Posts tagged Medical Malpractice

• Connecticut Places Hartford Hospital On Probation

  James Sabatini | February 11, 2008 11:38 AM | 0 CommentsNew Haven , CT Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Hartford Hospital, the state's second-largest facility in terms of licensed beds, is on probation for a year after complaints arose about its emergency and operating rooms. State officials discovered 28 complaints over a two-year period based on patient surveys. The Department of Health found serious issues during the course of its investigation. There were a number of patient care issues on a...

• Connecticut Medical Malpractice Statute of Limitations

  James Sabatini | December 06, 2007 10:24 PM | 0 CommentsNew Haven , CT Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Connecticut law requires that a medical malpractice lawsuit be initiated within two years from the date when the injury is first sustained or discovered or in the exercise of reasonable care should have been discovered. The law also requires that it be initiated within three years from the date of the act or omission complained of (CGS § 52-584). (The courts typically refer to the two year...

• Salem Man Awarded $210K for Medical Malpractice

  Shannon Weidemann | November 11, 2007 3:53 PM | 0 CommentsNew Haven , CT Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A Salem man had surgery on his gall bladder in August 1999. He was in pain following the surgery and visited with two doctors. Both of the doctors failed to diagnose a bile leak and he needed to have emergency surgery to fix the problem. He sued for medical malpractice and the jury awarded him and his wife $210,000. Kevin Cummings said he first went to Dr. Lakshmanan about pain following the...