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February 6, 2012 Verdicts & Settlements
Bus Company Pays $575,000 After Pedestrian Accident FREE
Jayne Fishkind v. Metropolitan Healthcare Services Inc.: A nurse who was hit by a small medical bus while walking to work at Yale-New Haven Hospital recovered $575,000 as part of a recent settlement. Jayne Fishkind, a psychiatric nurse from Guilford, parked her car on Jan. 20, 2008, walked three blocks and was crossing Columbus Avenue in New Haven when she was struck by a jitney bus owned by Metropolitan Healthcare Services, Inc.
Verdicts & Settlements
Hospital Settles Medicare Overpayment Allegations For $472,000 FREE
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Connecticut has reached a nearly $472,000 civil settlement agreement with New Milford Hospital after allegations that the hospital overbilled the government, later discovered its own mistake, and still kept the additional funds.
January 30, 2012 Verdicts & Settlements
Dentist Gets Drilled For $453,000 Jury Award FREE
Doreen Jasonis v. Rashmi Patel, DMD: A woman employed by a dentist agreed to a procedure that left her with a mouthful of problems and the dentist with a malpractice verdict against him for nearly $453,000. Doreen Jasonis, a Litchfield resident in her late 40s, was hired by Dr. Rashmi C. Patel at Dr. Patel’s Dental Center in Torrington in February 2006, according to the woman’s lawyer, Angelo Cicchiello, of Cicchiello & Cicchiello LLP in Hartford.
January 23, 2012 Verdicts & Settlements
Passenger Gets $1.6M After Breaking Back FREE
Gary Merrill et al. v. Joseph F. Marie, Commissioner of the Department of Transportation: A man who fractured his back when a vehicle driven by his wife skidded off of an ice-covered highway sued the state and was recently awarded $1.6 million by a Litchfield jury. Gary Merrill, 55, of Thomaston, was a front-seat passenger on March 2, 2007. His wife, Denise, was behind the wheel and their daughter, Andye, and a friend were in the back seat.
January 16, 2012 Verdicts & Settlements
Popular Psychic Awarded $500K After Crash FREE
Angelina D. Ekenbarger v. Evanna Holloway: A psychic medium who injured her neck in a car accident has recovered just over $500,000 following a December trial in Hartford Superior Court. Angelina Diana, 47, of Enfield, whose last name was Ekenbarger when the lawsuit was filed prior to a divorce, was injured in a two-car crash in East Hartford on the morning of July 30, 2009. According to her lawyer, Brian Flood, of Cheshire’s Moore, O’Brien, Jacques & Yelenak, Diana was driving a 2009 Nissan Murano and traveling east on Governor Street in East Hartford.
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