Updates and Insights: Precendential Cases
- 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 - New Jersey Supreme Court Makes Important Decision on the Common Knowledge Exception in Medical Malpractice Claims
May 8, 2020
Common Knowledge Exception in New Jersey Medical Malpractice Lawsuits To ensure that New Jersey residents file only meritorious medical malpractice lawsuits, the New Jersey legislature enacted New Jersey Revised Statutes, section 2A:53A-27 , which requires a plaintiff to obtain a sworn statement from a qualified medical professional within 60 days of the defendant’s response to a lawsuit. Notably, a 60-day extension may apply in some cases, if the court finds good cause to grant the...Read More