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A New Standard of Care for Medical Liability?

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A recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) triggers a question as to whether the standard of care to evaluate claims for medical malpractice should be changed. For decades, the New Jersey Model...more

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Fervent Defense Brings Favorable Outcome in Long-Running Malpractice Case

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A fervent and insightful defense waged by Goldberg Segalla partner Michael D. Shalhoub and attorney Rebecca R. Rabideau secured a defense verdict in favor of a dentist accused of malpractice in a lawsuit that dragged on for...more

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Diagnostic Errors Claim Nearly 800,000 American Lives Per Year, Study Finds

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A new study shows that approximately 371,000 people die and 424,000 sustain permanent disabilities due to diagnostic error, including brain damage, blindness, loss of limbs or organs or metastasized cancer....more

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Minnesota "Shock Verdict”: $111 Million Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict

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On May 17, 2022, in Thapa v. St. Cloud Orthopedic Associates, a federal jury awarded a landmark $111 million in damages to a patient due to St. Cloud Orthopedic Associates’ (SCO) alleged failure to diagnose and appropriately...more

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Medication Errors Lead to a Criminal Conviction: What Nurses Should Know about the RaDonda Vaught Verdict

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The case has rocked the medical profession. On March 25, 2022, a Tennessee jury found a former Vanderbilt University Medical Center nurse guilty of criminally negligent homicide and negligent abuse of an impaired adult....more

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A $229-million Baltimore malpractice case? It’s worth digging into this news

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Headlines can command attention while not always fully informing, as might be the case with these eye-catching story titles, one fresh, the others a few years back...more

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North Carolina Birth Injury Cases

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The majority of the time medical professionals, including doctors and nurses, provide excellent care to their patients. However, sometimes care is provided that falls well below acceptable professional standards. When...more

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Tort Reform Bill to Narrow Definition of Employee in Medical Negligence Actions

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SB 237 is a bill designed to limit the liability of hospitals and other healthcare providers for the actions or omissions of those who are not within a narrow definition of “employee.” SB 237 is designed as a legislative fix...more

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New Jersey Appellate Division Holds that Affidavit of Merit Must be Issued by a Professional within the Same Profession as...

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Hill International, Inc. v. Atlantic City Board of Education, 2014 N.J. Super. LEXIS 177 (App. Div. Dec. 30, 2014) - The Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division held that, in order to support of claim of...more

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