A young couple and their infant son suffered injuries from a head-on collision at 1:00am on January 23, 2012. The defendant was driving in the wrong direction on Route 35 and showed a Blood Alcohol Content of .25. The infant child, properly secured in his child seat, sustained a fractured skull and brain damage, resulting […]
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Service of process via…Facebook? In a particular case, the judge said yes, and last week, the state Supreme Court’s Committee on Opinions approved the case for publication. The case involved a Morris County couple and their adopted son, Z.A., who was 10 years old at the time of the filing. Z.A.’s biological father was identified only as […]
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Congressional Republicans have recently revived discussions on Medical Malpractice – capping damages at $250,000 for certain kinds of injuries. A perennial argument of supporters of such measures is that many claims are frivolous, clogging the court system and driving up health care costs for everyone. But the evidence doesn’t necessarily support this. The New York Times recently […]
Read More...A Greedy Neurosurgeon in Michigan recently got 20 years in prison. Typically, surgical errors by physicians are unintentional. A misdiagnosis, misread study, or error during a surgical procedure can cause significant post-op problems, but few doctors set out to harm patients or perform unnecessary procedures. The case and conviction of Dr. Aria Sabit, of Michigan and California, is […]
Read More...On December 31, a New Jersey appeals court ruled that a chatty juror and a momentary conversation with a medical expert following testimony was not enough for a mistrial, or to disturb the Plaintiff’s $425,000 verdict. Jim Martin of Martin Kane Kuper was Plaintiff’s attorney in this case. “Despite interaction between juror and witness, a new trial […]
Read More...According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), approximately 35,000 people a year are killed in car crashes. Over the past 10 years, car accidents have steadily risen. A defendant found to be responsible in a wrongful death lawsuit could be required to pay the victim’s medical expenses, lost wages, pain and suffering, and […]
Read More...On April 30, 2012, 14 players enjoyed games of mini-baccarat at the Golden Nugget Casino in Atlantic City, and won over $1.5 million over the course of several hands. As a result of the staggering and consistent winnings, casino personnel surrounded the table, led away the players on suspicion of cheating and shut down the […]
Read More...Some of the most influential medical groups in the nation are recommending. through guidelines, that doctors weigh the costs, not just the effectiveness of treatments, as they make decisions about patient care. This is in response to the continuing, across the board rise in treatment costs. Traditionally, guidelines have heavily influenced the practice of medicine, […]
Read More...The NJ Supreme Court handed down a ruling that protects the confidentiality of a hospital’s post-incident internal review. As a result, patients who sue a hospital for medical malpractice are not entitled to records documenting the hospital’s internal examination into what went wrong. The Court upheld a review procedure under The Patient Safety Act, a […]
Read More...According to a CBS News Investigation, doctors with multiple malpractice payouts are rarely sanctioned by their state medical boards, and almost never have their licenses suspended or revoked. Of the 25 doctors in Florida with the most medical malpractice payouts, only 4 had their licenses revoked. However, their licenses were not revoked because of poor […]
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