Sung v. Butterworth

• Decision Date: 12 December 1994
• Parties: Audra SUNG et al. v. Russell BUTTERWORTH et al.
• Court: Connecticut Supreme Court

Page 825

653 A.2d 825

231 Conn. 940

Audra SUNG et al. v. Russell BUTTERWORTH et al.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided Dec. 12, 1994.

Nicholas P. Cardwell, Hartford, in support of the petition.

Andrew J. O'Keefe, Hartford, in opposition.

The named plaintiff's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 35 Conn.App. 154, 644 A.2d 395 (AC 12102), is granted, limited to the following issue:

"Whether the issue was incorrectly framed by the Appellate Court as the failure of the plaintiff to furnish the required notice pursuant to Practice Book § 220(D) when the issue was whether, under the circumstances of this case, a treating physician can be compelled to furnish expert testimony on the standard of care?"

The Supreme Court docket number is SC 15156.