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Medical Malpractice Law Appellate Court Opinion

by Booth, George

 

AC41997 - Young v. Hartford Hospital (Medical malpractice; certificate of good faith and opinion required by statute (§ 52-190a) for negligence action against health care provider, discussed; "The plaintiff, Wendy Young, appeals from the trial court's judgment dismissing her complaint against the defendant, Hartford Hospital, for her failure to provide a certificate of good faith pursuant to General Statutes § 52-190a. The plaintiff claims that the trial court erred in determining that her complaint sounded only in medical malpractice and, consequently, dismissing her complaint for failure to file an accompanying certificate of good faith as required for medical malpractice claims by § 52-190a. We agree.")