Supreme Court of Connecticut, 2001

Trimel v. Lawrence & Memorial Hospital Rehabilitation Center

Trimel v. Lawrence & Memorial Hospital Rehabilitation Center
Supreme Court of Connecticut · Decided March 15, 2001
255 Conn. 948; 769 A.2d 64; 2001 Conn. LEXIS 90

Trimel v. Lawrence & Memorial Hospital Rehabilitation Center

Opinion of the Court

The plaintiffs petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 61 Conn. App. 353 (AC 19675), is granted, limited to the following issue:

“Did the trial court, in holding that all the plaintiffs claims sounded in medical malpractice rather than in ordinary negligence, usurp the function of a jury by deciding a question of fact in a summary judgment motion?”

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