Connecticut Voices for Civil Justice

Hartford - When Connecticut state legislators passed a series of medical malpractice insurance and litigation reforms in 2005 (Public Act 05-275), considerable debate ensued regarding the cause of skyrocketing insurance premiums paid by doctors.   While convincing evidence supported the view that insurance company profits and the normal business cycle were the cause of these increased […]

Per statutory guidelines, the Department of Insurance has released their report on medical malpractice closed claims. Some data does appear to be incomplete as some carriers did not report their closed claims, added to the fact that claims that were closed with a settlement do not breakdown damages by economic (e.g. medical expenses, etc.) and […]

USA Today has a great opinion column from Jonathan Turley (via TortDeform).
For decades, our military members have been barred from suing for medical malpractice and other forms of negligence by the government. Whether it is a military doctor cutting off the wrong leg or a military gasoline station cutting a brake line, military personnel are […]

The Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association certainly doesn’t have the combined public relations resources of the Chambers of Commerce, the manufacturers, the drug companies, the insurance industry and these industries’ sock puppets, the doctors. But we do have compelling stories to tell and victims of tragedy to tell them. Compared to the frightening, overblown rhetoric coming […]