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New Jersey Appellate Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Where Informed Consent Evidence Erroneously Introduced

August 5, 2017

The Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on July 25, 2017 that the trial court had erroneously allowed informed consent evidence to be introduced by the defense during a New Jersey medical malpractice jury trial that resulted in a [...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Reverses Dismissal Of Ordinary Negligence Claim Against Nursing Home

July 18, 2017

In an unpublished opinion filed on June 26, 2017, the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“Appellate Court”) held that the plaintiff’s complaint against the defendant nursing home involving the injuries he suffered as a result of his fall while being transferred from h[...]

New Jersey Doctor Didn’t Wash Hands Between Patients, 41 Patients Suffered Serious Knee Infections

May 31, 2017

A New Jersey doctor reportedly told New Jersey Health Department investigators that she did not follow basic hand washing hygiene procedures between treating patients at a Jersey Shore medical clinic, thereby leading to 41 patients developing septic arthritis of their knees. The doctor allegedly als[...]

$45M New Jersey Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failure To Diagnose Child Abuse

February 27, 2017

On February 17, 2017, a New Jersey medical malpractice jury awarded a now 12-year-old child $45 million against two emergency room physicians for their failure to diagnose his femur fracture in the then 2-month-old infant that was caused by physical abuse by his father. The New Jersey medical malpra[...]

Two Convicted New Jersey Chiropractors Sued To Recoup Illegal Medical Payments

January 12, 2017

The State of New Jersey and an automobile insurance company have filed a lawsuit against two convicted, unlicensed New Jersey chiropractors seeking to recover medical payments that they received as a result of an alleged illegal scheme involving them, other chiropractors, a medical doctor, a persona[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Applies Two-Year Statute Of Limitations To Survival Action In Medical Malpractice Case

December 22, 2016

In its opinion filed on December 7, 2016, the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“Appellate Court”) held that the trial court should have granted summary judgment to the medical malpractice defendant where the plaintiff failed to file the survival action within the two-year[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Discusses Effect Of Medical Malpractice Settlement On Subsequent Defendants

September 15, 2016

In its decision filed on August 31, 2016, the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“Appellate Court”) was faced with the issue whether the New Jersey medical malpractice defendants were entitled to a pro tanto credit for the amount that the plaintiffs had obtained by way of [...]

New Jersey Dentist Linked To 15 Cases Of Bacterial Endocarditis

August 28, 2016

A New Jersey dentist, who has been allowed to continue practicing dentistry in New Jersey, is reportedly linked to fifteen cases of bacterial endocarditis in patients who had received intravenous sedation for oral surgical procedures performed between December 2012 and August 2014, due to alleged[...]

New Jersey Medical Malpractice Case Filed For Twin’s Birth Injury, Death

July 24, 2016

The Pennsylvania parents of twins who were born at a New Jersey hospital have recently filed a New Jersey medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit against the hospital where the birth took place as well as numerous physicians and four nurses who were involved with the delivery that occurred on A[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Refuses To Enforce Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement

July 23, 2016

On June 9, 2016, the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“Appellate Court”) issued a published opinion in which it reversed the trial court’s order requiring the parties to arbitrate the plaintiff’s nursing home negligence claims, holding that the arbitration pr[...]

Two Doctors Sentenced To Prison On Same Day In Different States For Taking Kickbacks

July 6, 2016

Two doctors, one from New York and one from New Jersey, were sentenced to prison on June 8, 2016 in two separate criminal cases for taking illegal kickbacks (i.e., bribes) for referring their patients for medical services to medical companies that paid them kickbacks. The New York family practice ph[...]

New Jersey Pain Management Doctor Loses Medical License

May 18, 2016

An anesthesiologist who practiced as a pain management doctor in New Jersey and is currently under indictment for health care fraud had his New Jersey medical license revoked by the New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners, for gross and repeated medical malpractice in New Jersey that includes giving [...]

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