Plaintiff sued hospital claiming the alleged violation of HIPAA resulted in DCF taking custody of patient’s children. Plaintiff withdrew the lawsuit following Danaher Lagnese’ filing of a motion for summary judgement. Aggie Cahill represented the hospital. (2019)

The plaintiff claimed that the physician negligently attempted a medication abortion too late in the pregnancy, resulting in failure of the termination procedure and birth defects in the minor plaintiff. The jury concluded that the physician did not deviate from the prevailing standard of care for obstetrician/gynecologists. Karen Noble represented the defendants. (2019)

Plaintiff brought a civil rights suit against a hospital in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut alleging deliberate indifference to serious medical needs pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1983 and violation of the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. DL filed a motion to dismiss based upon lack of subject matter jurisdiction on the §1983 claims, the claim did not establish deliberate indifference, and that the treatment was adequate as a matter of law. The case was withdrawn following the filing of the motion. Ed Mayer represented the hospital. (2019)

The plaintiff claimed that the defendant family medicine physician was negligent in failing to refer the patient for cardiac work-up following an office visit and that such a referral would have prevented the patient’s death. In closing argument, the plaintiff’s counsel asked the jury to return a combined verdict of $10 Million. The jury found in favor of the defendant physician and practice group, concluding that the physician’s treatment plan was reasonable and did not deviate from the prevailing standard of care. Jake Kocienda represented the defendants at trial and was assisted by Laura Waltman as second chair. (2019)

Plaintiff alleged medical negligence in the performance of a total knee replacement and included actual and apparent agency claims against the hospital. Just prior to trial, the plaintiff withdrew the agency claims against the hospital without payment. Joyce Lagnese, Ed Mayer and Laura Waltman represented the hospital. (2019)

Plaintiff alleged hospitalist negligently administered medication resulting in her husband’s death. The case involved issues of oncology, infectious disease, cardiology, critical care and pharmacology. Following extensive workup, establishing that the hospitalist did not breach the standard of care and that nothing we did caused the husband’s demise, the plaintiff withdrew the claim without payment. Neil Danaher and Laura Waltman represented the hospital. (2019)

The plaintiff alleged that there was inappropriate prenatal care and follow up resulting in a still birth. The jury found in favor of the defendants and determined that the care and treatment was appropriate and that none of the providers deviated from the standard of care. Neil Danaher and Aggie Cahill represented the defendants. (2019)

Plaintiffs withdrew a wrongful death case against a gastroenterologist following completion of physician’s deposition with no payment made on behalf of any medical provider. Aggie Cahill represented the defendants. (2019)

Plaintiff initiated action against two board certified hospitalists and their group by the filing of a complaint together with an opinion letter from a purported similar health care provider pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. §52-190a. While authors of §52-190a letters are anonymous, based on certain information contained in the opinion letter, DL was able to actually identify the author of the letter. DL also discovered that the author was not board certified at the time that she wrote the letter. Following an evidentiary hearing, the judge granted our motion to dismiss on the grounds that the letter had not been authored by a similar health care provider. Stuart Johnson and Andrew Wildstein represented the defendants. (2018)

Plaintiff claimed that an internist had failed to identify signs and symptoms indicative of a developing spinal abscess, and that as a result the plaintiff had suffered permanent neurologic deficits. The plaintiff failed to establish a causal connection between the alleged deviations from the standard of care by the internist, and the damages claimed by the plaintiff. The Superior Court granted the defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment holding that the plaintiff had failed to establish by way of expert testimony, the requisite causal connection. The defendant was represented by Andrew Wildstein. (2018)