Cases
Rep Matters: Emergency Room Physician Defended in Wrongful Death
Loss of Consortium Action
Timothy Grady
Evan O'Hara recently successfully defended an Emergency Medicine physician
his practice group in a wrongful death
loss of consortium action brought by the estate
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of a 34 year old woman who presented on multiple occasions to a local hospital Emergency Department over the course of several years with complaints of chest pain before suffering a fatal myocardial infarction. After a month-long trial the plaintiff's attorneys asked the jury to return a verdict of $4.7 million. After two-
-a-half days of deliberations the jury returned a defense verdict.
Grady Successfully Defended a Norwalk, Connecticut Nursing Agency
Timothy Grady successfully defended a Norwalk, Connecticut nursing agency, a registered nurse
a home health aide against a claim of medical malpractice. The Plaintiff alleged that the Defendant home care agency
their employees were negligent in providing care to a 38 year old developed mentally disabled man who was injured in a fire that was caused by his elderly mother,
legal guardian's smoking in bed while on oxygen therapy. After 7 days of trial at the Superior Court in Stamford,
two days of deliberation, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the Defendants.
Grady Receives Favorable Verdict in Medical Malpractice Case
Timothy Grady successfully defended a Hartford, Connecticut surgeon in a medical malpractice case. The eighty-two-year-old plaintiff alleged that the doctor caused
failed to repair a 3 centimeter hole in the woman's small intestine during a procedure to repair an incisional hernia. However, the medical records showed that the plaintiff did not begin to develop symptoms indicative of abdominal infection until close to 72 hours after the surgery. It was proven that the hole could not have been made during the hernia repair surgery as alleged. Rather the hole developed over time, in the days following the procedure due to a loop of small bowel becoming ensnared within a loop retention suture.
After 5 days of trial at the Superior Court in Hartford, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendant after one
a half hour of deliberation.
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Grady Successfully Defend Surgeon in a Medical Malpractice Case
Richard Tynan
Timothy Grady obtained a defendant's verdict on behalf of a local general surgeon who was sued in connection with a common bile duct injury that occurred during a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. When her injury was diagnosed, the 46 year old female plaintiff was transferred to a tertiary care facility to undergo a Roux-en-Y repair procedure. The plaintiff's lawyer asked the jury to return a $916,000 verdict on behalf of the plaintiff. The jury deliberated over 5 hours before returning a defense verdict.
Grady Successfully Defends Orthopedic Surgeon in a Medical Malpractice Case
Timothy Grady, successfully defended a Connecticut orthopedic surgeon in a medical malpractice case. The sixty-two year-old plaintiff alleged that the surgeon was negligent in the performance of a trigger finger release procedure, which resulted in physical pain, scarring, as well as mental
emotional suffering.
After trial at the Middletown Superior Court, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendant after less than an hour of deliberation.
Grady Successfully Defends Connecticut Anesthesiologist in Jury Trial
Timothy Grady, successfully defended a Connecticut anesthesiologist in a medical malpractice case. The twenty-five-year-old plaintiff alleged that the doctor failed to properly monitor the position of an esophageal monitoring probe during laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery. During the portion of the procedure when the surgeon was creating the plaintiff's new stomach pouch, the probe was transected
stapled to the plaintiff's stomach wall. The doctor's contention was that the plaintiff's anesthesia had been induced
the plaintiff was intubated under her direct care as required by professional
hospital guidelines. At the time of the surgical complication, the plaintiff was stable
therefore, appropriately being monitored by a certified nurse anesthetist.
After four weeks of trial at the Hartford Superior Court, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendant after one
a half hours of deliberation.
Richard Tynan
Timothy Grady recently obtained a defense verdict in a podiatric malpractice claim.
A 51 year old female plaintiff alleged that her podiatrist failed to diagnose Raynaud's phenomenon before performing a bunionectomy
administering a local anesthetic containing epinephrine. It was alleged that a proper history as well as a thorough vascular exam would have revealed circulatory compromise making the patient prone to vasospasm. Following bunionectomy surgery, the patient developed a gangrenous second toe, which eventually had to be partially amputated. The case was tried at the Hartford Superior Court over parts of two weeks in November 2009,
the jury returned a defense verdict in favor of the podiatrist after approximately three hours of deliberations.