Updates and Insights
- Fronzuto Law Group Settles Failure to Test Medical Malpractice Case for $3,500,000.00
Oct 28, 2022
New Jersey’s Fronzuto Law Group recently obtained a $3.5 million financial recovery on behalf of a woman’s loved ones for medical malpractice involving failure to order appropriate testing. In this tragic case, a woman lost her life after a lengthy and painful battle with ovarian cancer, leaving behind her husband and four-year-old daughter. Had she been properly advised and tested, she would have been timely diagnosed with the BRCA gene mutation, a genetic indication that...Read More - A Guide to Wrongful Death for Surviving Loved Ones
Oct 14, 2022
A Broad Overview of NJ Wrongful Death Lawsuits If you are reading this, you may have recently suffered the loss of a loved one, who you believe died due to the actions or negligence of another person. When coping with this tragic loss, questions may arise as to whether or not you have a valid reason to file a civil lawsuit for wrongful death. Understanding the legal avenues that may be available to you is...Read More - The Process of Investigating a Birth Injury Case
Sep 30, 2022
What Happens during a Birth Injury Investigation Coming home from the hospital with a new bundle should be a joyous occasion. Unfortunately, many families do not leave with their newborns because they need continued care to survive or heal from an injury. Birth injuries may result from many causes, but the most tragic are those injuries that are preventable. Mistakes during pregnancy or birth can leave newborns with cerebral palsy, Erb’s palsy, shoulder dystocia, or...Read More - How do You Know if You Have a Cerebral Palsy Claim?
Sep 17, 2022
Determining if Your Child has a Cerebral Palsy Lawsuit Birth injuries occur more commonly than most people would think. One of the most common birth injuries are to the head and brain, but nerve and spinal cord damage can also occur at or near childbirth. When damage to the brain occurs before, during, or after delivery, a child may be diagnosed with cerebral palsy. A child who receives a devastating cerebral palsy diagnosis must live...Read More - Spastic Cerebral Palsy Lawsuits
Sep 2, 2022
Unique Complexities of Spastic Cerebral Palsy and Related Lawsuits in New Jersey Cerebral palsy is a brain disorder of various degrees and symptoms. The core component of cerebral palsy is brain damage that occurs before, at, or shortly after birth. The harm may come from developmental problems or injuries occurring during delivery. Sometimes, the causes are unknown. Brain impairment from cerebral palsy interferes with messaging from the brain to other parts of the body, causing...Read More - Fronzuto Law Group Wins $5 Million in Settlements in the First Half of 2022
Aug 19, 2022
Fronzuto Law Group kicked off 2022 with three consecutive case victories, recovering $5 million in settlements in medical malpractice, wrongful death, and wrongful birth lawsuits. The victims in these cases range from a young mother who tragically lost her life after giving birth to twins, to a family man who left behind his wife and two children after suffering fatal prescription drug intoxication, to a young boy with muscular dystrophy whose parents were deprived of...Read More - Top Six Types of Medical Malpractice
Aug 5, 2022
You might have heard of patients leaving hospitals with more than what they came in for, such as appendicitis patients developing an infection or even sepsis. However, mishaps occur in medical offices, urgent care clinics, and surgical centers, among other healthcare facilities providing medical services. Sometimes, the doctor, nurse, or medical staff is to blame, but accidents or poor outcomes can be no one’s fault. Perhaps you had medical care that left you worse than...Read More - Wrong Site Surgery Cases
Jul 22, 2022
New Jersey Medical Malpractice Attorneys Helping Injured Victims of Wrong Site Surgery Wrong site surgery may occur when a surgeon operates on the wrong side of the body, the wrong body part, the wrong patient, or on the correct side at the wrong level. All of these preventable mistakes can lead to serious consequences for victims. As unimaginable as it may seem, surgeons operate on the wrong body party more often than you believe. As...Read More - Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goals for 2022 Address Ongoing Errors
Jul 8, 2022
From Surgeries on Incorrect Body Parts to Misidentified Newborns, New Goals Shed Light on Common Preventable Failures The Joint Commission is a non-profit accrediting organization with a mission to help healthcare providers improve patient care and safety. The organization recently published its 2022 National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) to address patient safety concerns studied by the Patient Safety Advisory Group (PSAG) of healthcare experts that advises the Commission. The NPSGs target core safety issues and...Read More - Coma Caused by Medical Negligence
Jun 24, 2022
New Jersey Lawyers Discuss Comas and Vegetative States Resulting from Malpractice Most people recognize a coma as a grave condition, one no one would wish to see their loved ones endure. Comatose patients are unconscious, as if they are asleep, but the two states are different in one significant way—awakening from a coma may or may not occur. Comas arise from an injury or illness, typically. However, a medically induced coma is sometimes the medical...Read More