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• Jury Finds Orthopedic Surgeon Committed Medical Malpractice

  Michelle Zeigler | March 13, 2007 9:01 AM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  A Wassau, Wisconsin jury found that an orthopedic surgeon had committed medical malpractice when he failed to diagnose a 67 year old woman's traumatic dislocated shoulder. They awarded $600,000. The plaintiff's attorney was Paul Scoptur, an experienced personal injury lawyer with primary offices in Milwaukee. This case serves to illustrate that juries have the ability to separate...

• New Jersey Hospital Cited by State for Dumping Patient

  Mike Ferrara | March 11, 2007 1:07 AM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  In a clear case of profits over people, The Hackensack Medical Center in New Jersey has been cited by State officials for giving a blind, paraplegic 58 year old man insufficient care upon his release. Within hours of his release he had to be taken by ambulance to Holy Name Hospital, where he was promptly admitted. He remained in the ICU unit for 4 days and then remained at Holy Name for...

• Brother, Sister Killed in Car Crash

  Christina Cole | March 10, 2007 3:31 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  A brother and sister were killed in a terrible car accident on Wednesday due to bad weather and an inexperienced driver. It appears the driver may have been traveling too fast for road conditions.The scene was horrific on Freehold Road after a Nissan slammed sideways into a tree, killing the 17-year-old driver instantly and his 16-year-old sister in the passenger seat.The speed limit on Freehold...

• Doctor's Insurance Company Settles A Medical Malpractice Case Where Kidney was Removed by Mistake

  Michelle Zeigler | March 08, 2007 1:50 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  Our firm represented a 59 year old woman in a medical malpractice claim. She was admitted to the hospital to have a routine colostomy reversal. While performing this routine surgery, the surgeon made a medical mistake and removed her kidney. He didn't know it was a kidney. Fortunately for New Jersey residents, the hospital fired this doctor the following day. Despite the cries of...

• New Jersey Turnipike Tractor Trailer Crash Seriously Injures Massachusetts Woman

  Megan Costello | March 08, 2007 10:09 AM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  A 67 year old Massachusetts woman sustained serious personal injuries when the car she was driving was rear-ended by several tractor trailers on the New Jersey Turnpike. The truck immediately behind her drove over the side of her SUV and crushed it. Trucks routinely exceed the posted speed limits on the New Jersey Turnpike. In addition, there are many situations when drivers use...

• AOL has a feature on "Crazy Lawsuits"

  Michelle Zeigler | March 07, 2007 11:18 AM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  It is really unfortunate that AOL posts articles like this one about "Crazy Lawsuits". If anything is frivolous, it is the allegation that lawsuits engage in "frivolity". No systems are perfect but putting down the civil justice system is simply wrong. All of the personal injury cases that our firm takes are carefully screened. We make certain that only meritorious medical malpractice cases...

• 11,239 Confirmed Presciption Errors in Hospitals

  Mike Ferrara | March 06, 2007 3:21 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  In a new study looking at the years between 1998 and 2005, it was found that doctors, nurses and hospital staffs made 11,239 errors in filling prescriptions relating to surgery patients. These were cases of hospital negligence where either the wrong prescription was given or the wrong dosage of the correct prescription was given. The study coved 400 different hospitals over a seven year...

• Woman Sues NJ Abortion Clinic for Medical Malpractice

  Christina Cole | March 03, 2007 2:34 AM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  A Newark woman that spent a month in a coma after undergoing an abortion at a Bergen County clinic sued the facility and numerous doctors on Thursday for medical malpractice.The suit was filed in Superior Court in Essex County against Metropolitan Medical Associates, an Englewood clinic that handles thousands of abortions per year. The clinic was ordered to shut down last Friday by state...

• Atlantic City Jury Returns Vioxx Verdict Against Merck

  Michelle Zeigler | March 02, 2007 4:04 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  Atlantic City jury today returns a verdict against Merck in the Vioxx litigation. The jury was asked specific questions dealing with Merck's conduct. Hopefully, this will convince Merck to begin to do the right thing and compensate those who have had heart attacks and strokes from the use of the now withdrawn arthritis drug Vioxx. The jury answered special questions as follows: In the...

• Vioxx and Bextra cause increased risks of Heart Attacks and Strokes

  Michelle Zeigler | March 02, 2007 10:11 AM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  There are presently 15,000 Vioxx cases pending in New Jersey. Many others are pending in the Multi-District Litigation (MDL) in the Federal Court in New Orleans. There is no question that Vioxx and Bextra cause increased risks of heart attacks and strokes. Both of these drugs have been withdrawn from the market. Celebrex, on the other hand, remains on the market, even though the...