By Charles Toutant | Michael Booth | David Gialanella | March 12, 2018
A roundup of notable case results in New Jersey.
By Charles Toutant | March 9, 2018
A divided appeals court has ordered a new trial in a medical malpractice suit where defense counsel failed to disclose that the defendant physician's trial testimony was significantly different from his interrogatory answers and deposition testimony.
By Charles Toutant | March 1, 2018
A lawyer's failure to file an affidavit of merit in a nursing malpractice suit is not an extraordinary circumstance warranting relief from filing deadlines, a New Jersey appeals court has ruled.
By Andrew J. Carlowicz Jr. | March 1, 2018
The holding in this case seems to inject new life into the moribund “Ferreira” conferences in professional liability cases.
By Charles Toutant | David Gialanella | January 29, 2018
A Monmouth County jury awarded $8.5 million on January 17 in a medical malpractice suit over unnecessary thyroid surgery.
By NJLJ Contributors | January 15, 2018
In this special section, we look at malpractice from different angles: What if the judge makes a mistake, not the attorney? What if the outcome is not what the client wanted, through no fault of the lawyer? Do patients/clients have a right to know the extent of a professional's experience? And avoiding malpractice, right from the intake interview.
By Armand Leone Jr. and Robert J. Cerfolio | January 15, 2018
To twist a phrase from the Wizard of Oz, patients need to know “Who is that man behind the robot?”
By Michael Booth | December 27, 2017
For the first time since before newly elected Gov. Chris Christie made the unconventional decision not to renominate a justice up for tenure, the New Jersey Supreme Court in 2017 had a full roster of seven justices for the entire calendar year.
By Michael Booth | December 15, 2017
A decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court requires judiciary administrators to begin notifying parties litigating professional malpractice claims of their statutory obligations to file affidavits of merit and to schedule hearings to determine whether those affidavits are satisfactory.
By Charles Toutant | Michael Booth | David Gialanella | December 15, 2017
A Middlesex County jury awarded $11.05 million on November 28 in Fava v. Moss, a medical malpractice suit brought by a man who had both legs amputated…
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