Day Pitney secured a significant victory for firm client St. Vincent's Medical Center in a litigation matter pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. After nearly four years of litigation, the court granted Day Pitney's motion for summary judgment.
The plaintiff alleged that, while he was under the care of St. Vincent's, he was sedated without his consent. The plaintiff asserted several common law tort claims against St. Vincent's that typically might elude summary judgment. However, Day Pitney successfully argued that the plaintiff was barred from challenging the absence of informed consent, and therefore, could not establish an essential element of his claims, because Bridgeport police executed a written request. The court's ruling, which adopted Day Pitney's reasoning, is the first decision granting summary judgment for a hospital on the basis of an "emergency exception" to the doctrine of informed consent under Connecticut law, and, going forward, should be reliable authority for similarly situated defendants.
Paul Williams led the Day Pitney team, and Andrew Ammirati drafted the summary judgment briefs and the winning arguments.
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Day Pitney Litigation Partner Stephen Catanzaro and Litigation Associate Erin Hodgson authored the article "Appellate Division Rejects Objectors' Attempt to Challenge Development Approvals," for the New Jersey Law Journal.
Day Pitney Healthcare Attorneys Susan R. Huntington and Phoebe Roth authored the chapter titled "Using Enterprise Risk Management-Based Frameworks to Advance Population Health" for American Health Law Association (AHLA) and the American Society for Health Care Risk Management's (ASHRM) book titled "Enterprise Risk Management for Health Care."
Day Pitney Florida Offices Managing Partner Manuel Garcia-Linares has been appointed to chair the firm's Litigation department. The news was featured in Miami Today.
Day Pitney's Executive Committee, Executive Board and department leadership changes were featured on CityBiz.
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Day Pitney's Executive Committee, Executive Board and department leadership changes were featured in Law360 Pulse.
Day Pitney Litigation Partner Georgia Thompson was featured in the Daily Business Review article on the Florida Legal Awards' On The Rise Honorees.
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