Medical malpractice is defined as an act by a health care provider in which the treatment provided falls below the accepted standard of care in the medical community. Because of the substandard care, the patient is injured. And this includes incidents where surgeons leave behind objects in a patient during surgery. It is estimated that…
A recent report by the Joint Commission, which accredits health care organizations in the U.S., lists a large number of hospitals – 620 – that are considered top-performing hospitals. This is a 53 percent increase from 2011; a promising number except for one fact: none of these hospitals are in Connecticut. The Improving America’s…
A recent article by the Associated Press discussed the implications of a 2005 change to Connecticut’s medical malpractice law. That change was meant to keep frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits out of the court, but has kept legitimate cases out as well. The 2005 change requires medical malpractice patients to obtain a medical expert’s opinion in…
Not every “mistake” or “omission” by a physician constitutes medical malpractice. So what is necessary to establish to a medical malpractice claim in Connecticut? 1. The medical provider failed to meet the appropriate standard of medical care; 2. The patient was injured; and 3. The medical provider’s failure to meet the appropriate standard of care…
On May 25, a Connecticut couple was awarded $58.6 million in a medical malpractice suit, the most ever recorded for such a case in Connecticut. The jury at Waterbury Superior Court sided with Domenic and Cathy D’Attilo from Norwalk in their suit against Dr. Richard Viscarello and his medical practice in Stanford, Maternal-Fetal Care PC….