A liquid crystal display device and a method for fabricating the same are
disclosed. The liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of gate
lines and data lines defining pixel regions on a substrate, thin-film
transistors formed at intersections of the gate lines and the data lines,
pixel electrodes formed at the respective pixel regions and connected
with the thin-film transistors, a first common electrode and a second
common electrode overlapped with both side portions of each pixel
electrode to extend parallel to the data lines, an opened region of the
first common electrode to divide the first common electrode into two
parts in each pixel region, a connecting electrode overlapped with both
separated portions of an open data line and the pixel electrode adjacent
to the open data line, the connecting electrode being connected with both
the separated portions of the open data line by use of welding points,
and a cutting line to divide the pixel electrode into a first portion
connected with the connecting electrode and a second portion connected
with an associated one of the thin-film transistors, the cutting line
passing through the opened region of the first common electrode.