Health Law
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Porucznik v. Spitz
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Monday, December 24, 2012
A written medical opinion from a similar healthcare provider can provide a detailed basis, for purposes of Connecticut General Statutes §52-190a, even if the opinion does not explicitly mention the type of medical equipment used during surgery.
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Jansone v. Hartford Hospital
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Monday, December 3, 2012
A plaintiff who files a complaint against a hospital and attaches written opinions from surgeons or anesthesiologists may not be allowed to pursue medical-malpractice claims against hospital nurses or physician's assistants.
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Sciascia v. Pepe
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Monday, November 19, 2012
Genuine issues of material fact in a medical-malpractice suit may preclude summary judgment.
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Drury v. Connecticut CVS Pharmacy
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Monday, November 19, 2012
A written opinion that indicates that the author is a pharmacist and that the defendant pharmacist departed from the medical standard of care, because she allegedly dispensed the wrong medicine, adequately provides a "detailed basis" for the opinion, even if the writer does not explicitly identify the medical standard of care or how a pharmacist allegedly breached that standard.
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Demars v. Slevinsky
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Monday, October 29, 2012
A plaintiff in a medical-malpractice suit may amend a written opinion about whether the defendant was negligent, to add information about the credentials of the writer.
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Physicians for Women's Health LLC v. Essent Healthcare of Connecticut
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Monday, October 22, 2012
To prevail on an indemnification claim, a plaintiff may be required to prove a causal connection between a departure from the medical standard of care and the patient's injury.
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Patenaude v. Norwalk Hospital
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Monday, October 15, 2012
The opinion of a similar health care provider who opines that the defendant was negligent, and who fails to indicate that the author was active in the practice or teaching of medicine within five years prior to the incident, may be insufficient.
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Shimckus v. Norwich Orthopedic Group P.C.
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Monday, October 8, 2012
A written opinion from a similar healthcare provider can provide a detailed basis for the opinion that the defendant was negligent, even if the written opinion does not discuss the duration and location of a patient's alleged complaint about pain.
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Jarmie v. Troncale
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Monday, October 1, 2012
A physician who failed to advise an unaware patient of the potential driving risks associated with her underlying medical condition, owed no duty to the victim of the patient?s unsafe driving because of the failure to advise his patient.
News
Advocate Leaves Behind A Healthy Legacy
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Friday, September 28, 2012 | by JAY STAPLETON
Some people are so essential to an organization that it's almost impossible to imagine carrying on without them. Such is the case with Jennifer Jaff, founder and executive director of Advocacy for Patients With Chronic Illness in Farmington.
