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Connecticut Supreme Court Affirms Nearly $35 Million Reproductive Medicine Malpractice Verdict

April 18, 2024

Background Jean-Marie and Aaron are a married couple who wanted to have children but were unable to conceive without medical assistance. In the summer of 2013, the couple sought therapeutic donor insemination (TDI) services at the Centerfor Advanced Reproductive Services (CARS) at the University of [...]

Connecticut Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Teen Died After Fourth Trip To ER Over Several Days

January 13, 2024

The parents of a 16-year-old high school student allege in their Connecticut medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit that Henry Farmer V was taken to the ER of Stanford Hospital on April 8, 2022, for a persistent dry cough lasting for at least 45 minutes. He was provided humidified air, which app[...]

$2.5M Connecticut Medical Malpractice Verdict For Compartment Syndrome Following Broken Leg

December 12, 2023

On October 6, 2023, a Connecticut medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $2,590,194 in favor of the plaintiff who claimed he suffered permanent injury from improperly treated compartment syndrome after he had fractured his leg. The six-person jury deliberated for four hours b[...]

Connecticut Supreme Court Discusses State Immunity From Medical Malpractice Claims

October 25, 2023

The Alleged Facts Connecticut operates the University of Connecticut Health Center/John Dempsey Hospital in Farmington, which provides prenatal care and labor and delivery services through the UConn Health Women’s Center (UConn). BetweenSeptember 1, 2019, and March 25, 2020, UConn undertook the ca[...]

Connecticut Defective Medical Device Lawsuit Alleges Injury To CRNA When The Device Exploded Or Separated In The OR

September 8, 2023

Defective Medical Device Lawsuit Alleges Injury To CRNA When Device Exploded: A lawsuit filed on November 22, 2022 in the Superior Court in Connecticut alleges that on August 4, 2021, the Plaintiff, David White, was a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) assigned by his employer to provide [...]

Connecticut Supreme Court Denies COVID-19 Immunity To Nursing Home Defendants

August 10, 2023

Court Denies COVID-19 Immunity To Nursing Home Defendants: On March 10, 2020, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont issued a declaration of public health and civil preparedness emergencies, proclaiming a state of emergency throughout the state of Connecticut as a result of COVID-19. Then, on April 5, 2020[...]

$8.5M Connecticut Medical Malpractice Verdict

April 28, 2023

On April 25, 2023, a Connecticut medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $8.5 million for the surviving wife and the estate of a man who died after total knee replacement surgery at a private surgical practice. The jury determined that the defendant, Orthopaedic Sports Special[...]

$6.5M Connecticut Medical Malpractice Verdict For Stillborn Baby

April 23, 2023

$6.5M Malpractice Verdict For Stillborn Baby: In April 2023, a Connecticut medical malpractice wrongful death jury awarded a 37-year-old woman $6.5 million in damages for wrongful death and medical malpractice in her lawsuit against Yale University for the death of her baby during delivery at 37 wee[...]

Connecticut Appellate Court Applies Wrongful Conduct Rule To Preclude Medical Malpractice Claim

April 1, 2023

Wrongful Conduct Rule Court Applies Wrongful Conduct Rule To Preclude Claim: The generally articulated common-law wrongful conduct rule provides that a plaintiff cannot maintain a tort action for injuries that are sustained as the direct result of his or her knowing and intentional participation in [...]

$308K Paid By Yale To Resolve Violations Of Controlled Substances Act Allegations

January 13, 2023

Yale Paid $308K after violating the Controlled Substances Act: The United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced on October 4, 2022 that Yale University, on behalf of Yale Medicine and the Yale Fertility Center, has entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal govern[...]

23-Year-Old Died At Yale-New Haven Hospital After Being Left Alone In The Emergency Room For Over 7 hours

November 16, 2022

23-Year-Old Dead After Being Left Alone In The Emergency Room: A recently filed Connecticut medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit filed by the mother of a 23-year-old man who was left alone and not checked on by medical staff during his seven hour stay in the emergency department of Yale-New Ha[...]

Recoverable Damages In Negligent Reproductive Health Care Cases

Connecticut Woman Sues Hospital For Malpractice After Amputations To All Four Limbs

August 6, 2022

Woman Sues Hospital After Amputations To All Four Limbs: A Connecticut woman has filed a Connecticut medical malpractice lawsuit alleging that medical negligence in treating her sepsis in the hospital resulted in her having all four of her limbs amputated. The plaintiff alleges that she was in good [...]

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