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Connecticut Law Tribune

Bridgeport Lawyer Scores $940,000 Chiropractic Settlement for Maine Man

Plaintiff Stephen Astran reached a $940,000 settlement with a Naugatuck-based chiropractor who allegedly did not send him to get an immediate MRI when he showed symptoms for a possible spinal cord infection. He needed spinal cord surgery as a result, according to his lawsuit.
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Daily Report Online

Former NASCAR Champ's Widow Awarded $1.9M in Gwinnett Med-Mal Case

The widow of Pete Hamilton, who won the Daytona 500 and Talladega 500 in 1970, was awarded $1.9 million for medical malpractice and loss of consortium claims stemming from a botched shoulder surgery her husband underwent in 2014.
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Hartford Hospital Sued for Removing Healthy Prostate in Botched Cancer Diagnosis

The lawsuit includes claims for personal injury, financial loss and loss of consortium.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Avoiding the Imposition of a Legal Duty on Detail Representatives

Courts in many jurisdictions have found that detail representatives owe no legal duty to patients or physicians under failure-to-warn principles or medical malpractice negligence theories.
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New York Law Journal

The Uncalled Witness

Medical Malpractice Defense columnist John L.A. Lyddane writes: Section 1:75 of the Pattern Jury Instructions suggests by its very existence that the jury's attention should be drawn to what we commonly refer to as the “missing witness.” The very title of that section, which includes “Failure to Produce Witness,” has a pejorative tone. Why should the decision of counsel not to call a particular witness be termed a “failure” to do so when the determination of whose testimony is required is such a complex and subjective judgment?
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New Jersey Law Journal

How to Challenge Enforcement of Arbitration Agreement Against Nursing Home Resident

The enforceability of arbitration agreements between nursing homes and their residents is a fact-driven inquiry and implicates important policy considerations related to public safety that are not found in the typical dispute over an arbitration provision.
9 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Spinal Surgery Complications Lead to $4.5M Verdict in Union

A Union County jury awarded $4.5 million on April 6 in a medical malpractice suit, Ayala v. Friedlander, M.D., over errors in a man's spinal surgery.But…
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New Jersey Law Journal

Jury Issues $24M Verdict in Kidney Stone Case, No-Causes Remaining Defendant

The plaintiff's recovery in the case is limited to $18.3 million because the jury apportioned fault to a defendant who had previously settled.
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut Firms Tap Years of Experience in Making Their Latest Moves

Thomas D. Colin has rejoined the Greenwich law firm he co-founded after retiring as a Superior Court judge.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

As Medical Technologies Reduce Errors, Malpractice Attorneys Must Stay Informed

It is imperative that we not only understand the elements necessary to prosecute or defend a claim of medical malpractice, but that we are also able to identify and apply the specific facts of a case to those elements, proving that each one exists.
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