Last year saw some stratospheric verdicts in product liability and personal injury cases in Connecticut, such as the $26.5 million awarded to a trucker who was left paraplegic due to a defective lift gate. But some plaintiffs lawyers say lower-end claims are getting harder to win. Richard A. Silver of Silver, Golub & Teitell, who negotiated a $17 million medical malpractice settlement, says the value of injury cases is not rising "when there's disputed liability or something less than significant injury."
February 15, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
The January 2006 award of $26.5 million to trucker Shawn Pouliot, who was rendered paraplegic due to a defective lift gate, was the year’s first and largest Connecticut jury verdict.
It came just weeks after the 2005 record, when steelworker Norman Pelletier won a $32.1 million verdict for spinal injuries he suffered when a two-ton girder gave way, due to uninspected welds.
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