Connecticut Medical Malpractice Archives - Page 6 of 8

Connecticut OB Settles Fetal Death Case

January 12, 2016

On December 31, 2015, a Connecticut OB settled a medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit filed against her, shortly before the fetal death trial was scheduled to begin before a jury. The plaintiffs (husband and wife) had sued the defendant OB for the wrongful death of their 22-week-old fetus (the[...]

Connecticut Medical Malpractice Settlement For Death Of Baby Due To Negligent IUD Removal

November 25, 2015

A Connecticut medical malpractice lawsuit filed against a Connecticut doctor was recently settled for an undisclosed sum just before the Connecticut medical malpractice trial was scheduled to commence. At issue was whether the doctor could be held responsible for the death of a 22-week-old fetus wh[...]

Connecticut Appellate Court Discusses “Open The Door” Doctrine In Medical Malpractice Case

August 7, 2015

In its decision filed on July 28, 2015, the Connecticut Appellate Court discussed the “open the door” doctrine in the context of a Connecticut medical malpractice defense verdict, concluding that the defendant emergency room physician’s testimony was not admissible as expert tes[...]

Connecticut Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed Against Nurse Practitioner, Surgeon

July 18, 2015

The wife and two sons of a 56-year-old man who died in 2013 allegedly as a result of the medical negligence of his nurse practitioner and the surgeon who had performed his gallbladder surgery recently filed a medical malpractice lawsuit. The defendant nurse practitioner is alleged to have prescri[...]

$6M Connecticut Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Primary Care Physician

July 16, 2015

On July 8, 2015, the parents of a 45-year-old man who died from a heart attack in 2011 won their Connecticut medical malpractice case against their son’s primary care physician whom the jury found to have committed medical malpractice. The Connecticut medical malpractice jury deliberated for[...]

$4.2M Connecticut Medical Malpractice Verdict For Shoulder Injury

July 9, 2015

On July 1, 2015, after a two-and-a-half week medical malpractice jury trial in the Superior Court in Connecticut, the six-person jury awarded the 58-year-old plaintiff $4.2 million against the defendant surgeon and other defendants for the permanent, debilitating injuries he suffered as a result of [...]

$3M Connecticut Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Cardiologist

July 1, 2015

On June 24, 2015, a Connecticut medical malpractice jury found in favor of the medical malpractice plaintiff and against a primary care physician and a cardiologist, awarding $3 million in compensatory damages. The Connecticut medical malpractice trial lasted six days and the jury deliberated for [...]

$4.5M Connecticut Dental Malpractice Verdict For Botched Root Canal

June 14, 2015

A Connecticut dental malpractice jury has awarded $4.5 million to a 42-year-old woman who had a root canal procedure performed on her by the defendant dentist on March 15, 2011 that left her with pain at all times: pain when she is eating, pain while she is sleeping, and pain when she is doing noth[...]

Connecticut Court Grants Additur In Medical Malpractice Case

June 5, 2015

The Connecticut Superior Court Judicial District of Hartford has granted the plaintiff’s motion for additur in a Connecticut medical malpractice case, adding $20,861.57 in economic damages to the jury’s verdict, because the jury failed to award the stipulated costs of medical care and f[...]

Connecticut Birth Injury Claim Settled For $3M

May 14, 2015

Late last month a 26-year-old woman and the State of Connecticut reached a medical malpractice settlement with regard to the alleged medical negligence that occurred during the labor and delivery of the plaintiff’s child in a Connecticut-operated hospital that led to the baby suffering a stro[...]

Connecticut Supreme Court Allows Bystander To Medical Malpractice To Claim Emotional Distress

May 1, 2015

In its decision released on April 28, 2015, the Connecticut Supreme Court decided whether, and under what circumstances, a bystander emotional distress claim may be brought in connection with an injury arising from alleged medical malpractice and what degree of emotional distress a bystander mus[...]

Connecticut Hospital Sued For Alleged Sexual Abuse Of Hospitalized Patient

January 23, 2015

On January 15, 2015, a man who was an inpatient in a Connecticut hospital sued the hospital for substantial damages for what he alleges was sexual abuse he suffered by a nursing assistant employed by the hospital. The plaintiff alleges that he had been hospitalized for over a month for treatment of[...]

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