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- Most Common Brain Injuries from Medical Malpractice
Mar 18, 2022
What are the Top Forms of Brain Injury Caused by Medical Negligence? Brain injuries, whether traumatic or acquired, affect people of all ages, from newborns to senior adults. For example, newborns may suffer hypoxia during labor when the umbilical cord becomes compressed, resulting in brain damage. Likewise, young children can fall and fracture their skull while older children may suffer concussions playing sports. Adults injured in car accidents may have brain damage from a trauma...Read More - Failed Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery
Mar 7, 2022
New Jersey Knee and Hip Replacement Injury Lawyers Discuss what Happens when Complications Arise after Implant Surgery Hip and knee replacement surgery are routine, especially among those between 45 and 65. According to a 2021 American Orthopedic Surgeons study of 2,244,587 hip and knee replacement surgeries over eight years, from 2012 to 2020, hip and knee arthroplasty procedures increased 18.3% over last year alone. The increase may be due to a number of factors, including...Read More - The Connection between Aspiration and Malpractice
Feb 18, 2022
Does Aspiration Automatically Mean Medical Negligence Occurred? A prevalent, yet extremely hazardous medical event known as aspiration occurs when solids or liquids inadvertently enter the air passages and into the lungs. Aspiration can be dangerous, leading to severe illness and permanent lung damage, even death. Children and adults can aspirate food particles and other items, which can lead to a hospital visit, and sometimes aspiration occurs in the hospital during surgery when a patient is...Read More - Key Considerations for Settling a Medical Malpractice Case or Going to Trial
Jan 8, 2022
Reaching a Settlement or Litigating for a Verdict, How do You Decide? Medical malpractice cases are complicated. They present a multitude of questions, procedural requirements, legal hurdles, and ultimately, decisions by both sides. When you have been a victim of medical malpractice in New Jersey, one of your most significant decisions over the course of the case, or perhaps the most critical choice you need to make, is whether to reach a settlement or take...Read More - Exploring Liability for Lab Technician Negligence
Dec 25, 2021
Who is Liable for Lab Technician Malpractice in New Jersey? A medical laboratory technician is a major player in the healthcare system, as they assist doctors in diagnosing and treating illness or disease. They may also help doctors prevent worsening disease while serving as a critical link in the healthcare chain. Lab technicians, though working behind the scenes, are crucial providers to doctors and the entire healthcare system. Doctors diagnose and treat patients based on...Read More - Organ Failure due to Medical Malpractice: When You can File a Lawsuit
Dec 10, 2021
Humans are complex beings. Their internal systems interconnect and affect one another. One or more organs may weaken or malfunction among the six central systems, namely, the cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, neurologic, hepatic, and hematologic. When one organ fails, it typically causes problems throughout the body. And when multiple organs fail, the chances for survival grow slim. Despite the unimaginable reality of it, people may ultimately experience organ failure as a result of negligence by a...Read More - Important Case Involving FDA Pre-Market Medical Device Review Evidence Reaches the NJ Supreme Court
Nov 28, 2021
When a consumer suffers injury from a product that malfunctions or is defective in New Jersey, they have the option to sue the product manufacturer and any other person or business that contributed to the defective product reaching and injuring the plaintiff. A product may be defective in its design, manufacturing, or warning. To prove a product’s faulty design, a plaintiff must show that while using the product as intended, the product poses a danger...Read More - The Team at Fronzuto Law Recovers $9 Million in 9 Months
Nov 16, 2021
The medical malpractice and personal injury team at Fronzuto Law Group is proud to announce $9 million in recoveries in the last 9 months. In three diverse cases, one medical malpractice, one personal injury, and one wrongful death, the firm fought to obtain justice and just compensation for the injured victim, the deceased, and their loved ones. So what can these cases teach us about injury litigation in New Jersey? Let’s take a look. Just...Read More - Alzheimer’s Disease and Malpractice: How can Negligence Occur Among Patients with Dementia?
Oct 29, 2021
New Jersey Malpractice Attorneys Explore Misdiagnosis and Other Forms of Negligence Among Individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease Under the umbrella term, dementia, is Alzheimer’s disease. Dementia is a general term for any number of conditions that lead to memory loss, cognitive deficiencies, and social abilities decline. People with dementia may show signs early by forgetting common words that they usually know or everyday tasks that have been routine in their lives, which can progress to more intense...Read More - New Jersey Pedestrian Accident Settlement: Fronzuto Law Group Obtains $2.6 million on behalf of Permanently Injured Woman
Oct 15, 2021
The experienced personal injury attorneys at Fronzuto Law Group recently obtained 2.6 million dollars in compensation while representing a 72-year-old female client who was tragically struck by a truck while walking. Our client was attempting to cross the street in a crosswalk in Passaic County, New Jersey, when a delivery truck making a left turn collided with her. On that day, and in the months thereafter, this unsuspecting, law-abiding woman’s life was unalterably changed. Pedestrian...Read More