June 13, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal
Use of the Judgment Charge in Legal Malpractice CasesModel Jury Charge 5.51, Legal Malpractice, needs to be updated
By Jon Lomurro, Gary Riveles and Abbott Brown
8 minute read
October 25, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal
'Nicholas v. Hackensack': The Affidavit of Merit Made SimpleA recent appellate decision may clear up the legal-practice minefield of the Affidavit of Merit Statute and the Patients First Act.
By Jon Lomurro and Abbott Brown
9 minute read
October 11, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal
Med Mal Defendants Must Tell the Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth'Brugaletta' is a landmark decision that will fundamentally change the pre-trial process in many complex malpractice cases.
By Jon Lomurro and Abbott Brown
9 minute read
March 19, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal
N.J. Supreme Court Mandates New Rules to Fix the AMS MessThe Affidavit of Merit Statute, became effective in 1995. Since then, the courts and parties to malpractice cases have been subjected to a never-ending flood of motions and appeals involving the AMS.
By Tom Comer and Jon Lomurro
7 minute read
October 02, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal
The Use and Abuse of Informed ConsentTwo recent Appellate Division cases ('Ehrlich' and 'Granovsky'), have demonstrated that the doctrine of informed consent can be abused to confuse the issues. in medical malpractice cases.
By Jon Lomurro and Abbott Brown
8 minute read
July 24, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal
Wrongful Death Cases Revisited: Not Every Mistake is FatalThere are three cases holding that the "technical mistake" of not obtaining both general letters of administration and letters of administration ad prosequendum can be cured at any stage of the litigation.
By Jon Lomurro and Abbott Brown
5 minute read
September 05, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal
Finding Proximate Cause in Med Mal Cases With a Pre-existing ConditionThe impossibly vague and confusing standard for finding proximate causation in medical malpractice cases. Should the model jury charges be changed?
By Thomas Comer and Jon Lomurro
15 minute read