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Will Proposal to Extend Residency Shifts Lead to More Medical Errors? It is undeniable: medical errors are a significant problem facing America today. In fact, a recent study conducted by researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and published in the British Medical Journal, cited medical error as the third-leading cause of death in the United States. […]

Leaving a foreign object in a patient’s body during surgery simply should not happen. In fact, it is often called a “never event” because of the preventable nature of this type of surgical error. Unfortunately, foreign object incidents can and do occur, often leaving patients with devastating injuries. For instance, a female patient and her […]

A baby’s time in utero is a critical period of development that spells long-term implications for his or her health after birth. The way that a single cell grows and evolves into an entire human being with organs, fingers, and toes, is simply miraculous. However, the process by which this occurs is extremely complex and […]

Three mothers have filed lawsuits against a physician and a hospital, for alleged medical malpractice that resulted in two children with severe birth injuries and one who did not survive. These tragic cases are evidence of the catastrophic consequences that may result from medical negligence and delivery errors during child birth. Obstetricians, hospitals, and medical staff […]

Birth Control Implant Lawsuit Help in NJ After a series of product liability lawsuits claiming Bayer Corp. failed to warn patients about the potential risks associated with one of its birth control implants, a California judge recently granted a motion to allow for coordination among the plaintiffs’ cases. This significant decision will allow plaintiffs and […]

Have a Mercer County Birth Injury Case? Fronzuto Law Group can Help Mercer County birth injuries can be devastating for the parents and families of babies harmed by medical negligence before, during, or immediately following delivery. For instance, a husband and wife from Pennsylvania recently filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in Mercer County in connection […]

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently required more effective warnings about the potentially lethal consequences of combining prescription painkillers and sedatives. This announcement followed the filing of a petition by health directors of 16 states and 12 cities, resulting from a concern about the increasing occurrence of overdose of prescription painkillers. The FDA […]

What Damages are Available to Victims of Medical Malpractice in New Jersey? When you or someone you love has been injured as a result of negligence by a doctor, hospital, or another medical professional, you are entitled to pursue compensation, also known as “damages.” There are two types of damages that a plaintiff in a […]

A $2.2 million settlement was reached between the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services and New York-Presbyterian Hospital, over filming for a television documentary that disclosed the medical information of two patients without obtaining their consent. Specifically, the hospital allowed the ABC Network crew for “NY Med” to film a dying […]

Understanding Intubation Errors and Related Injuries in New Jersey Ideally, anesthesiologists administer safe and effective drugs to patients prior to undergoing serious surgical procedures. Unfortunately, intubation errors and anesthesia errors may occur in a variety of situations, despite assumptions that complications are isolated to hospital surgeries. For example, these errors may also occur in urgent care facilities, […]