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SOC Partners, Rich O’Connor and Sandy Roussas, obtained a defense verdict in Bridgeport Superior Court.  SOC’s first defense verdict of 2019.  Plaintiff alleged that the defendant surgeon failed to obtain the critical view of safety during a laparoscopic cholecystectomy and cut the right hepatic duct causing, among other things, a […]

SOC Partners, Eric Stockman and Vimala Ruszkowski, obtained a defense verdict in Bridgeport Superior Court on behalf of a General Surgeon and Connecticut Hospital.  Plaintiff alleged surgical negligence in the performance of a total thyroidectomy, which plaintiff alleged caused injury to the recurrent laryngeal nerve and resulted in vocal chord […]

SOC Partner Rich O’Connor prevailed in Waterbury Superior Court on behalf of a Connecticut Orthopedic Surgeon who plaintiff claimed was negligent in failing to diagnose and properly treat a prosthetic joint infection following a total a 2-stage total knee revision. Plaintiff subsequently went on to have an above-the-knee amputation.  During […]

SOC Partners Sandy Roussas and Eric Stockman obtained a defense verdict in Stamford Superior Court on behalf of a Connecticut Hospital in a premises liability case.  Plaintiff alleged that she fell on a staircase in the facility when the aglet of her shoelace became caught in a gap between the […]