Ct Supreme Court Rules Med-Mal Claim Time-Barred Despite Alleged 'Continuous' Treatment of Plaintiff
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A medical malpractice claim alleging that a hospital's radiology department failed to detect a brain tumor was time-barred, even though the plaintiff obtained further treatment from the department within the limitations period, the Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled in affirming a summary judgment.
The plaintiff's doctor sent her to the hospital for an MRI after she complained of persistent headaches. A radiologist at the hospital failed to detect the early signs of a brain tumor. The plaintiff's headaches did not abate, and more than three years later she returned to the hospital for a second MRI. Another radiologist looked at the second MRI and discovered the tumor.See the full content of this document
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Ct Supreme Court Rules Med-Mal Claim Time-Barred Despite Alleged 'Continuous' Treatment of Plaintiff
The plaintiff conceded that her negligence claim against the first radiol...
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