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Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut Federal Jury Returns $850,000 Verdict

"Because it had been so long since Mr. Balla got a surgical recommendation, we didn't think he was going to go through with it and have his surgery," defense counsel Michael Kenney of Freeman Mathis & Gary said. "The jury found it persuasive that the real reason he put it off is because he's a sole proprietor, an owner-operator trucker, and he was basically waiting until he just couldn't wait any longer to have the surgery."
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Carter Mario Obtains $250K Settlement for Injured Teen

"If they didn't tender the policy quickly and allowed my demand to lapse, then it would have been very easy for us to secure a bad-faith claim," Isaias Diaz of Carter Mario said.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut Jury Returns $15M Talc Verdict Against Johnson & Johnson

The plaintiffs firm behind Tuesday's verdict was Dean Omar Branham Shirley, based in Dallas, which won three prior mesothelioma verdicts this year against J&J.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Stamford Jury Awards $30 Million to Mother Injured During C-Section

"The truth is, with modern medicine, especially with cesarean sections, these injuries shouldn't be as frequent as they are," Sean McElligott of Silver Golub & Teitell said. "Lawyers should take these cases to hold doctors to a standard of preventing unnecessary and avoidable injury to the mother during labor and delivery."
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Trantolo & Trantolo Achieves $1.2 Million Settlement

"There have been a large number of phenomenal verdicts on the plaintiff side of cases over the last year," the plaintiff's counsel said. "It helps to create that risk for insurance carriers."
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Connecticut Law Tribune

$1.25M Settlement for Injured Pedestrian Who Didn't Use Crosswalk

"No one was disputing her injuries, but the liability is what they were kind of hanging their hat on," said plaintiffs counsel Anthony Masone of Carter Mario.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Plaintiff Wins 6 Times More Than the Settlement Offer the Insurer Rejected

"I think the denial [of liability] when it was so clear-cut inflamed the jury," the plaintiffs counsel said.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

$1.7 Million Settlement Reached With Clinical Lab

"As a Medicaid provider, Enzo was responsible for knowing and following the law, including the requirement to bill Medicaid the lowest price charged or accepted from other payers," Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Money for Legal Fees but Not for Victims? Diocese Bankruptcy Scrutinized

About $2 million hangs in the balance, possibly going to settlements or toward attorney fees.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Waterbury Jury Awards $3.9M: 'We Didn't Have a Slam Dunk Here'

"He doesn't really know what happened," plaintiff counsel Maria Cahill said of her client.
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