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Connecticut Law Tribune

From $400,000 to $1.65 Million: This Strategy Drove Connecticut Plaintiff Counsels' 7-Figure Settlement

Two Hartford solo practitioners teamed to clinch a $1.65 million settlement for the estate of a 19-year-old prisoner who died of complications from lupus while in prison. The attorneys claim prison and medical officials were neglectful in caring for Karon Nealy Jr.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Defending the Duty of the Emergency Room Physician

In his Medical Malpractice column, John L.A. Lyddane addresses how the legal duty of the emergency room physician remains a question of law across a spectrum of treatment scenarios. Those providers continue to require careful attention from their counsel to limit their involvement and exposure to the circumstances in which the law has determined that they owe a duty to the patient.
8 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Secrecy in Medical Malpractice Cases

When we look at judicial practices that should absolutely garner national attention for the depth of disservice they do to people, this Maine medical malpractice issue is an excellent example.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Appeals Court Reverses Order Dismissing Doctor as Defendant Over Plaintiff's Expert Credentials

The appellate ruling said a trial judge abused her discretion by entering a directed verdict dismissing a defendant ER doctor mid-trial after she decided a plaintiffs expert was not qualified to testify about emergency medicine.
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

How Plaintiffs Counsel Secured $1.95M Settlement for Estate of Man Who Died From Prescription Drug Overdose

A Hartford attorney helped the family of a man who sued a doctor in a wrongful death case.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Plaintiff's Medical Malpractice Lawyer's 10 Commandments

We have learned and experienced much in handling thousands of cases in our collective 50 years of representing victims of medical negligence in order to create our own 10 Commandments.
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Judge Awards $37.6 Million in Med Mal Case Against University of Connecticut Health Center

A Superior Court judge has awarded a Bristol family—who had a twin die at birth and another come down with lifelong medical issues—$37.6 million.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut Appellate Court Issues Mixed Ruling in Rare Dual MedMal, Products Liability Case

The Connecticut Appellate Court has upheld a jury's verdict in finding the maker of The Miracle Lamp in the products liability portion of a products liability/medical malpractice claim liable for a woman's injuries. The Miracle Lamp burned a woman who was undergoing acupuncture treatment.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Hospital: Baby's Death Due to Placental Injury, Not Negligence

On Jan. 20, 2015, plaintiff Giovannie Crespo died an hour after he was born at Lehigh Valley Hospital, in Hazelton. His mother, plaintiff Altagracia Jimenez, claimed that his death was due to substandard care by the obstetrics nursing staff and by her obstetrician-gynecologist, Vadim Loshakov.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Manhattan Lawyer Suspended for Failing to Undergo Court-Ordered Exam for Possible Physical or Mental Infirmity

The Appellate Division, First Department on Tuesday suspended Patricia M. De Grace-D'Aliasi from practicing law, writing that it had ordered her to undergo the medical exam based upon an attorney grievance committee motion that itself was "based on [De Grace-D'Aliasi's] irrational conduct during and after a medical malpractice trial in which she represented herself as well as her conduct before the AGC."
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