Anesthesia medical errors and inadequate monitoring are a frequent area of medical malpractice and wrongful death lawsuits in Pennsylvania and around the country. Recently, the family of a 56 year old woman who died from an overdose of the drug lidocaine with epinephrine during a routine facelift procedure settled the…
A New Jersey appeals court found that the New Jersey Chiropractic Board Act and the New Jersey Administrative Code limits chiropracters to maneuvers designed to treat only the spine. In a recent case, Bedford v. Riello, 2007 WL 135521 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div.), two New Jersey chiropractors adjusted a…
People who suffer serious injuries, including permanent disabilities, cancer, nerve damage, brain damage, cerebral palsy, surgical complications or death from medical errors should consider having their situation reviewed by an experienced medical malpractice attorney. Before speaking to an attorney, it is helpful to understand some basic information concerning the law…
In New Jersey, as in many states including Pennsylvania, medical experts in medical malpractice cases must be qualified in a defendant doctor’s area of medicine to give an opinion that the doctor deviated from the standard of care. In a case involving thoracic cord compression, necrotic disc injury, permanent nerve…