Richard Tynan recently obtained a defense verdict in a primary care physician death claim case. In the case the plaintiff alleged that his primary care physician breached the standard of care by prescribing Naprosyn while the plaintiff’s decedent was also taking Coumadin. The defendant contended the standard of care did not require the plaintiff to check his INR prior to starting him on a short course of Naprosyn. The plaintiff descendant’s INR had been stable for an extensive period of time and was therapeutic one week prior to death. The case was tried in Hartford Superior Court. The verdict was awarded in November 2006.