Connecticut Supreme Court: ‘High-Low’ Agreements Must Be Revealed

June 10, 2008

  • June 10, 2008 at 12:26 pm
    wudchuck says:
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    so?! basically he admitted guilt by concluding a agreement (like and out-of-court settlement) during the trial. since he was a dr! sure did not need rebuff of the expert witness. the dr is an expert already, but in this case, did not discover the medical difficulty. i like the new rule, just to show good faith.

  • June 10, 2008 at 3:16 am
    Calif Ex Pat says:
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    Very creative by Dr. Wenkert’s liability carrier (or more likely, her personal attorney) leaves the PA Guarenteee fund (or whomever) on the hook- gets her off the hook totally and leaves the collection up to the Plaintiff for 300 if she is absolved or 1 mil if pltf hits (which they did). Question: did Jury apportion liability as between defendents?
    The way I remember it, PA was a 1% for J&S state, then it wasn’t, then it was again so which law was this tried under?

  • June 10, 2008 at 6:17 am
    Adjuster from OK says:
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    All is fair in love, war, and at trial. The settlement between each defendant and the plaintiff should always be confidential. If the psych had a good attorney, they would have done a high-low also. As an adjuster for very large cases, the Supreme Court rule to disclose all settlments is akin to meddling.



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