Legal Opinion
Shelnitz v. Greenberg
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 27, 1986No. 12239PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArthur H. Healey, J.
This is a medical malpractice action brought in 1977 by Charlotte Shelnitz for personal injuries and by her husband, Hyman Shelnitz, for loss of consortium, arising out of an ambulatory myelogram performed by the defendant neurosurgeon, Alvin Greenberg, who at the time of the procedure was a member of the defendant Neurosurgical Associates of New Haven, P. C.
The plaintiff’s1 complaint alleged negligence and a failure by the defendant2 to obtain informed consent. *60After a trial to a jury, a verdict was returned in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $750,000 for Charlotte Shelnitz and…
2Cases cited54 opinions
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Secondino v. New Haven Gas Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1960
- State v. GreenSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1981
- State v. PiskorskiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
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3Cited by77 opinions
- Dunham v. DunhamSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- Champagne v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- Barrett v. Danbury HospitalSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- Mather v. Griffin HospitalSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
- Zuchowicz v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
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