New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Armand Leone Jr. and E. Drew Britcher | May 7, 2021
When a primary care physician fails to appropriately document smoking history and/or fails to offer lung cancer screening to eligible patients today, such conduct falls below the standard of care.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Heather M. LaBombardi and Nataliana A. Guida | May 6, 2021
If a plaintiff's fundamental cause of action sounds in professional negligence against a "licensed person," he or she may not evade the AOM requirement by suing only a public entity, and not the individual "licensed person." But what about the alleged medical negligence of an unlicensed person?
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Jordan S. Goldsmith and Lee S. Goldsmith | May 5, 2021
It is not uncommon to find a physician with one or more subspecialty doing work in one of them or none of them. Many physicians are being tasked, incentivized and sometimes required, to sub-specialize, since sub-specialists earn more than generalists, and those performing procedures earn more money than those who do not. When it comes time to review the appropriateness of an AOM, each subspecialty suddenly becomes important though it may be irrelevant.
By Charles Toutant | April 13, 2021
Defendant Bruce Nagel said he is "optimistic, now that the Supreme Court has declined the certification question, that the Third Circuit will hopefully affirm the dismissal by Judge Arleo."
By New Jersey State Bar Association | April 12, 2021
Practicing neurosurgeon and CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta will present keynote address
By Charles Toutant | April 1, 2021
"The key is the element of foreseeability. Whenever you foreseeably cause emotional damage to someone, you could be liable for the damage you cause," said plaintiffs lawyer Morgan Browning.
By David Gialanella | March 24, 2021
A $2.75 million settlement in a Monmouth County medical malpractice case concerning a birth injury, Huemer-Sanfilippo v. Rattigan, was approved by the…
By Charles Toutant | March 16, 2021
The Equal Credit Opportunity Act afforded no protection to the plaintiff because it does not apply to a medical bill, the appeals court ruled.
By Charles Toutant | March 5, 2021
The parents of a child who suffered severe brain damage during delivery received $7 million to settle their Passaic County medical malpractice suit,…
By Charles Toutant | March 2, 2021
The complete ban of evidence concerning Section 510(K) clearance in both trials was "unfairly and repeatedly capitalized upon" by plaintiffs' counsel in a way that could give jurors a skewed impression of the totality of the circumstances, the appeals court said.
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