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Connecticut Man Awarded $4.2M in Medical Malpractice Suit

A Connecticut man has been awarded $4.2 million as compensation for a surgery he says caused him to lose the use of his shoulder. A New Haven jury on July 1 decided that 58-year-old Gregory Leigh, of Wallingford, should be …

New York Man Awarded $2.3M in Med Mal Lawsuit

A jury has awarded $2.3 million to a Rockland County, New York, man who said the head of Nyack Hospital’s orthopedic surgery left a serious infection untreated. The Journal News says the jury found Dr. Jason Fond negligent in his …

N.Y. Plastic Surgeon’s Insurer to Pay for $2.3M Settlement in Death Case

A plastic surgeon who has appeared on television to talk about the procedures she offers has settled with the family of a New York woman who died following a liposuction procedure. Legal documents filed last week say Dr. Sharon Giese …