Legal Opinion
Mather v. Griffin Hospital
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided April 19, 1988No. 13154PublishedCited by 144 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHull, J.
The defendant Griffin Hospital appeals from a judgment rendered on a jury verdict in this medical malpractice case. The minor plaintiff, Victor R. Mather,1 brought this action through his mother and next friend, Mohana Mather, against the hospital and Radoslav Marie, a physician, alleging that their negligence in his delivery and immediate postdelivery treatment resulted in cerebral palsy. The jury returned a verdict in the favor of Marie but found the hospital liable and assessed damages against it in the amount of $9 million. We find no error.
*127The jury could reasonably have found the…
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