Common Types of Emergency Room Errors
Last Updated: August 12, 2024 Millions of people visit emergency rooms each year for treatment. We depend on emergency rooms to provide urgent care. However, emergency room errors cause severe injuries and deaths. A study found that out of 130 million people who visited an...
Common Types of Emergency Room Errors Continue reading…When Caps on Medical Malpractice Are Unjust
How a family's unfairly capped payment became a $4.3 million dollar awardÂ
Caps on medical malpractice claims vary from state to state. In Florida, the caps on non-economic damages (damages based on subjective criteria, such as emotional pain, loss of affection, and psychological support) have been consistently low. When a 24-year-old mother in Fort...
When Caps on Medical Malpractice Are Unjust Continue reading…Parents Sue for Malpractice After One Twin Dies in Childbirth.
A wrongful death lawsuit filed in Mercer County, New Jersey alleges that two doctors and the staff of a Hopewell hospital were negligent in delivery of twins, causing the death of the second of the two newborns. Doctors and Nurses Fail to Address Clear Problems With the Delivery
The father of the twins...
Parents Sue for Malpractice After One Twin Dies in Childbirth. Continue reading…Malpractice Claims Increase with the Use of Electronic Health Records
Why do malpractice claims increase when Electronic Health Records are used?
According to The Doctors Company, a Napa-based medical malpractice insurance company with 78,000 members, the increasing use of electronic health records (EHR) is causing an increase in medical errors and, therefore, in malpractice liability. The Doctor's Company reports settling almost...
Malpractice Claims Increase with the Use of Electronic Health Records Continue reading…Terminix Responsible for Profound Neurological Injuries of Young Delaware Family
What responsibilities does an exterminator have to keep your family safe? Vacation is supposed to be a safe and pleasant respite from the stresses of everyday life. For one Delaware family it was a horrifying, life-altering nightmare. Steve Esmond, Theresa Devine and their teenage sons ended up being poisoned while on a trip to...
Terminix Responsible for Profound Neurological Injuries of Young Delaware Family Continue reading…Intrauterine Device Blamed for Various Conditions
What are your rights if you were injured as a result of the use of an IUD?
You are not ready to have children. So, you go to your doctor and express that you want an effective but low maintenance form of birth control. He recommends the Mirena Intrauterine Device (IUD). He tells you...
Intrauterine Device Blamed for Various Conditions Continue reading…Risks of Personal Injury During Labor and Delivery
Why are the risks of personal injury during labor and delivery so high in this country?
As medical care in the U.S. advances by leaps and bounds in terms of technology, our infant and mother mortality rates continue to shame us. Although we outspend the rest of the world in obstetrical care, infants born...
Risks of Personal Injury During Labor and Delivery Continue reading…Delayed Diagnosis: When Is It Malpractice?
There are many forms of malpractice, ranging from administering the wrong medication to leaving a surgical tool inside the patient during an operation. Not all forms are so blatant, however. Malpractice can also take the form of a delayed diagnosis. If you go to the doctor with a bad cough which is diagnosed...
Delayed Diagnosis: When Is It Malpractice? Continue reading…Family of Child Declared Brain Dead Sues Hospital
What legal rights do you have if doctors are negligent in recommending and carrying out a risky procedure?
When a child is suffering from a serious ailment, doctors will often look for a solution that will solve the problem for the rest of the child’s life and/or reduce his or her exposure to...
Family of Child Declared Brain Dead Sues Hospital Continue reading…Nagel Rice Obtains $6 Million Verdict in Medical Malpractice Case
Bruce Nagel obtained a jury verdict for $6 million on October 14, 2015, in a medical malpractice suit regarding the delayed diagnosis of colon cancer. Ben Serico of West Caldwell was administered a colonoscopy by physician Robert Rothberg in December 2007, but two years later he was diagnosed with colon cancer that had spread...
Nagel Rice Obtains $6 Million Verdict in Medical Malpractice Case Continue reading…Personal Injury Writes for Victims Enduring a Persistent Vegetative State
How does personal injury law apply when the victim is in a coma and the ultimate outcome has yet to be determined?
When an injury victim languishes in a coma, family members are often left to endure extreme emotional and financial burdens – all without ever knowing how the issue will ultimately resolve. For...
Personal Injury Writes for Victims Enduring a Persistent Vegetative State Continue reading…Jury Awards $1.55 Million in Suicide Case
A jury in Newark awarded the widow of a Short Hills man $1.55 million in connection with her husband’s suicide. On August 7, 2008, Betty Movitz sued Dr. Sostowski of Bernardsville and Dr. Del la Torre of Montclair who had treated her husband, Mark Movitz, for his bipolar disorder. The jury found both of...
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