Case Name: GLORIA TRIMEL v. LAWRENCE AND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL REHABILITATION CENTER ET AL.
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 2001-03-15
Citations: 255 Conn. 948
Docket Number: SC 16493
Parties: GLORIA TRIMEL v. LAWRENCE AND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL REHABILITATION CENTER ET AL.
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 255
Pages: 948–948

Head Matter:
GLORIA TRIMEL v. LAWRENCE AND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL REHABILITATION CENTER ET AL.
The Supreme Court docket number is SC 16493.
Thomas J. Airone and William F. Gallagher, in support of the petition.
Michael E. Driscoll and Jeffrey F. Buebendorf in opposition.
Decided March 15, 2001

Opinion:
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?"