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February 25, 2010

Judge rules malpractice suit against Danbury Hospital can go to trial

A defense bid based on statutes of limitation to short-circuit a medical malpractice lawsuit against Danbury Hospital and one of its physicians has been thrown out of court. The...

December 14, 2009

'A Wild Ride' To The High Court

J. Craig Smith is an associate at a Bridgeport personal injury firm. But this fall, his work took him to Washington, D.C. As luminaries of the legal world walked by, he sat at...

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Title	Practice Areas	Date
Widow Awarded $10 Million A Bridgeport jury on Friday awarded $10 million to the widow of a Stamford truck driver whose doctor failed to pursue more tests after an initial exam showed...	Medical Malpractice	11/08/2003
Let Doctors Share The Cost Of Malpractice Insurance When legislators return from their recess, medical malpractice insurance proposals will undoubtedly be on the agenda. Fortunately, Connecticut's malpractice...		08/25/2003
Boy Wins Huge Malpractice Award A Hartford jury Tuesday returned a $12.5 million medical malpractice verdict - one of the largest ever in the state - against Hartford Hospital in the case...	Medical Malpractice	07/30/2003
Woman to Lead Trial Lawyers Kathleen Nastri of Cheshire has made a legal career out of defending personal injury victims. Now she will try to defend their right to win unlimited damages...	Medical Malpractice	07/16/2003
Kathleen Nastri Joins Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder Kathleen Nastri has joined the law firm Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder as a partner, the firm announced today. The firm also announced that Ms. Nastri has been...	Medical Malpractice, Automobile Negligence, Other Practice Areas	07/01/2003
Jury awards woman $800K in malpractice case A jury has awarded $810,000 in damages to an elderly city woman whose hip was shattered during a surgical procedure. Beulah Post, 88, broke her leg during a...	Medical Malpractice	04/19/2003
With Washington tackling medical malpractice, it’s doctor vs. lawyer in the court of public opinion “If you get a call from Koskoff, you should start to sweat, because you know it’s not frivolous” says Sally R. Bergwerk, M.D., M.P.H. ’98.	Medical Malpractice	04/01/2003
What Price Pain And Suffering? Gus E. Velez Jr. of Bridgeport never imagined he'd be a heartbreaking voice in one of Connecticut's biggest legislative battles this year - malpractice...	Medical Malpractice	01/27/2003
Ill Woman Wins Suit Against Doctor A terminally ill woman whose doctor failed to diagnose her rare but curable liver cancer won $800,000 Thursday as a result of a Superior Court jury verdict...	Medical Malpractice	01/24/2003
Woman Wins Malpractice Award for Cancer Misdiagnosis A terminally ill woman who used to live in Connecticut has won a large award in a medical malpractice lawsuit. The doctor was found negligent when he...	Medical Malpractice	01/24/2003
Family Of Dead Inmate Suing The family of a mentally ill inmate who died in 1999 after being restrained by guards filed suit Monday against the Department of Correction. The suit claims...	Civil Rights	11/19/2002
Hospital To Pay Fine In 2 Deaths In a record settlement between a Connecticut hospital and state regulators, New Haven's Hospital of St. Raphael agreed Thursday to pay $250,000 to end the...	Medical Malpractice	11/01/2002
Guards Sue Prison Officials Maj. Richard Matos' career with the state prison system has been on a fast track since he became a correction officer in 1979. He's been promoted, received...	Civil Rights	08/09/2002
Richard Bieder's Connecticut Department of Correction Sex Harassment Press Statement I'm wearing black today because it is sad that, in the enlightened 21st century, our state's appointed executive branch leaders -- one, a member of the...	Other Practice Areas	08/08/2002
Antonio Ponvert III's Connecticut Department of Correction Sex Harassment Press Statement Ladies and gentleman, thank you for coming today. Under the best of circumstances, the Connecticut Department of Correction is a dangerous and difficult...	Class Actions, Civil Rights	08/08/2002
Harassment suit filed against Department of Correction Female correction officers in Connecticut say they have had enough and will not tolerate sexual harassment by their fellow officers anymore. Eight officers...	Class Actions, Civil Rights	08/08/2002
$2.9 million settlement for death of mentally ill man How much is the life of a 21-year-old mentally ill inmate worth? For Timothy Perry, a man killed by Hartford Correctional Center officers on April 12, 1999...	Civil Rights	05/02/2002
$750,000 settlement for prison suicide As David Tracy hanged himself with a bedsheet, prison guards watched and waited outside his solitary-confinement cell for more than five minutes, his family...	Civil Rights	04/11/2002
$1.1 million settlement for prison stun gun death Connecticut has agreed to pay nearly $2 million to settle lawsuits involving the deaths of two inmates it sent to a controversial supermax prison in Wise...	Civil Rights	03/15/2002
Lawyers offer victims some free TLC They call themselves Trial Lawyers Care, Inc. They've set up a Web site and toll-free telephone numbers in both English and Spanish. And for the next two...	Other Practice Areas	10/16/2001
Lawyers Pitch In To Aid Families The nation's trial lawyers are creating a not-for-profit company that will represent Sept. 11 terrorist victims and families free of charge, in a move they...	Other Practice Areas	10/11/2001
Mother sues over dead baby Middlesex Hospital and the Crescent Street OB/GYN clinic are being sued over a birth practice that has recently come under fire in the media and in medical...	Medical Malpractice	07/06/2001
Connecticut Magazine selects Koskoff lawyers as "Top Lawyers" in the state What do you like most about your work? What I like most is the ability to make an impact on clients’ lives. I consider myself privileged to be able to help...	Other Practice Areas	07/01/2001
$1.6M awarded to heart attack victim's widow A Superior Court jury Monday awarded Kittie LaBanca of North Haven $1.6 million in her lawsuit against a Hamden doctor and medical firm for mistreatment that...	Medical Malpractice	06/19/2001
Victims' Lawyer Seeks Evidence In Oklahoma City Bombing A Connecticut lawyer representing victims of the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City asked the Justice Department...	Other Practice Areas	06/07/2001

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