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Michael Stratton of Stratton Faxon, Connecticut’s firm for trial law, is concerned about the controversial blood thinner heparin.



Heparin is a blood-thinning drug that had become practically ubiquitous in hospitals by 2008, especially as part of a regimen for a host of cardiovascular-related conditions. But in the intervening months since, this particular pharmaceutical has been blamed for as many as 100 patient deaths and perhaps thousands of injuries caused by contaminated… Continue

Stratton Faxon, Connecticut’s firm for trial law, helped to procure justice for a woman victimized by a defective tripod that had been manufactured by a Chinese company.



It happened at a restaurant called Knickerbocker’s in Middletown, Connecticut, in December 2003. A disc jockey was setting up a lighting display for a show. An 80-pound lighting fixture on an adjustable tripod came out of its socket and landed on Angela Wilson’s head. She was briefly knocked unconscious, and was… Continue

1976 incidents often go unmentioned, but may prove quite relevant when mass immunizations begin occurring late in 2009.



In 1976, U.S. Army recruit Private David Lewis was based at Fort Dix, N.J., and suddenly felt very sick. Within a day he was dead. The cause of his death was given as “swine flu,” otherwise known as the H1N1 influenza virus. As a consequence of this single death, approximately 45 million Americans were inoculated against H1N1 between October 1, 1976, and December… Continue

The proposed H1N1 influenza vaccine expected to be administered to millions of Americans may pose serious risks, along with subsequent lawsuits due to adverse consequences experienced.



Much discussion has recently surfaced about the mandated administration of H1N1 “swine flu” vaccines to millions of Americans, especially those included in so-called “high risk” groups such as children, the elderly and pregnant women. But if these groups are at risk for contagion of the relatively rare… Continue