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In February 2026, Eric Stockman and Chris Daniel achieved a defense verdict in Lisa Lawruszko v. Yale New Haven Hospital et al.  Plaintiff claimed that a Yale surgeon negligently transected her bile duct and injured her spleen during the removal of a large tumor from her liver called a hemangioma.  […]

November 2025, Attorneys Rebecca Brindley and Eric J. Stockman obtained a defense verdict in New Britain Superior Court.  The case, Estate of Margaret Derderian v. Matthew Brown MD et al., involved a dialysis patient who suffered a fistula rupture two plus days after a fistulogram.  Plaintiffs made claims for wrongful […]

October 2025, Attorneys Eric J. Stockman and Vimala B. Ruszkowski obtained a defense verdict in Waterbury Superior Court after three weeks of evidence. The case involved claims that a second trimester ultrasound was improperly read by the defendant board certified obstetrician and gynecologist as reassuring, resulting in the birth of […]

September 2025, Attorneys Richard A. O’Connor and Vimala B. Ruszkowski successfully defended a Connecticut Orthopedic surgeon and his group in a medical negligence action alleging a failure to diagnose and treat a claimed undersized femoral component. Plaintiff alleged that the defendant missed an obvious radiolucency on post operative films that demonstrated […]