Legal Opinion
Shenefield v. Greenwich Hospital Ass'n
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided March 24, 1987No. 3972; 3976PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDupont, C. J.
These appeals, which were heard and decided together, arise out of a malpractice action brought by the plaintiffs, a husband and wife,1 against the defendants, a medical doctor and a hospital. A jury *241entered a general verdict in favor of the plaintiff husband against both defendants, and in favor of the plaintiff wife against the doctor only. The plaintiff husband was awarded $195,000 in damages and the plaintiff wife was awarded $1 in damages for loss of consortium.2
The jury could have reasonably found the following facts. The plaintiff first consulted the defendant doctor in 1975 for the…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Jerry W. Canterbury v. William Thornton Spence and the Washington Hospital Center, a Body CorporateCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- State v. KurvinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
- Wilkinson v. VeseySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1972
- Natanson v. KlineSupreme Court of Kansas · 1960
- Logan v. Greenwich Hospital Ass'nSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Hammer v. Mount Sinai HospitalConnecticut Appellate Court · 1991
- Paine Webber Jackson & Curtis, Inc. v. WintersConnecticut Appellate Court · 1990
- LaBieniec v. BakerConnecticut Appellate Court · 1987
- Godwin v. Danbury Eye Physicians & Surgeons, P.C.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2000
- Lester v. Resort Camplands International, Inc.Connecticut Appellate Court · 1992
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