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New Jersey Appellate Court Holds Plaintiff’s Medical Malpractice Expert Qualified To Render Opinions

August 13, 2026

A New Jersey medical malpractice case involved the treatment of decedent Jennifer K. Collum-Glassman, who was hospitalized for a fractured ankle on March 25, 2017, underwent an operation on March 30, 2017, and was discharged on April 19, 2017. On April 26, 2017, she suffered a pulmonary embolism and[...]

New Jersey Supreme Court Rules Federally Qualified Hospital Not Entitled To Immunity

June 14, 2026

The New Jersey Supreme Court was tasked to consider whether Newark Community Health Centers, Inc. (NCHC) — a federally qualified health center founded to “provide affordable, quality healthcare” to underserved populations — is entitled to immunity under New Jersey’s Charitable Immu[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Of Pro-Se Medical Malpractice Case For Failure To File Affidavit Of Merit

April 9, 2026

On July 16, 2024, plaintiff, as a self-represented litigant, filed a handwritten New Jersey medical malpractice complaintagainst defendants. In the accompanying Case Information Statement (CIS), plaintiff checked the “yes” box, indicating her assertion of a professional malpractice claim[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Revives Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case Involving 3-Week-Old

September 17, 2025

Plaintiffs sued two hospitals, several doctors, and other medical personnel after the death of their three-week old son, alleging that defendants failed to properly evaluate, test, and treat their infant son during two emergency department visits, resulting in his death from dehydration and an undia[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Of Medical Malpractice Case Due To Defective Affidavit Of Merit

September 6, 2025

On June 1, 2018, Marc Sovelove (decedent) underwent an elective right kidney biopsy at Overlook Hospital in Summit that had been ordered by his nephrologist, defendant Dr. Sanford T. Reikes, M.D. The procedure was performed by defendant Dr. Michael Shirazi, an interventional radiologist, where a com[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Finds Plaintiff’s Expert In Medical Malpractice Case Was Unqualified

August 10, 2025

N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-41 requires that a person executing an AOM (affidavit of merit) be licensed as a physician or other health care professional in the United States and meet detailed criteria. The statute provides that if the defendant against whom the AOM is offered is a “specialist or subspecia[...]

New Jersey Supreme Court Explains Same Specialty Medical Expert Requirement In Medical Malpractice Cases

March 8, 2025

The New Jersey Supreme Court held in its January 22, 2024 decision in a New Jersey medical malpractice case: “When a defending physician practices in more than one specialty and the treatment involved falls within any of that physician’s specialty areas, then an AOM from a physician speciali[...]

What Are The Affidavit Of Merit Requirements For New Jersey Medical Malpractice Cases Where Defendant Practices In More Than One Specialty?

August 26, 2024

Does N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-41(a) under the New Jersey Medical Care Access and Responsibility and Patients First Act (Act), N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-37 to -42, require plaintiffs to serve an affidavit of merit (AOM) from a physician board certified in both specialties if defendant physician is board certified in tw[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Applies Kind-For-Kind Credentialing Requirement For Medical Malpractice Experts

July 27, 2024

If a defendant physician in a New Jersey medical malpractice case has board certifications in two specialties or subspecialties at the relevant time and the allegedly negligent treatment involved both of those credentials, then a plaintiff is required to serve an affidavit of merit (AOM) from a phys[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Of Medical Malpractice Case Due To Defective Affidavit Of Merit

July 1, 2023

Case Dismissed Due To Defective Affidavit Of Merit: Alexandrianna Lowe (Lowe) was admitted to Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center (JSUMC) from July 20, 2018 through July 22, 2018 through the Emergency Department. Defendant Michael P. Carson, M.D. was the admitting physician. L[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Holds Trial Court Erred In Dismissing Medical Malpractice Case Based On Failure To File Affidavit Of Merit

March 11, 2023

Court Erred In Dismissing Medical Malpractice Case: N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-28 provides that an affidavit of merit (“AOM”) is not required in a New Jersey medical malpractice case “if the plaintiff provides a sworn statement . . . setting forth that: the defendant has failed to provide pla[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Affirms LPN Not Subject To Affidavit Of Merit Statute

January 29, 2023

LPN Not Subject To Affidavit Of Merit Statute: The Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“New Jersey Appellate Court”) held in its published opinion dated November 9, 2022 that a licensed practical nurse (“LPN”) is not a “licensed person” as defined in [...]

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New Jersey Appellate Court Holds Plaintiff’s Medical Malpractice Expert Qualified To Render Opinions

New Jersey Supreme Court Rules Federally Qualified Hospital Not Entitled To Immunity

New Jersey Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Of Pro-Se Medical Malpractice Case For Failure To File Affidavit Of Merit

New Jersey Appellate Court Revives Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case Involving 3-Week-Old

New Jersey Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Of Medical Malpractice Case Due To Defective Affidavit Of Merit

New Jersey Appellate Court Finds Plaintiff’s Expert In Medical Malpractice Case Was Unqualified

New Jersey Supreme Court Explains Same Specialty Medical Expert Requirement In Medical Malpractice Cases

What Are The Affidavit Of Merit Requirements For New Jersey Medical Malpractice Cases Where Defendant Practices In More Than One Specialty?

New Jersey Appellate Court Applies Kind-For-Kind Credentialing Requirement For Medical Malpractice Experts

New Jersey Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Of Medical Malpractice Case Due To Defective Affidavit Of Merit

New Jersey Appellate Court Holds Trial Court Erred In Dismissing Medical Malpractice Case Based On Failure To File Affidavit Of Merit

New Jersey Appellate Court Affirms LPN Not Subject To Affidavit Of Merit Statute

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