Recent Connecticut News
March 2022 Newsletter
HCLA actively advocates for Good Samaritan protections This month, the Health Coalition on Liability and Access (HCLA) voiced its support for federal Good Samaritan legislation, actively advocating that Congress include the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act...
November 2019 Newsletter
Iowa’s liability climate is changing – for worse The Iowa Medical Society (IMS) highlighted how the state’s medical liability climate is shifting and threatening access to care in the Fall edition of Iowa Medicine. In 2017, a series of reforms including certificate of...
Spike in medical-malpractice payouts worries CT doctors, hospitals
SOURCE: Hartford Business Journal Medical-malpractice insurance payouts on behalf of Connecticut hospitals, physicians and other healthcare providers in 2018 hit their highest total since the state’s been tracking the data. In all, malpractice insurers, including...
Current Medical Liability Laws
| Damage Caps | None |
| Joint Liability Reform | Yes. Defendants are responsible only for their proportionate share of negligence. However, if within one year after the final judgment the court determines that all or part of a defendant’s proportionate share is uncollectible, it shall reallocate the uncollectible non-economic damages among other defendants according to their percentages of negligence. The court may not reallocate to any such defendant an amount greater than that defendant’s percentage of negligence multiplied by such uncollectible amount. |
| Collateral Source Reform | Yes, benefits from collateral sources must be disclosed and used to reduce recoverable economic damages, minus any amount paid by the claimant to secure the benefit. |
| Attorney Fees Limited | Yes, limited to 33 1/3% of the first $300,000; 25% of the next $300,000, 20% of the next $300,000, 15% of the next $300,000, and 10% of amounts exceeding $1.2 million. |
| Periodic Payments Permitted | For damages exceeding $200,000, the court shall give the parties 60 days to negotiate an agreement on method of payment, either in lump sum, periodic payments, or a combination thereof. If they cannot agree, the judge must order payment in a lump sum. |