$7.2 Million Medical Malpractice Settlement

Plaintiff Patricia O’Brien was a 53 year old college graduate employed by Easter Seals of New Jersey. She presented to Morristown Medical Center on November 9, 2013 after pulling over to the side of the road with shortness of breath, confusion and incoherence. EMS transported her for triage and evaluation. She complained...

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$2.25 Million Settlement in Medical Malpractice Suit

A $2.25 million settlement was reached in a medical malpractice suit against a surgeon for bowel perforation and premature discharge from the emergency department after elective hernia repair, resulting in hospital re-admission, sepsis, multiple repeat surgeries to address necrosis and ischemia, ventilator dependence, and eight-month hospital stay.

Plaintiff, a...

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Cyberbully Suicide Case Settles for $9.1 Million

The Rockaway School District has agreed to settle a case involving the cyberbullying suicide of a middle schooler at Copeland School in 2017. Mallory Grossman was a sixth grader when she was bullied by other students in her grade and committed suicide after repeated efforts to stop the bullying by her parents...

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Pharmacy Prescription Mistakes

Nagel Rice is investigating claims against pharmacies for issues related to mistaken prescriptions or overfilling of prescriptions. Pharmacies including CVS are under scrutiny for allegedly encouraging the prescription of unnecessary medications and at times potentially harmful quantities, leading to the potential for a class action lawsuit. In the automated system, pharmacies repeatedly...

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Nagel Rice is Investigating the Collapse of SVB

Nagel Rice is investigating the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank. Silicon Valley Bank collapsed into FDIC receivership on Friday, after its long-established customer base of tech startups grew concerned and yanked deposits. At the end of last year, SVB had more than $175 billion in deposits — the vast majority of...

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