Realizing that most medical malpractice cases include a confidentiality agreement and that the medical staff at OB-GYN Services Inc. in Norwich was pushing for such an agreement, plaintiffs counsel Kelly Reardon and her clients nevertheless were adamant in their response: Nix the confidentiality agreement or we’ll see you at trial.

Plaintiff Elizabeth Trotter sued the facility soon after her daughter, now 25 months old, was born with cystic fibrosis, a progressive, genetic disease that causes persistent lung infections, and limits the ability to breathe.