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New Jersey Medical Malpractice Verdict For Man Who Died From Pulmonary Embolism
A man went to a local New Jersey hospital’s emergency room to be examined and treated for chest pains and shortness of breath that he feared might be serious. He was seen in the emergency room by a...
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New Jersey Pharmacy Gave Children Cancer Drug Instead Of Fluoride Tablets
A New Jersey CVS Pharmacy mistakenly filled prescriptions for chewable fluoride tablets for children with the similar-looking powerful breast cancer drug, Tamoxifen, during a more than two month...
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New Jersey $6.3 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict For Botched Abdominal...
On June 1, 2012, a New Jersey medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in the amount of $6.3 million in favor of a 48-year-old woman who in February, 2007 had surgery involving her ovaries that...
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Massive New York Medicaid Drug Fraud Alleged
Federal prosecutors have charged 48 people in a massive Medicaid drug fraud scheme that cost taxpayers upwards of $500 million. The fraud allegedly involved Medicaid recipients who were prescribed...
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New Jersey Medical Malpractice Appellate Decision On Burden Of Proof
A decision was reached on September 24, 2012 in a New Jersey medical malpractice case that was appealed from the Superior Court of New Jersey. The case involved the issue of whether the trial judge...
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Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Update By The CDC
On October 10, 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) issued an update regarding the recent fungal meningitis outbreak in which it reported that there have been 137 cases of...
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Are Fungal Meningitis Claims Medical Malpractice Or Product Liability Claims?
As the recent fungal meningitis outbreak in the United States associated with contaminated epidural steroid injections produced by the New England Compounding Center (NECC) since May 21, 2012 spreads...
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New Jersey Medical Malpractice Claim For Failure To Report Suspected Child Abuse
On November 16, 2012, the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division issued its opinion in an appeal of the August 13, 2010 orders dismissing medical malpractice claims of a minor against a...
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Accutane Retrial Results In $1.59M Verdict
On March 11, 2014, a New Jersey jury awarded $1.59 million (including about $88,000 in past medical expenses) to a woman who developed bowel disease (ulcerative colitis) as a result of using the acne...
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New Jersey Supreme Court Discusses Jury Instructions In Medical Malpractice...
On May 20, 2014, the Supreme Court of New Jersey (“Supreme Court”) discussed at length the required instructions to be given to a medical malpractice jury where a physician allegedly breached the duty...
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