Health Law

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Bavedas v. Hunter's Ambulance Services Inc.

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Monday, September 17, 2012

A written opinion from a similar health care provider is not required in a suit alleging that an emergency dispatcher's employer negligently hired, trained and supervised the dispatcher.

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Harris v. Bradley Memorial Hospital and Health Center, Inc.

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Monday, September 10, 2012

Summary suspensions of medical privileges undertaken in accordance with the emergency provision of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. §11112(c)(2), are entitled to the presumption of immunity under 42 U.S.C. §11112(a).

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Pallacovitch v. Waterbury Hospital

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Monday, August 20, 2012

A patient who allegedly provides consent and then, during the medical procedure, revokes the consent, may possess a cause of action against the medical provider for battery.

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Philip v. Norwich Veterinary Hospital

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Monday, August 13, 2012

A plaintiff who files a claim of veterinary medical malpractice is not required to comply with Connecticut General Statutes §52-190a.

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Souza v. Maxim Healthcare Services Inc.

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Monday, August 13, 2012

A suit that alleges emotional distress, because a defendant discontinued home care nursing, may not require a written medical opinion from a similar healthcare provider.

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Kaminski v. Goncharova

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Monday, July 23, 2012

A written opinion from a similar healthcare provider is a statutory requirement in a medical-malpractice action that may not be circumvented by alleging that a doctor breached a contract.

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Carde v. Ferreira

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Monday, July 9, 2012

A court may deny a request for a new trial when no medical evidence exists that the defendant doctor in a failure-to-diagnose, medical-malpractice suit departed from the standard of medical care.

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Booty v. American Ambulance Services Inc.

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Monday, June 11, 2012

?[T]he relevant considerations in determining whether a claim sounds in medical malpractice are whether 1.) the defendants are sued in their capacities as medical professionals, 2.) the alleged negligence is of a specialized medical nature that arises out of the medical professional-patient relationship, and 3.) the alleged negligence is substantially related to medical diagnosis or treatment and involved the exercise of medical judgment,? pursuant to Gold v. Greenwich Hospital Assn., a 2002 decision of the Connecticut Supreme Court.