Judge: Gynecologist’s Opinion Can Support Negligence Claims Against Nursing Home

(March 7, 2019, 11:13 AM EST) -- NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A gynecologist’s opinion that a nursing home was negligent in treating a patient for dementia constituted a sufficient expert opinion under Connecticut law to support a negligence lawsuit brought against the facility and its management by a mother and her son, a federal judge ruled March 4 in denying the defendants’ motion to dismiss, finding that the gynecologist qualified as a “similar health care provider” under state law because a large part of her patient population is composed of geriatric women (Dorina Schachter, et al. v. Sunrise Senior Living Management Inc., et al., No. 18-cv-953, D. Conn., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 33714)....