Connecticut medical malpractice laws Archives

Connecticut Supreme Court Revives Medical Malpractice Case Against The State

February 10, 2025

On December 17, 2015, pursuant to § 4-160 (b), the plaintiff filed a notice of claim with the claims commissioner, seeking permission to sue the state for medical malpractice, both individually and in her representative capacity as administratrix of the decedent’s estate. In the notice of claim, [...]

Connecticut Appellate Court Affirms $3M Medical Malpractice Verdict For Perforated Rectum From Enema

May 29, 2022

The Connecticut Appellate Court held in its opinion dated February 4, 2022 that the trial court properly denied the defendant’s motion to set aside the over $3 million medical malpractice verdict, finding that the plaintiffs presented sufficient expert evidence for the jury to find that nurse [...]

Connecticut Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal Of Medical Malpractice Case For Failure To File Sufficient Expert Opinion Letters

February 8, 2022

In its opinion filed on January 13, 2022 in a Connecticut medical malpractice case that was dismissed by the lower court, the Connecticut Supreme Court stated: “we must determine whether the plaintiff met her burden of proving that her attorney’s admitted failure to know of two Appellate Cou[...]

Connecticut Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Of Medical Malpractice Complaint Filed Without An Opinion Letter

November 3, 2021

In its opinion released on September 14, 2021, the Connecticut Appellate Court held in a medical malpractice case, “we agree with the trial court’s decision to grant the defendants’ motions to dismiss, as it is undisputed that the plaintiffs failed to comply with § 52-190a (a), and the ru[...]

Connecticut Appellate Court Affirms Plaintiffs’ Medical Malpractice Verdict In Loss Of Testicle Following Vasectomy Case

September 1, 2017

The Connecticut Appellate Court issued an opinion on August 11, 2017 in which it affirmed the judgment entered in favor of the plaintiffs (husband and wife) in the amount of $386,249.81 following a bench trial in which the plaintiffs alleged that the defendant urologist negligently performed a vase[...]

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 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 [...]

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