By Charles Toutant | September 19, 2024
"I read an exhaustive amount of medical journals, literature, studies, scientific papers, from around the world on these topics, which I think ultimately gave me the ability to confront these defense experts in the opinions that they offered and really discount and diminish the validity of those opinions that they were trying to argue," Justin Drazin said.
By Colleen Murphy | September 12, 2024
The plaintiff alleged that her condition worsened under the doctor's care and that the doctor did the bare minimum to address spikes in her interocular pressure.
By Charles Toutant | August 30, 2024
The defendants also claimed the plaintiff was partly to blame for waiting five days after the device was implanted.
By Charles Toutant | August 23, 2024
"I think bladder incontinence, when it's permanent, is a very significant injury. ... All the problems that come with that from a physical perspective are just compounded by the emotional impact of feeling ashamed, embarrassed," the plaintiff's attorney said.
By Charles Toutant | August 14, 2024
The defense did not present a medical expert but instead presented testimony from a physician to undercut the plaintiff's expert's testimony, one of the plaintiffs' lawyers said.
By Charles Toutant | August 8, 2024
"What I think the plaintiffs bar really needs to focus on is you can get more than the coverage, and for some reason, it's not been done very often," the plaintiff's attorney said.
By Colleen Murphy | August 5, 2024
"Defendants' certifications, which avow that their quality assurance and improvement committees also operated as patient safety committees to comply with the PSA, defeat their claims for the self-critical-analysis privilege," Justice Fabiana Pierre-Louis wrote for the court.
By Colleen Murphy | July 11, 2024
"The AOM requirement should not be a minefield battle about hypertechnicalities; the requirement is a threshold issue only meant to weed out unmeritorious cases at the beginning of the case before discovery has taken place. The court's decision strikes the right balance on protection of a plaintiff's meritorious case from dismissal with prejudice at a time when many facts are still unknown with providing a defendant with notice that the claim as alleged has merit," said Christina Vassiliou Harvey, a partner with Lomurro Munson.
By Colleen Murphy | June 26, 2024
"Simply stated, the legislature's decision in the COVID Immunity Statute to temporarily limit the scope of whatever duty we might recognize defendants owed the Campbells to one of simply avoiding gross negligence during the height of the COVID pandemic leaves the estate unable to state a claim on the facts alleged," Judge Allison E. Accurso wrote for the court.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By New Jersey Law Journal | May 14, 2024
This year's special section covers everything from the (un)likelihood of winning punitive damages, the appellate review of pain and suffering awards, and the "piercing the corporate veil" doctrine.
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