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Retired Post & Schell Partner Robert Britton Dies at 77

Britton worked as a medical malpractice and general liability defense attorney with Post & Schell for 47 years.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Montco Jury Awards $1M Verdict to Marshall Dennehey Partner Injured During Surgery

Counsel for Noble also filed a motion seeking $300,000 in delay damages, given that the lawsuit was filed in 2015.
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New York Law Journal

Appeals Court: Dismissal of Med Mal Suit for 'General Delay in Prosecuting the Action' Was Improper

A state appeals court has reversed a Brooklyn Supreme Court's dismissal of a medical malpractice lawsuit against Mount Sinai Hospital, ruling that the trial court "inappropriately relied upon the plaintiff's general delay in prosecuting the action" and that dismissing the suit amounted to as "drastic remedy" only deserved where there 's a clear failure to comply with discovery demands.
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Daily Report Online

Game Changer? Med-Mal Appeal Could Bring 'Sweeping Change in Liability Against Physicians'

"If the trial court's order is allowed to stand, physicians in this state are going to be enormously reluctant to sign up as supervising physicians," argued appellant attorney R. Page Powell Jr.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Personal Injury Top Awards 2022

A listing of the 20 New Jersey personal injury cases yielding the highest awards in the last 12 months.
49 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Attorney Says Defendants' Sparse Recordkeeping Helped Client Win $2.2M Verdict for Delayed Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Plaintiffs attorney Leon Aussprung said the already difficult task of demonstrating injury due to a delayed breast cancer diagnosis was made more challenging still by a lack of documentation from the defending doctors.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Failure-to-Diagnose Case Settles for $1 Million in Ocean

The family of a man who died after his cardiologist allegedly failed to diagnose his coronary artery disease agreed to a $1 million settlement in their…
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Woman Who Said Delayed Cancer Diagnosis Made Illness Worse Wins $18M Verdict

A Pennsylvania jury has handed up an $18 million verdict to a woman who said she suffered from a significantly worse disease outcome as a result of a nurse's failure to diagnose her breast cancer when she initially showed symptoms.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Firm Faces Threat of Disqualification After Appeals Court Says It Violated Discovery Rules

The panel faulted defense lawyers' ex-parte communications with a non-party treating physician.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Dead Man's Statute: A Potentially Powerful Evidentiary Rule

This column discusses the Dead Man's Statute and decisional law addressing its potential application in both circumstances.
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