Connecticut High Court Reverses Dismissal To Revisit Ruling On Claims’ Timeliness

Mealey's (September 25, 2018, 12:21 PM EDT) -- HARTFORD, Conn. — Co-executors for the estate of a decedent who they allege that died of lung cancer after health care providers failed to inform her of a suspicious mass found on her lung should have the opportunity for further discovery or an evidentiary hearing to determine if a statutory repose period is tolled by the continuing course of conduct doctrine, the Connecticut Supreme Court said Sept. 21, reversing and remanding a trial court ruling (Susan Angersola, et al. v. Radiologic Associates of Middletown P.C., et al., Nos. SC 19619 and SC 19749, Conn. Sup., 2018 Conn. LEXIS 281)....