September 28, 2012 - Bruce Nagel and Greg Kohn settled a personal injury suit for $2.5 million.
Martha Phillips, a 49 year old woman with three children was struck in the head by a baseball which went through holes in the protective batting cage netting while attending her son's high school varsity baseball game at...
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Month: September 2012
Two studies find causes of preventable medical mistakes
At some point, most people will seek medical treatment or require medical attention at a hospital. They will expect that the care they receive will be top-notch as they put their lives in the hands of doctors, surgeons and other medical professionals. Yet, despite the advances in medical technology and the measures hospitals take...
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Medical mistakes worry nearly three-quarters of patients
In 1999, the Institute of Medicine's report "To Err is Human" estimated that nearly 100,000 people in the U.S. die annually as a result of medical mistakes and errors. This report put patient safety in the forefront of national discussion.
Over a decade later, medical mistakes and doctor errors still worry patients....
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Family of 17-year-old teen with birth injury wins lawsuit
The family of 17-year-old twins, one healthy and the other with cerebral palsy, won a multi-million dollar lawsuit for negligence filed against the hospital where the twin girls were born.
The twins were born three months early but as a result of negligence during labor, one twin suffered a birth injury resulting in cerebral...
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Children may be harmed by anesthesia during surgery
The prospect of undergoing a surgical procedure is not easy for most. This anxiety only increases when parents of young children must face similar decisions regarding surgical options for their children.
Due to the invasive nature of surgeries, concerns regarding any surgical procedure are warranted. Parents in New Jersey may find it interesting to know...
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