Updates and Insights
- Malpractice in Optometry and Ophthalmology: What Happens when Eye Treatment Goes Wrong
Aug 11, 2023
New Jersey Ophthalmologist Malpractice Attorneys Discuss What Provides Grounds for Medical Negligence Claims Against Eye Doctors Your eyes are how you access the world and understand it. They are crucial to physical, mental, and emotional health. As a result, when your eye doctor is part of your healthcare team, you trust that your eye care for disease, vision prevention, and treatment is in good hands. However, when your optometrist or ophthalmologist delivers substandard care, you...Read More - Determining Liability for Medical Negligence During Treatment for a Car Accident
Jul 28, 2023
Car Accidents May Cause Injuries that Need Medical Care. Learn More about Who is Liable when Medical Malpractice after an Accident Leads to Subsequent Harm. A car accident most often leads to injury due to the physical force that violently jolts the bodies of the vehicles’ occupants. Passengers and drivers often wrench their necks forcefully, tossing their heads from front to back or side to side, depending on the location of the impact. The speed...Read More - Risks and Exposure to Chiropractic Stroke due to Malpractice
Jul 21, 2023
Chiropractor Malpractice Attorneys Representing Clients Injured by Improper Chiropractic Care in New Jersey As a medical professional licensed in managing back and neck pain, a chiropractor has extensive knowledge of the human neuro-musculoskeletal structure. They understand the relationship between bones, muscles, tendons, ligaments, and nerves and its effect on a patient. They believe that subluxations, or vertebral misalignments, cause numerous diseases and conditions. As such, they may also advise patients about nutrition, exercise, alignment, and...Read More - Fatal Medical Malpractice Claims in New Jersey
Jul 7, 2023
When Fatal Medical Errors Lead to Death in NJ, Those Impacted Have Rights In New Jersey, a wrongful death lawsuit compensates family members for losing their loved one due to the negligence or wrongful actions of another or others. As such, when a medical professional like a surgeon or their team makes an inexcusable and fatal mistake during a surgical procedure, they may be held liable to loved ones for causing the death. Depending on...Read More - Meeting the Burden of Proof in a New Jersey Medical Malpractice Case
Jun 23, 2023
When You Allege Medical Negligence in NJ, How Do You Prove it? To recover your losses due to a medical professional’s or healthcare facility’s negligence, you must file a medical malpractice claim. When you do, you are the plaintiff and you have the burden to prove that the medical provider, hospital, or other medical professional or facility is responsible for your injury. This is true in standard medical malpractice cases; however, there are exceptions to...Read More - How do You Know if You Have a Wrongful Birth Claim?
Jun 9, 2023
Determining if You May be Eligible for Compensation for Wrongful Birth/Wrongful Life in New Jersey The pregnancy and birth experience can be a beautiful time for a mother and partner, but it can also be challenging. An obstetrician and prenatal care team are there to support the mother and baby by providing accurate and timely checkups and tests to ensure that the pregnancy is progressing healthfully. So what happens if an obstetrician does not provide...Read More - Most Frequent Hematologist Errors and Potential Complications
May 26, 2023
How to Identify Hematologist Negligence in New Jersey Hematologists are blood doctors. They specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of all diseases, disorders, and conditions relating to blood, such as anemia or lymphoma, a type of blood cancer. If you have blood infections, hemophilia, malaria, blood clotting deficiencies, high blood pressure, myeloma, or any condition that is caused or affected by the blood and its varying components, you may find yourself in a hematologist’s office...Read More - Fetal Macrosomia: Large for Gestational Age Newborns and Complications at Birth
May 12, 2023
Understanding the Risks of Macrosomic Infants and the Connection with Birth Injuries Fetal macrosomia is a term that describes babies who are born at a birth weight of 8 pounds and 13 ounces or larger, constituting a heavier than average birth weight. Many times, weighing in at 8 lbs. 13 oz. or slightly larger is not a medical concern and is simply attributable to the baby’s genetics; however, sometimes fetal macrosomia can be influenced by...Read More - Types of Aneurysms and Related Lawsuits in NJ
Apr 30, 2023
Misdiagnosis, Failure to Diagnose, and Improper Treatment for any Type of Aneurysm May Mean You Are Eligible for Compensation in New Jersey An aneurysm is one of the many consequences of high blood pressure. According to the American Heart Association, an aneurysm is a bulging, weakened blood vessel wall that abnormally widens the blood vessel by one-half or more of its average size. Typically, an aneurysm appears in an artery. Anyone can have one, but they are...Read More - Prenatal Heart Problems
Apr 15, 2023
Cardiovascular Diseases and Other Conditions may Affect Mothers during Pregnancy. If Undiagnosed or Improperly Managed by Medical Providers, Maternal Heart Issues can Have Damaging Consequences. Many people consider heart disease a problem associated with aging, as the heart grows weaker after decades of lifestyle stressors. However, heart disease affects people of all ages and may even develop during pregnancy. When pregnant women experience cardiovascular disease during pregnancy, whether for the first time or as a...Read More