Medical Malpractice

• Medical Malpractice - "Dr. Creepy" and his tattoos

  Donald Caminiti | July 22, 2008 3:40 PM | 11 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  A Pennsauken woman has filed suit in Camden County Superior Court against her orthopedic surgeon, who - after performing successful surgery on her herniated disc - left a washable tattoo on her...

• The Truth about Medical Malpractice Claims, Part II

  Donald Caminiti | June 23, 2008 9:48 AM | 4 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  An editorial in today's Star Ledger alleges, with no supporting empirical data, that New Jersey and New York lead the nation in relative monetary tort losses due to malpractice lawsuits and, as a...

• Medical Malpractice

  Karen Gatlin | June 17, 2008 2:29 PM | 2 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  In 2006, the Harvard School of Public Health and the Harvard Risk Management Foundation studied over one thousand malpractice files from multiple insurance companies throughout the United States....

• Medical Malpractice or Complications?

  Karen Gatlin | October 24, 2008 11:03 AM | 1 CommentBergen County, NJ

  When a patient, a physician herself, underwent hysterectomy, her doctor told her that the recovery time would be short, about a week. Not so. Four months and three surgeries later as well as...

• Patient Distrust of Doctors

  Donald Caminiti | August 08, 2008 9:56 AM | 1 CommentBergen County, NJ

  Recent research and anecdotal reports suggest that patients increasingly distrust their doctors. According an article recently published in the N.Y. Times, in a study conducted by Johns...

• Medical Malpractice III

  Donald Caminiti | July 01, 2008 2:51 PM | 1 CommentBergen County, NJ

  Unfortunately, neither ancedotal tales, rhetorical hocus-pocus nor blame pointed at the legal profession will put an end to medical negligence crisi in this country. The Harvard Medical Practice...

• Recent Federal Guidelines Lead to Increased Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

  Karen Gatlin | May 14, 2008 2:33 PM | 1 CommentBergen County, NJ

  Federal guidelines issued May 7, 2008 require that doctors who treat smokers must warn their patients of the dangers of smoking as well as prescribe treatments to enable them to quit smoking....

• Medical Malpractice and Physician Impairment

  Karen Gatlin | April 24, 2008 9:39 AM | 1 CommentBergen County, NJ

  Medical malpractice lawsuits allow injured patients to receive money damages for the injuries caused by the malpractice; however, courts cannot take any action to sanction physicians who may...

• Medical Malpractice: The Risks of Prescribing Accutane

  Karen Gatlin | November 10, 2008 10:03 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  Accutane is a drug commonly used to treat acne, a troublesome but non lethal skin condition. Therefore, the benefits of Accutane must be carefully weighed against its risks. Both precribing...

• Medical Malpractice Resulting in Brain Injured Child

  Donald Caminiti | November 03, 2008 2:18 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  The AP recently reported that a jury has awarded the parents of a brain-damaged boy $11.4 million following a three week trial in a medical malpractice case. The injured boy's parents claimed in a...