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- Birth Injuries Caused By Doctors Errors In New Jersey Country
Jan 18, 2012
The happiest day of my life. That’s how most parents describe the day their child is born. Most would say this no matter what, but sometimes this happy day can turn into a lifelong disability for the child. Medical malpractice is causing birth injuries in New Jersey and across the country. According to one report, six of every 1,000 infants are born with a birth injury in the United States. Medical professionals responsible for ensuring...Read More - Women Suffers Brain Injury Settles Suit With New Jersey Transit
Jan 12, 2012
Crosswalks are put in place to give pedestrians a safe place to cross the street and to warn drivers of people potentially crossing the street. One woman now has a brain injury after being hit by a New Jersey Transit bus in a crosswalk. The woman was halfway across the street when a bus hit her, pinning her underneath the vehicle. This week a settlement was approved for her lawsuit by the Superior Court in...Read More - Can Naps For Doctors Help Prevent Medical Negligence
Jan 4, 2012
What about hospital staff taking cat naps on the job? Is that a good idea? Readers in New Jersey may be surprised by recent studies that suggest that naps for doctors and other medical staff could actually reduce surgical errors and other types of medical negligence. The idea of a doctor performing surgery just after a cat nap might be a bit unsettling for many patients. However, many physicians say that mid-shift naps could improve...Read More - Defective Product To Blame For Seniors Death In Monroe Fire
Dec 29, 2011
Certainly, Passaic County homeowners do all they can to ensure that their homes are safe from fire, but sometimes accidents happen that are out of residents’ control. For example, defective kitchen appliances have been known to cause devastating fires, usually without any kind of warning. Indeed, a faulty product may have been the cause of a recent oven fire that took the life of a senior citizen in Middlesex County; however, authorities do not yet...Read More - Heavy Machinery Accident Takes New Jersey Mans Life
Dec 19, 2011
Defective consumer products are all too often a concern for those living in Passaic County. Recently, a New Jersey man who had been working on a Geo-Thermal heating project for his home was killed in his own backyard after becoming entangled with a possibly defective power tool: specifically, a welling drill. Several 911 calls came in reporting the construction accident on Midway Court. Responding units included the police and fire department. Upon arrival, they discovered...Read More - 4 Million Medical Malpractice Settlement For Navy Seals Death
Dec 12, 2011
According to nationally designated criteria for medical accidents, a “never event” is something that is never supposed to happen in a hospital, whether in Passaic County or anywhere in the United States. A never event is essentially a preventable error that leads to a patient’s death or other serious injury. By its very nature, a never event would appear to constitute medical malpractice. In 2009, just such an incident claimed the life of an Iraq...Read More - Vacuum Extraction Causes Serious Injuries 18 Million Awarded
Dec 8, 2011
Woodland Park readers may be at once relieved and saddened to learn that a jury recently awarded $1.8 million in medical malpractice damages resulting from birth delivery errors. The sum was awarded for birth injuries caused by an ill-timed and improperly used vacuum extraction during a birth in June 2008. Reportedly, the baby’s shoulder had become lodged in the birth canal, and the delivering doctor pulled down on the baby’s head, causing severe nerve damage...Read More - Medical Negligence Suits Could Increase Due To Federal Mandate
Dec 1, 2011
New Jersey readers may be interested to hear of a relatively recent change to federal law. The change in question directs hospitals to implement electronic health record (EHR) systems by 2012. These systems are meant to collect and monitor patient data, but many worry that the fast-arriving deadline may increase the likelihood of medical negligence suits, in the case that hospitals move to implement the systems before they are ready. The 2012 EHR system mandate...Read More - Doctors Diagnosis Contributed To 14 Year Olds Death
Nov 23, 2011
A New Jersey appellate court recently upheld the decision that an emergency room doctor offered an inaccurate diagnosis of a boy whose mother had kicked him in the throat. The court maintained that the doctor behaved in a negligent manner, failing to alert the appropriate specialists who might have otherwise treated the boy’s injuries. The doctor’s medical negligence was said to have contributed to the boy’s death. The 14-year-old boy had come to the emergency...Read More - Failure To Diagnose Strep Leads To Leg Amputation For 6 Year Old
Nov 17, 2011
Failure to diagnose and medical negligence can be devastating forms of medical malpractice in New Jersey and New York. Sometimes the failure to perform a test generally accepted as the proper procedure in the medical community can lead to significant and life-threatening injuries, and even death. Readers of this blog may be interested in a recent medical malpractice lawsuit filed in Maryland on Nov. 3. The lawsuit names Baltimore Washington Medical Center (BWMC) and a...Read More