Practice Areas: Medical malpractice, Products liability, Personal injury
Licensed in Connecticut since: 1995
Education: Quinnipiac University School of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2009 - 2022 Faxon Law Group
59 Elm StreetNew Haven, CT 06510 Phone: 203-624-9500 Email: Eric P. Smith Visit website
Details
Eric P. Smith has been practicing civil litigation for more than 25 years. A member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and the American Association for Justice (AAJ), Eric has handled several important trials in both State and Federal Court. He brings creativity and a strong sense of energy to all of his clients’ cases. Eric believes clients are looking for an innovative firm, with smart trial lawyers, who can deliver confidence, skills, and resources to get them the best results.Â
First Admitted: 1995, Connecticut
Professional Webpage: https://www.faxonlawgroup.com/bios/eric-p-smith
- Listed among the top 50 personal injury lawyers in the state.
- $5.8 million verdict awarded for patient who survived open heart surgery at a major hospital but died within days becasue hospital personnel failed to reconnect the wires of his pacemaker before giving him a potent narcotic. The jury found the hospital negligent citing deviation in standard of care.
- $1.5 million settlement with establishment who over-served a driver, plus $300,000 with the driver himself, for the estate of a young man who was killed by the drunk driver while riding his bicycle. Listed among the Top Ten settlements in the Personal Injury Yearbook, published by the Connecticut Law Tribune.
- $1.54 million jury verdict against nursing home after a patient's fall led to death within just hours of being admitted. Defense claimed a negative life expectancy for 80-year-old client and only offered $50,000 prior to trial.
- Author/Presenter, Getting the Ugly Out of Medicare, Medicaid, ERISA and other alleged third party liens
- Presenter, Nuts & Bolts Program, New Haven County Bar Association, 2002-2016
- Presenter, Wrongful Death Litigation, Norwalk Community College, 1999-2015
- Author, Connecticut Law Tribune, 2010
- Author, You've Been Subpoenaed, Now What?, National Business Institute, 2006
- States of Connecticut; U.S. District Courts (Districts of Connecticut, Northern District of New York); and the U.S. Court of Appeals (Second Circuit)
- National Board of Trial Advocacy (Civil Trial Advocacy Specialist)
Office location for Eric P. Smith
59 Elm Street
New Haven, CT 06510
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2009 - 2022
