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ERIK M. PIN ET AL. v. DAVID L. KRAMER ET AL. (SC 18572)
Norcott, Palmer, Zarella, McLachlan, Eveleigh and Vertefeuille, Js. Argued March 20--officially released May 8, 2012

Robert C. E. Laney, with whom were Daniel E. Ryan III and, on the brief, Lauren E. Abbate, for the appellants (defendants). Lawrence F. Reilly, for the appellees (plaintiffs). Brenden P. Leydon filed a brief for the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association as amicus curiae.

Opinion

PER CURIAM. The defendants, David L. Kramer, an orthopedic surgeon, and Danbury Orthopedic Associates, P.C., appeal, upon our grant of their petition for certification,1 from the judgment of the Appellate Court, reversing the judgment of the trial court in their favor, rendered after a jury trial in this medical malpractice action brought by the plaintiffs, Erik M. Pin and Carrie L. Pin.2 Pin v. Kramer, 119 Conn. App. 33, 46, 986 A.2d 1101 (2010). On appeal, the defendants contend that the Appellate Court improperly concluded that a new trial was required because the trial court had failed to grant the plaintiffs' request for a curative instruction following remarks by the defendants' expert witness, during his direct examination testimony, concerning increased health care costs caused by defensive medicine practices and increased malpractice insurance premiums arising from the proliferation of medical malpractice claims in Connecticut. Id., 43, 45

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