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- Jury Awards 25 Million In Tragic Birth Injury Case
Nov 22, 2013
When people are preparing to have a baby, they often take every measure they can to make sure their baby is as healthy as possible when he or she is born. But no matter what a parent does to keep a baby healthy, tragedy can strike if and when an error is made during or immediately following the delivery. Sadly, many babies are serious affected by birth injuries in New Jersey because of mistakes that...Read More - Is There An Easy Way To Detect Sponges Left Behind In Surgery
Nov 15, 2013
Patients in New Jersey can be very nervous before a surgical procedure. But we are often reassured that we are in good hands and that everything is expected to go well. Many times, this is the case. But unfortunately, there are many cases when a surgery does not go as expected; and all because of a preventable surgical error. These errors consist of foreign objects being left in a patient’s body cavity after a procedure...Read More - Medical Malpractice Case Settled For 60000
Sep 3, 2013
A malpractice case has been settled after a doctor failed to properly treat an ailment, according to sources. The Associated Press lobbied successfully for access to the record of one of the doctors involved, who was formally reassigned following the botched procedure. New Jersey residents may be interested to know the medical malpractice suit was paid out to the sum of $60,000. The suit was filed by a woman suffering from an arteriovenous malformation, a...Read More - Medical Malpractice Suit Against University Settled
Aug 21, 2013
A malpractice law suit filed against an out-of-state university medical facility has finally been settled after a years-long legal battle, according to court authorities. New Jersey residents may be familiar with the case of an undergraduate student who contracted a flesh-eating disease and filed for medical malpractice after her university allegedly misdiagnosed her. The case has been settled in a claims court. According to court records, the student approached university health officials in 2007 with...Read More - Medical Malpractice Suit Filed Against Hospital after Young Girl Suffers Complications from Appendicitis
Aug 14, 2013
Two parents are on the warpath after they say their child did not receive adequate medical attention from a hospital, resulting in grievous long-term effects. Any New Jersey parent knows the importance of securing effective medical care for an ailing child, care this medical malpractice suit says the hospital did not provide. The family is seeking over a million dollars in compensation. According to the filed suit, the family brought their 6-year-old daughter into the...Read More - Father Of Deceased Child Says Death Caused By Defective Product
Aug 6, 2013
A former sheriff’s detective is filing a wrongful death suit against a company that manufactures gun safes, saying faulty production resulted in the death of his 3-year-old son. New Jersey residents may be aware of the tragic death of the child, which happened in September of 2010. The man and his wife are also suing the sheriff’s office as part of the suit, which claims the gun safe constituted a defective product. According to the...Read More - Most Medical Malpractice Suits Stem From Misdiagnoses Drug Error
Jul 31, 2013
Thirty-four studies conducted over the past two years, fifteen of them in the United States, have suggested that the majority of malpractice suits can be traced back to human error. New Jersey residents may be surprised to note that most medical malpractice cases filed against primary care doctors are filed as a result of a missed diagnosis or an error in drug prescription. The overriding study, published on July 18 of this year, also states...Read More - Medical Malpractice Case Settled For 64 Million
Jul 24, 2013
Negligence on the part of a doctor has been found to be the cause of a stroke suffered by an out-of-state man in 2007. The resulting medical malpractice suit was ruled in favor of the man and his wife, and they have been awarded a settlement of $6.4 million in damages. New Jersey residents understand the seriousness of a failure on the part of medical professionals to properly diagnose and treat an illness, so this...Read More - Defective Product Suit Leads To Massive Payout For Plaintiff
Jul 16, 2013
A woman who lost the use of her arms and legs following a severe car accident has sued the company that manufactured the safety restraints in her vehicle, winning a historic payout. New Jersey residents may be pleased to hear the woman has been awarded over $43 million after her safety restraints failed in a 2007 car accident that left her quadriplegic. Johnson Controls Inc., the company responsible for building the seat belt assembly, is...Read More - Medical Malpractice Suit To Be Heard By Supreme Court
Jul 12, 2013
When the parents of a 15-year-old boy who died of misdiagnosed blood clotting attempted to sue the hospital responsible, a lower court ruled against them. Now, the family is taking their medical malpractice suit to the highest authority — their state’s Supreme Court. New Jersey residents with children may have an understanding of the desire for justice this family is seeking in the death of their child. Court documents report the boy underwent surgery on...Read More