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The Lingering Impact of a Doctor's Death
As an accomplished physician, Stanley Saperstein was acutely aware of the importance of getting an early diagnosis. The lack of one in 1999 sent him to an early grave in 2007. This year, his estate...
Medical Malpractice 11/24/2008
Addicted Doctor Prompts Potential Class Action
Greenwich Hospital boasted on its web site that it had assembled the “newest technology and a team of breast cancer specialists into one comprehensive Breast Center.” The hospital hosted online chats...
Medical Malpractice, Class Actions 10/13/2008
8 women sue Greenwich Hospital over plastic surgeon
After a 2006 surgery by Dr. Ian Rubins, the Greenwich plastic surgeon who died of a heroin overdose in January, Stamford resident Robin Lyons' breast swelled up to her collar bone. A breast cancer...
Medical Malpractice, Class Actions 10/09/2008
Court to end oversight of police
KK&B attorneys win major changes in Bridgeport's Police Department. KK&B represents the Bridgeport Guardians, the organization representing black police officers. The Connecticut Post reports that...
Civil Rights 08/07/2008
Judge may end city police oversight
Twenty-five years of federal court oversight over the Bridgeport Police Department regarding its treatment of black officers may be coming to an end. This morning, U.S. District Judge Janet Bond...
Civil Rights 08/06/2008
Lawyers Honor Michael P. Koskoff with Lifetime Achievement Award
Atty. Michael P. Koskoff, a partner at the law firm of Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder, received the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association (CTLA) Lifetime Achievement Award during ceremonies in Westbrook...
06/18/2008
Neal DeYoung Named a Director of Connecticut Burns Care Foundation
Atty. Neal DeYoung, of Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder, has been nominated to the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Burns Care Foundation. The Connecticut Burns Care Foundation (CBCF), based in...
06/16/2008
Atty. Kathleen Nastri Elected AAJ State Governor
Kathleen Nastri, an attorney at the law firm of Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder, has been elected State Governor of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) by the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association...
06/09/2008
Diana Orozco Nominated to Board of Brain Injury Assoc. of Connecticut
Diana V. Orozco, a paralegal at the law firm Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder, has been nominated to the board of the Brain Injury Association of Connecticut. “We are thrilled to have Diana Orozco on our...
06/06/2008
Josh Koskoff Named to Board of Connecticut Legal Services
Joshua D. Koskoff, a partner at the law firm of Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder, has been nominated to the board of directors of Connecticut Legal Services, Inc. “We seek a broad representation from...
05/21/2008
Law Firm Creates Fund to Help Send Severely Burned Children to Unique Camp
The law firm of Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder has donated $10,000 to help pay travel expenses for badly burned youngsters going to the Arthur C. Luf Children’s Burn Camp. The funds will create the...
05/13/2008
International Lawyer Group Honors Atty. Michael Koskoff
Atty. Michael P. Koskoff has been named a Fellow of an international honor society of outstanding trial lawyers – the second attorney selected from the law firm of Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder...
04/15/2008
Verdict Information Hard To Nail Down
Law has been called the best-documented of all the professions. Before and after a law is made, lagoons of ink are often spilled in discussing, evaluating and analyzing it. More and more case law...
Medical Malpractice 02/25/2008
Inmate Death Case Settled For $900,000
Stuart Kinsman, Admin. Et al. v. Theresa Lantz, et al. Without admitting fault, the state of Connecticut settled a federal lawsuit with the estate of former Garner Correctional Facility inmate...
Civil Rights 02/04/2008
Family Of Ferry Accident Victim Settles For $3.2M
The survivors of a truck driver who died when his tractor-trailer rolled off the stern of a Cross Sound ferry five years ago have received a settlement of more than $3.2 million from the ferry...
Premises Liability, Personal Injury 02/02/2008
Wrongful Death Case Full Of Lessons
A Judge has affirmed a jury's decision in the wrongful death of a truck driver. The family of the late Gary Carlson deserves more than $20 million as a result of medical malpractice. Atty. Josh...
Medical Malpractice 01/28/2008
Death of ill inmate results in $900,000 settlement from the State
The State of Connecticut has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit concerning the death of 47-year old Dennis Gary Kinsman, an inmate at the Garner Correctional Facility in Newtown. The settlement was...
Civil Rights 01/25/2008
Loss Of Life's Enjoyment Worth $3.5M
John P. Ackley, Administrator v. St. Vincent's Medical Center Gregory Ackley was a mentally challenged, unmarried man who lived with his father and traveled the Stratford enclave of Lordship by...
Medical Malpractice 11/26/2007
Jury: St. Vincent's Hospital should pay for preventable death
A Bridgeport Superior Court jury today awarded $3.5 million to the estate of a man who died in the emergency room of St. Vincent’s Medical Center, saying his treatment was negligent medical...
Medical Malpractice 11/13/2007
Kill All the Lawyers and Forget About a Free Society
Shakespeare’s famous line, “Let’s kill all the lawyers,” has been repeated throughout the ages by comedians and lawyer-bashers alike. Even President Bush from time to time has jumped on the...
Civil Rights 11/11/2007
Is it too much to ask that your hospital be clean?
For years hospital and nursing home administrators have said there was little they could do to keep their facilities clean and that hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) were essentially unpreventable...
Medical Malpractice 10/31/2007
Hospitals: Come Clean
A patient who enters a hospital for a routine procedure should not have to face risks that may be as high as those for soldiers in a war zone, but that is just what is happening. A new report by...
Medical Malpractice 10/24/2007
State Paying Former Inmate $500,000 To Settle Suit
The state is paying a former inmate $500,000 to settle his federal lawsuit alleging that state correction officers severely beat him in 2004 for complaining to a ranking prison official about...
Civil Rights 10/11/2007
Widow Wins Doctor Lawsuit
A Bridgeport jury says a family deserves $22.5 million in medical malpractice case, a verdict believed to be the largest ever award in a Connecticut wrongful death. Atty. Josh Koskoff represented...
Medical Malpractice 10/04/2007
Pitcher Suspended in Offerman Incident
The minor league pitcher involved in a brawl with a bat-wielding Jose Offerman has been suspended for his role in the incident. The independent Atlantic League also fined Matt Beech of the...
Personal Injury 08/22/2007

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