue

January 1, 2019 

With a standard car on the road today weighing an average of 4,000 pounds and a tractor-trailer truck carrying up to 80,000 pounds, collisions involving cars and tractor-trailers are some of the most devastating motor vehicle accidents. Many of these catastrophic, life-changing accidents are caused by negligent truck drivers who are tired from lack of… Read more >

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Protect Yourself Against Connecticut Drivers with Little or No Insurance Coverage

November 11, 2018 

In Connecticut, drivers are required to have a minimum amount of liability car insurance — $25,000 for bodily injury, per person per accident, and $50,000 for bodily injury, total per accident.  As such, there are many Connecticut drivers that choose this minimum amount of coverage over a much more comprehensive, but only slightly more expensive,… Read more >

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$5.4 million settlement in crash

By Daniel Tepfer, Stamford Advocate (January 24, 2018) — It was a crash ripped from the pages of New York society. James B. Hurlock, of Greenwich, chairman of Orient Express Hotels and a partner in the global law firm White & Chase, was killed and his wife was injured when they were struck by a… Read more >

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Former White & Case Chairman’s Fatal Car Accident Results in $5.4M Settlement

By Cogan Schneier, Connecticut Law Tribune/Law.com (January 22, 2018) — The widow of a former White & Case chairman reached a more than $5 million settlement in her wrongful death lawsuit last month. James Hurlock, who oversaw global expansion at White & Case during the last two decades of the 20th century, died in April 2016,… Read more >

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Silver Golub & Teitell LLP Settles Personal Injury & Wrongful Death Lawsuit in Hurlock v. Rodriguez-Boulan for $5.4 Million

STAMFORD, CT (January 19, 2018) – Partner Ernie Teitell and attorney Marco A. Allocca of the Stamford law firm of Silver Golub & Teitell LLP recently settled the personal injury and wrongful death lawsuit captioned Margaret Holding Hurlock, Executor of the Estate of James B. Hurlock, et al. v. Sebastian Rodriguez-Boulan et al., stemming from… Read more >

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Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Insurance Coverage in a Motor Vehicle Accident: Why It’s So Important

August 8, 2014 

What is uninsured/underinsured motorist (UM/UIM) insurance coverage?  This is insurance you pay for as part of your automobile insurance policy.  It protects you in the event you are injured in a motor vehicle accident and the person who caused the accident does not have insurance or has insufficient insurance to pay you for your injuries… Read more >

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Subway Restaurant Settles Landmark Case, April 2007

Estate of Lee C. Trahan v. Salem Subway Restaurant, et al: A wrongful death case brought against a Subway sandwich shop in Salem over a store manager’s role in a fatal car accident has been settled for $2.2 million.

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