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New Jersey Appellate Court Affirms No Affidavit Of Merit Needed For Malpractice Claim Involving Unlicensed Employee

February 19, 2021

The Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“New Jersey Appellate Court”) stated in its published opinion filed on January 27, 2021, “This appeal presents a discrete yet novel issue, requiring us to determine whether an affidavit of merit (AOM) is mandated under the Affida[...]

New Jersey Dentist Agrees To License Suspension After 15 Cases Of Serious Heart Infections

March 3, 2020

The New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, Division of Consumer Affairs, Division of Law announced in a February 3, 2020 press release entitled “Morris County Oral Surgeon Agrees to 5-Year License Suspension to Resolve Allegations that His Breach of Infection Control Protocols Exposed Pati[...]

$1,275,000 New Jersey Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Settlement For Misdiagnosed Stomach Cancer

January 22, 2020

A New Jersey medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit was recently settled for $1,275,000 for the death of a 34-year-old woman whose stomach cancer allegedly was not diagnosed in time and resulted in her death in 2016. The woman died of stage IV cancer on August 29, 2016. The defendants included a[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Affirms Denial Of Arbitration Of Nursing Home Claim

November 22, 2019

In its decision dated October 23, 2019, the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“New Jersey Appellate Court”) held: “Because it is undisputed that the arbitration agreement was mixed in with a number of other admission documents, it was not explained to Ricciardi [the [...]

$1.7M New Jersey Medical Malpractice Settlement For Failure To Detect Fetus’ Down Syndrome

July 8, 2019

On May 21, 2019, a New Jersey judge approved a $1.7 million New Jersey medical malpractice settlement involving an obstetrician and a midwife for their alleged failures to timely detect that the plaintiff’s child in utero had Down syndrome, thereby precluding the plaintiff from the right to de[...]

$5M New Jersey Medical Malpractice Settlement For Woman’s Paralysis Following Back Surgery

July 3, 2019

A 42-year-old woman claimed in her New Jersey medical malpractice lawsuit that a neurosurgeon employed by the State of New Jersey performed neurosurgery on her back on January 23, 2015 after which she became partially paralyzed from her mid-back down. She alleged that she first noticed she had no se[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Due To Trial Judge’s Errors

June 13, 2019

In its opinion dated May 15, 2019, the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“New Jersey Appellate Court”) reversed the defense verdict in a New Jersey medical malpractice case for various errors committed by the trial judge. The New Jersey medical malpractice plaintiff allege[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Grants New Trial To Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Who Was Not Allowed To Testify During Trial

April 20, 2018

The Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“New Jersey Appellate Court”) held in its unpublished opinion dated April 9, 2018 that the trial judge committed reversible error by not allowing the New Jersey medical malpractice plaintiff to testify during the trial. The Underlying [...]

$11M New Jersey Medical Malpractice Verdict For Leg Amputations

December 27, 2017

On November 28, 2017, a New Jersey medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $11.05 million in favor of a man who had to have both of his legs amputated due to the delayed diagnosis and treatment of his circulatory problems that allegedly resulted from the defendants’ medi[...]

$17M New Jersey Medical Malpractice Brain Damage Verdict For Child Taken Off Ventilator Too Soon

November 11, 2017

A New Jersey medical malpractice jury found in favor of a now 16-year-old in the amount of $17 million on October 26, 2017, after a six-week medical malpractice trial, unanimously (8 to 0) finding that when she was 7-years-old and in the defendant hospital following surgery, she was removed from a v[...]

New Jersey Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Case Dismissed Due To Lack Of Proper Expert Opinion

August 28, 2017

The Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“Appellate Court”) affirmed the dismissal of a New Jersey birth injury medical malpractice case in an unpublished opinion on July 14, 2017 because the plaintiffs did not produce any expert report to articulate the standard of care appl[...]

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[...]

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