Medical Malpractice Attorney New Jersey
Did your physician delay to diagnose your medical condition? Some medical centers located in the New Jersey area, such as Newark, Atlantic City, Kingston, Trenton, Cherry Hill, and Jersey City are to help your health problem concerns when you seek help. Unfortunately, medical malpractice does occur. These actions are usually filed against doctors, nurses and hospital staff who have failed to use reasonable care to treat your loved one or yourself.
The law firm of Lowenthal & Abrams is dedicated to providing you with the best service possible. To help us accomplish this goal, we have a medical doctor/attorney on our staff, Esther M. Gallagher, M.D., who can advise you of your legal and medical rights. Contact our Medical Malpractice Attorneys in New Jersey today!
Have you suffered from medical malpractice in any of the following New Jersey area hospitals?
List of Some New Jersey Area Hospitals
- East Orange General
- Barnert
- Bayshore Community
- JFK Medical Center
- Capital Health System
- Monmouth Medical
- Hackettstown Regional
- Morristown Memorial
- Kimball Medical Center
- Newton Memorial
- St. Mary Hospital
- Warren Hospital
- Shore Memorial
- Kennedy Memorial
If so, Contact our Medical Malpractice Attorneys in New Jersey today!
Perhaps the Anesthesiologist was careless and administered the incorrect amount of anesthesia. A jury may decide the Anesthesiologist was negligent and monetary compensation may be awarded.
Here are a few New Jersey medical errors and negligence cases our law firm handles:
- Allergic Reaction
- Gastric Bypass Complications
- Anesthesia Errors
- Medication Therapy Error
- Misdiagnosis of Condition
- Under Staffed Aids
- Birth and Infant Injuries
- Hospital Negligence
- Surgical Mistakes
- Incorrect Cosmetic Procedure
New Jersey Medical Malpractice Attorney Dennis M. Abrams, Senior Trial Attorney, has nearly 30 years experience in major litigation with a reputation for getting results.
Read below on the states law that requires all New Jersey medical doctors and podiatrists information to be documented and available to the public.
In 2004, New Jersey enacted a statute that requires all the information on a doctor to be documented. This information is very helpful in medical malpractice cases. It contains any of the doctor’s previous mistakes, errors and carelessness. Read more below on this NJ statute.
The “New Jersey Health Care Consumer Information Act” (P.L.2003, c.96) was signed into law by Governor James E. McGreevey on June 23, 2003, and became effective June 23, 2004. The statute required that profile information about New Jersey medical doctors and podiatrists be developed and maintained and that certain information be made available to the public electronically and by other means.
Below is a listing of the required information found in the profile of doctors, podiatrists and optometrists:
Required Information
- Medical school(s) or optometry school(s) attended and year degree received.
- Graduate medical education, including all internships, residencies, and fellowships (Medical Doctors/Podiatrists only).
- State Board of Optometrists Certifications.
- Year first licensed.
- Year first licensed in New Jersey.
- Location of office practice site(s).
- Malpractice payments made in the last five years, including date, dollar amount and type (judgment, settlement, arbitration).
- New Jersey disciplinary actions taken against the practitioner within the last ten years.
- Any current restrictions/limitations against the practitioner’s New Jersey license.
- Other state or licensing entity disciplinary actions within the last ten years.
- In the case of medical doctors and podiatrists, hospital and health care facility privilege revocations or restrictions within the last ten years.
- In the case of medical doctors and podiatrists, resignations or non-renewal of hospital or health care facility privileges (for reasons related to competency, misconduct or impairment) within the last ten years
- Convictions of crimes of the first through fourth degree within the last ten years.
The law firm of Lowenthal & Abrams is dedicated to providing you with the best service possible. To help us accomplish this goal, we have a medical doctor/attorney on our staff, Esther M. Gallagher, M.D., who can advise you of your legal and medical rights. Contact our Medical Malpractice Attorneys in New Jersey today!