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· 8/18/1981

Cross v. Huttenlocher

Citations

  • 185 Conn. 390
  • 440 A.2d 952
  • 1981 Conn. LEXIS 612

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • affirming trial court's exclusion of excerpts from medical text because of risk that jury would be confused or misled
  • statute of limitations tolled because physician’s failure to warn of potential adverse effects from medication was continuing course of conduct
  • plaintiff presented expert testimony that, “if credited by the jury, could have been sufficient to make out a case of negligent failure to warn”
  • statute of limitations tolled because of negligent failure of physician to warn patient of harmful side effects of drug that physician prescribed and patient continued to ingest over period of time
  • physician prescribes drugs to patient without warning of side effects
  • “[b]ecause the jury rendered a general verdict, we cannot determine whether the case . . . was resolved on the basis of the plaintiff s failure to prove [their] case or the defendant[s'] successful assertion of [the statute of limitations defenses]”

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Judges: Pabskey, Bogdanski, Peteks, Healey, Pakskey, Akmentano

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