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Connecticut Appellate Court Discusses “Continuous Act” Exception To Statute Of Repose In Medical Malpractice Cases

January 2, 2015

In its written decision released on December 9, 2014, a Connecticut Appellate Court applied the “continuous wrong” exception to its statute of repose, thereby allowing a medical malpractice plaintiff to proceed with her medical malpractice claim against a bariatric surgeon that arose [...]

Connecticut Supreme Court Reinstates Medical Malpractice Case

September 22, 2014

In its opinion released on September 9, 2014, the Connecticut Supreme Court reviewed the decision of the trial court in a Connecticut medical malpractice case where the trial court granted the defendants’ motions to dismiss the medical malpractice case even though it was commenced within one [...]

$12M Connecticut Medical Malpractice Verdict After Botched Hernia Surgery

June 5, 2014

After deliberating for three and a half hours, a Connecticut medical malpractice jury returned its verdict on May 30, 2014 in the amount of $12 million in favor of a 65-year-old woman who alleged that she suffered major injuries as a result of her surgeons negligently puncturing her colon during her[...]

Connecticut Supreme Court Says Medical Records Admissible As Evidence Of Causation In Medical Malpractice Claim

January 26, 2014

In its decision published on December 31, 2013, the Connecticut Supreme Court examined the circumstances under which a treating physician’s medical records can be admitted as evidence of causation in a medical malpractice action. The Connecticut Supreme Court stated that an expert’s opinion i[...]

Connecticut $8M Medical Malpractice Verdict For Suicide

January 17, 2014

In December 2013, a Connecticut medical malpractice jury determined that a former Connecticut physician and his employers were negligent in the medical care and treatment that led to a patient committing suicide (the patient also killed his wife, but the jury’s verdict was in favor of the man[...]

Four Connecticut Nursing Homes Fined For Serious Deficiencies

November 13, 2013

The Connecticut Department of Public Health announced last week that it had issued two citations and fined a Connecticut nursing home $2,250 for three separate incidents: a resident who had dementia fractured her hip as a result of a fall and subsequently died in the hospital (a nurse’s [...]

Connecticut Nursing Home Sued For Alleged Sexual Assault

February 9, 2013

The family of a former Connecticut nursing home resident has filed a lawsuit against the nursing home, alleging that the nursing home resident was sexually assaulted in her room by an unknown person, on or about July 17, 2010. The resident died a few weeks after the alleged incident. The family[...]

What Is Medical Malpractice? (Florida, Nevada, Arizona, Georgia, Connecticut)

September 9, 2012

What is medical malpractice? Here are the “official” definitions of medical malpractice from Florida, Nevada, Arizona, Georgia, and Connecticut: Florida 456.50 Repeated medical malpractice.— (1) (g) “Medical malpractice” means the failure to practice medicine in accordance with the[...]

Four Connecticut Nursing Home Choking Deaths In Three Months

August 5, 2012

Four Connecticut nursing home residents have died due to choking between February and April, 2012. The last case occurred on April 18, 2012, when a resident who suffered from dementia and needed to be carefully watched while she was eating, was seated in a wheelchair in the nursing home’s di[...]

Connecticut Medical Malpractice Claim For Fall From Operating Room Table

May 30, 2012

On May 22, 2012, a Connecticut medical malpractice case was filed on behalf of an elderly woman who had a pacemaker implanted in a Connecticut hospital during February, 2010, after which she fell from the operating room table, causing her to suffer a traumatic brain injury, a fractured pelvis, a f[...]

Connecticut Doctor/Legislator Skuttles Claimant-Helpful Medical Malpractice Reform Measure

May 9, 2012

On May 3, 2012, a Connecticut legislator who is also a medical doctor headed an effort to stop a medical malpractice reform measure that had already passed in the Connecticut Senate by an overwhelming vote of 32 to 3. The proposed measure would have made it easier for victims of medical malpractice[...]

Connecticut Senate Passes Medical Malpractice Bill To Reform Prior Reforms

April 29, 2012

On April 27, 2012, the Connecticut Senate passed by a margin of 32 to 3 a medical malpractice bill that would reform Connecticut’s medical malpractice reforms enacted in 2005. In particular, the proposed bill would revise the requirement that medical malpractice plaintiffs obtain a written rep[...]

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