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· 4/22/1980

Pisel v. Stamford Hospital

Citations

  • 180 Conn. 314
  • 430 A.2d 1
  • 36 A.L.R. 4th 94
  • 1980 Conn. LEXIS 788

How courts have described this case

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

  • upholding the admission in a medical malpractice action of a videotape showing the plaintiff’s daily activities at the time of trial
  • “[t]he purpose of [§ 19a-17b] is to keep peer review studies, discussions and deliberations confidential”
  • ‘‘[as] long as harm of the general nature as that which occurred is foreseeable there is a basis for liability even though the manner in which the accident happens is unusual, bizarre or unforeseeable’’
  • ‘‘[as] long as harm of the general nature as that which occurred is foreseeable there is a basis for liability even though the manner in which the accident happens is unusual, bizarre or unforeseeable’’
  • hospital liable for failing properly to observe and monitor patient
  • hospital liable for failing properly to observe and monitor patient

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Judges: Loiselle, Bogdanski, Healey, Parskey, Rubinow

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