Newman Creed & Associates
99 North Street
Bristol, CT 06010

860-583-5200
Toll-Free: 888-300-4469
Fax: 860-582-0012
law@newmancreedlaw.com

Newman Creed & Associates
99 North Street Bristol, CT 06010 • 860-583-5200 • Toll-Free: 888-300-4469 • bnewman@newmancreedlaw.com

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Firm Overview

Newman Creed & Associates is comprised of trial lawyers who are committed to providing legal representation of the highest quality to individuals and small businesses in civil cases and litigation related matters.

Our civil jury trial system is the best method ever devised to resolve disputes. For our system to work, both sides must have access to competent trial counsel vigorously representing their interests.

Newman Creed & Associates is committed to leveling the playing field for our clients. Contact us if you need quality trial counsel.

Statement of Practice:

We Gladly Offer Free Consultations to Discuss Your Legal Matter

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION : OUR WORK IN ASSISTING INJURED WORKERS

For over 20 years our work has involved helping people injured in the work place. Under the Connecticut Worker’s Compensation Act, an injured worker is entitled to total temporary disability benefits for periods of complete inability to work, temporary partial disability benefits for those time periods when a worker can only fulfill part of his duties, specific indemnity awards for workers who have sustained a permanent partial disability, and pay differential benefits. We appear at Workers’ Compensation hearings throughout the state to ascertain that all available benefits are being paid by employers and our clients are receiving the medical care and treatment they deserve. Our experience in this field has also allowed us to form work for self-insured entities.

Over the years we have secured millions of dollars in benefits for injured workers by way of Worker’s Compensation Stipulated Settlements.

EMPLOYMENT LAW : FIGHTING DISCRIMINATION AND UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES

Newman, Creed & Associates has a long standing, well established reputation in the field of employment law. Representing the victims of race, national origin, sex, age, or disability discrimination is an area of our continued successes. We have fought cases through the Connecticut Supreme Court and injustices at some of the largest corporations in the State. If you believe that you are the victim of discrimination of any type in the work place, please call us for a free initial consultation.

MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS : ASSISTING THE SERIOUSLY INJURED

Motorcycle accidents can be especially traumatic because the lack of protection around motorcycle riders. We have achieved successful verdicts and settlements in numerous cases involving severe and disabling motorcycle injuries. Through our work in product liability law and lawsuits against the manufacturers or defective motorcycles, we have an intimate understanding of the types of accidents which can occur and mechanisms of injury. If you have been injured in a motorcycle accident, please contact us for a free initial consultation.

APPELLATE PRACTICE/APPEALS

Newman, Creed & Associates has been very active in appeals. Bruce Newman has handled appeals in the following matters: Sconce Coordinated Proceedings , related to Christiansen v. Superior Court, 54 Cal. 3d 868 (1991); State of Connecticut v. Jeffrey Allard , 36 Conn. App 922 (1994) Cheryl Stebbins, et al v. Doncasters, 263 Conn. 231, (2003); Mount Vernon Fire Insurance Company v. James P. Morris, III, 281 Conn. 544 (2007). Other pending appeals and non published appellate work include prosecuting the following cases: Sicillia v. Safeco, Stanwyck v. Safeco, and Bonnie Nichols v. City of Bridgeport.

CLASS ACTIONS /RESPRESENTING CLASS CLAIMANTS

Newman, Creed & Associates has experience in representing individuals involved in class action matters. The firm handled class members in the Proplast TMJ Implant matter, and in the Prudential Class-Action Securities litigation. Mr. Newman has handled class actions from as early as 1991 and currently the firm has advised hundreds of clients on the Pet Food Product Liability Litigation. With respect to that matter, Bruce E. Newman and Kevin E. Creed were actively involved in attending court hearings, conducting pretrial investigation, and were signatories to the mediation agreement that ultimately led to a $24 million settlement. Mr. Newman has also been a guest lecturer at the University of Connecticut School of Law on this topic.

MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS /REPRESENTING INJURED VICTIMS

Newman, Creed & Associates has handled hundreds of motor vehicle accident cases over the years and has successfully represented plaintiffs in court and has effectuated millions of dollars of settlements on behalf of accident victims who sustained all different types of injuries, including but not limited to: fractured vertebrae, herniated discs, hip and pelvic fractures, shoulder injuries, TMJ, traumatic head and brain injury cases, other various whiplash type injury cases.

In any given case Newman, Creed & Associates will hire accident investigation experts, private investigators, engineers, accident reconstructionists, toxicologists, when necessary to establish a defendant’s impairment, as well as civil engineers, and human factors’ experts. In sum, Newman Creed & Associates is on your side to be sure that best case is put forward to obtain the highest possible verdict or settlement.

PERSONAL INJURY/OUR WORK FOR THE SERIOUSLY INJURED

The attorneys at Newman, Creed & Associates have long –standing experience with a variety of different injury cases whether they arise out of construction site accidents, motor vehicle accidents, boating incidents, industrial accidents, or medical malpractice. With our diverse experience in injury cases, please call us for an initial consultation to see how we may be able to help you.

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE

In the field of medical malpractice, Newman, Creed & Associates have achieved million dollar verdicts and settlements. Bruce E. Newman is a life time member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, a group of attorneys who have achieved a million dollar verdict or settlement and in the field of medical malpractice, Kevin E. Creed has achieved settlements and verdicts totaling over a million dollars. If you or a loved one has been the victim of medical negligence, please call us for a free initial consultation.

WRONGFUL DEATH /FATAL ACCIDENTS

Attorneys Bruce E. Newman and Kevin E. Creed have fought for the rights of injured victims but more importantly there is no more serious and debilitating hardship on a family then in the case of wrongful death. Sensitive to the needs of the surviving family members, we have worked hard to vindicate the right of those who have not survived traumatic injuries. Newman, Creed & Associates has achieved million dollar settlements for the families of those killed in traumatic accidents and is willing and able to commit all of its resources to obtaining relief for the surviving family members.