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Shelnitz v. Greenberg

Citations

  • 200 Conn. 58
  • 509 A.2d 1023
  • 1986 Conn. LEXIS 839

How courts have described this case

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

  • alleging lack of informed consent for failure to disclose spinal headache as risk of myelogram procedure
  • alleging lack of informed consent for failure to disclose spinal headache as risk of myelogram procedure
  • \doctor may give an [expert] opinion ... without having examined or treated the patient\ [internal quotation marks omitted]
  • “doctor may give an [expert] opinion . . . without having examined or treated the patient” [internal quotation marks omitted]
  • causation in medical malpractice case may be proven both by expert testimony, which usually is necessary to establish the standard of care, and circumstantial evidence
  • causation in medical malpractice case may be proven both by expert testimony, which usually is necessary to establish the standard of care, and circumstantial evidence

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Judges: Healey

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