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Connecticut Supreme Court Holds Loss Of Consortium Award Ordinarily Should Not Substantially Exceed Corresponding Wrongful Death Award To Directly Injured Spouse

June 2, 2019

The Connecticut Supreme Court held in its opinion to be officially released on June 4, 2019 in a Connecticut medical malpractice wrongful death case that a loss of consortium award ordinarily should not substantially exceed the corresponding wrongful death award to the directly injured spouse. In th[...]

Connecticut Supreme Court Recognizes Private Cause Of Action For Breach Of Duty Of Confidentiality Of Medical Records

January 24, 2018

The Connecticut Supreme Court held in its opinion filed on January 11, 2018, “We conclude that a duty of confidentiality arises from the physician-patient relationship and that unauthorized disclosure of confidential information obtained in the course of that relationship gives rise to a cause[...]

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 Appellate Court Affirms Defense Verdict In Botched Circumcision Case

July 29, 2017

In its decision released on July 18, 2017, a Connecticut appellate court affirmed the defense verdict in a Connecticut medical malpractice case in which the plaintiffs alleged that their son was injured when the defendant pediatrician negligently performed a circumcision procedure on him, thereby re[...]

Connecticut Federal Judge Says Allowing Patient To Fall Off Operating Room Table Is Ordinary Negligence

April 1, 2017

On March 7, 2017, a federal judge in Connecticut held that allowing a patient to fall off of an operating room table was ordinary negligence and not medical negligence because preventing that patient from falling off the operating room table was not something that required any medical training at a[...]

Large Connecticut Medical Malpractice Verdict Results In Grievances Filed Against The Plaintiffs’ Lawyers

March 23, 2016

The medical malpractice lawyers who represented the plaintiffs in a Connecticut medical malpractice case that resulted in a large medical malpractice verdict in the plaintiffs’ favor are fighting the grievances filed against them by their former clients. The grievances allege that the plaintif[...]

Connecticut Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed Against Surgical Center After Patient’s Death

March 20, 2016

A 29-year-old woman who was undergoing elective sinus surgery at a free-standing surgical center in Connecticut died after her vital signs dangerously dropped and an ambulance was not called for up to 29 minutes, resulting in the woman’s death, according to the Connecticut medical malpractice [...]

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[...]

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