Firm News

Jennifer Amdur has filed a lawsuit in New Haven Superior Court against a sleepaway camp for children with serious illness on behalf of our 13 year old client. The lawsuit alleges that the camp failed to properly supervise our client on a “one-to one” basis as required by the camp’s own policies and procedures. During … Continued

Russ Berkowitz and Jennifer Amdur have filed a medical malpractice wrongful death action against Yale-New Haven Hospital and its medical providers on behalf of the estate of a two week old baby boy who died as a result of the hospital’s negligence. The estate’s Complaint, which has been filed in New Haven Superior Court, states … Continued

The firm’s charitable fund has recently granted $10,000.00 to the Mill River Park Collaborative in Stamford for the establishment of a preschool summer program that the park will start this summer.. For more information about the park and its activities, go to millriverpark.org

Jennifer Amdur has settled an automobile accident case for $3,075,000.00 on behalf of three clients who were seriously injured in a motor vehicle that was struck by a 19 year old drunk driver who had been drinking at a local Stamford bar immediately prior to the accident. The insurance company for the driver paid $2,300,000.00 … Continued

Russ Berkowitz has filed a lawsuit in Waterbury Superior Court on behalf of the estate of a client who presented to Waterbury Hospital with complaints of left flank pain and vomiting and shockingly died 36 hours later as a result of multiple medical providers’ failure to timely treat her kidney stone and urinary tract infection. … Continued

Russ Berkowitz and Jennifer Amdur have just resolved a wrongful death medical malpractice case on behalf of the estate of a female client who died a horrific death following post weight loss surgical complications. The case involved the failure of the defendant surgeon, hospital, and other medical providers to timely diagnose and treat our client’s … Continued

Russ Berkowitz and Erik Siegel have just settled a medical malpractice case on behalf of a 60 year old female client who sustained catastrophic intestinal injuries following weight loss surgery as a result of a radiologist’s failure to diagnose an anastomotic leak on an Upper GI series prior to her discharge from the hospital. Following … Continued

Russ Berkowitz and Jennifer Amdur have settled a medical malpractice case against a Connecticut hospital on behalf of the parents of a baby who sustained a substantial permanent injury to her arm during her delivery as a result of improper maneuvers performed by the delivery team after encountering a shoulder dystocia. The terms of the … Continued

We are proud to announce that Christina Hanna has been elected as a shareholder of the firm and the firm name will change to Berkowitz Hanna effective January 2, 2017. Christina is a 2003 graduate of Quinnipiac University School of Law and has been with the firm since the beginning of her career. Christina practices primarily … Continued

Jennifer Amdur has filed a lawsuit against Yale-New Haven Hospital and Yale School of Medicine on behalf of the parents of a baby who died at Yale following a negligently performed minor intestinal surgery that took place a few days following our client’s birth. In addition, following his surgery, the hospital’s NICU failed to timely … Continued