Recent Posts in July, 2015

• Family Settles Birth Injury Lawsuit for Roughly $11.4 Million

  Jul 29, 2015
  Earlier this month in Ireland, a settlement was reached in the case of a 10-year-old tetraplegic girl who has been confined to a wheelchair and left ...
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• Appellate Court Dismisses Defendants' Mid-Trial Appeal and Allows Case To Go Forward Against Pediatric Specialist

  Jul 29, 2015
  Earlier last month, the Connecticut Supreme Court issued an opinion denying a defendant’s request to appeal a trial court’s discovery order, ...
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• New Study Shows More Women Opting for Home Births

  Jul 23, 2015
  Over 99% of all the babies born in the United States are born in hospitals under the supervision of physicians. However, according to one recent ...
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• Connecticut Man Receives Over $4 Million in Surgical Error Case

  Jul 23, 2015
  Earlier this month, a Connecticut man was awarded $4.2 million in a case that arose after he suffered serious and irreversible harm to his left arm ...
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• Research Study Shows Increased Risk of Birth Injury for Gestational Diabetes Patients Treated with Glyburide Instead of Insulin

  Jul 16, 2015
  A recently released study has shown that the growing use of the drug glyburide instead of direct insulin injections to treat pregnant women with ...
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• Family of Deceased Man Files Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleging Inadequate Care Led to His Early Death

  Jul 16, 2015
  Earlier this year in Connecticut, a man passed away from complications of a gall bladder surgery. According to a local news report , in the weeks ...
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• U.S. Government Pays Out $1.3 Million After Infant Dies in a Military Base Hospital

  Jul 8, 2015
  Earlier this month, the United States government agreed to pay roughly $1.3 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a family who claimed that their ...
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• Another State Court Strikes Down Non-Economic Damages Caps in Medical Malpractice Cases

  Jul 8, 2015
  Earlier this month, a very important case was decided in a Florida court that could have a ripple effect throughout the country. The case involved a ...
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