Updates and Insights
- Court Awards $53 Million to Boy Born with Brain Injury after Fetal Distress
Jul 15, 2016
Following a month-long medical malpractice trial, a jury recently awarded $53 million to a young boy who suffered a hypoxic brain injury after physicians failed to recognize and treat fetal distress during his delivery. Tragically, cases like this occur all too often. The trajectory of events proceeds something like this: a mother enters the hospital, her baby demonstrates signs of fetal distress, doctors fail to recognize the symptoms of fetal distress and in turn, fail to order...Read More - Hospital and Medical Device Manufacturer Facing Lawsuits After Man Dies of Bacterial Infection
Jul 8, 2016
Bacterial infections can occur in hospitals for many reasons, including because of errors during surgery, misuse of medical tools, or defective medical devices. For example, a medical device manufacturer and a Pennsylvania hospital are facing multiple lawsuits after two patients contracted a bacterial infection following open-heart surgery, one of whom tragically died as a result. If you or a loved one contracted an infection while in the hospital, during a surgery or medical procedure, after...Read More - Opioid Abuse, Prescription Negligence, and Medical Malpractice in New Jersey
Jun 17, 2016
Prescription medications have changed our lives for the better in so many ways, curing illness, fighting infection, managing symptoms, and alleviating pain. However, many of these powerful pharmaceuticals also present a significant threat of abuse, taking hold in our society and claiming thousands of lives every year. The death of high-profile people and celebrities due to prescription overdose has catapulted this issue into the public discourse; however, the incidence of abuse and death due to pharmaceuticals has...Read More - New York Lawmakers Consider Extending Statute of Limitations for Medical Malpractice Lawsuits
Jun 3, 2016
Lawmakers in New York State are currently considering a piece of legislation that would significantly alter the statute of limitations for victims of medical malpractice. Currently, patients are required to bring medical malpractice claims within 2 1/2 years of the date that the alleged medical malpractice occurred. This new bill would dramatically increase the statute of limitations, beginning the time frame when the patient first suspects that he or she may have suffered harm as a...Read More - Improving Health Care by Studying Medical Malpractice Lawsuits from the Past
May 19, 2016
In an interesting development in the field of medicine, medical malpractice insurers have begun combing through thousands of medical malpractice lawsuits from the past to identify common themes in these claims. By recognizing emerging similarities, doctors, hospitals, and medical facilities are better able to prepare for, prevent, and proactively address threats to patient safety. Today, medical malpractice remains a consistent problem for doctors, malpractice insurers, and most importantly, for patients. According to a 2013 study in...Read More - New Study Cites Medical Error as Third Leading Cause of Death Among Americans
May 6, 2016
A landmark study, conducted by researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, indicates that medical error is now the third-leading cause of death in the United States, resulting in the untimely deaths of 251,000 Americans each and every year. The aforementioned study published in the BMJ, formerly known as the British Medical Journal, investigated medical error, a phenomenon that is not included in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) annual reports of the most common causes...Read More - Medical Malpractice and Lack of Informed Consent in New Jersey
Apr 15, 2016
Medical malpractice occurs in a myriad of forms: during surgery, during childbirth, in hospitals and emergency rooms, with medication, in children, adults, and the elderly. The variety of actions (or lack thereof) that may constitute medical malpractice is similarly variable, including misdiagnosis, failure to diagnose, delayed diagnosis, failure to treat, prescription errors, and many more. Among the many forms of medical malpractice that cause undue harm to patients, one such form that is often overlooked is...Read More - Failure to Warn Doctrine Affirmed in Pharmaceutical Product Defect Case
Apr 1, 2016
In a recent pharmaceutical product defect case involving pelvic mesh, a New Jersey Appellate Court upheld an $11.1 million verdict, affirmed the applicability of the failure to warn doctrine, and issued a decision that has far-reaching implications for pelvic mesh implant litigation both in New Jersey and nationwide. If you are in need of legal counsel for a pelvic mesh or other pharmaceutical product injury case in New Jersey, contact Fronzuto Law Group for a...Read More - Woman Files Medical Malpractice Claim After Surgical Error Leaves Her Paralyzed
Mar 18, 2016
A woman recently filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against an Iowa hospital after a catastrophic surgical error left her paralyzed, neurologically impaired, and in need of 24-hour care. The aforementioned case began in 2014, when 52-year-old Joyce Bohren sought treatment at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics for hearing difficulties. Physicians soon identified two benign tumors, called meningiomas, that form from thin layers of tissue that cover the brain and spinal cord. One of the meningiomas had been identified...Read More - U.S. Veteran Confronts VA after Cancer Misdiagnosis
Mar 11, 2016
United States veteran Lynn Magistrale, whose career included service in the U.S. Navy, a tour of duty in Iraq, and a position as a reservist for the U.S. Air Force, is currently confronting the United States Department of Veterans Affairs after their failure to diagnose and subsequent misdiagnosis of her cancer. For veterans and innocent patients in New Jersey and across the United States, failure to diagnose cancer and cancer misdiagnosis represents a significant threat. When medical...Read More