Nursing home cases involve violations of New Jersey statutes and regulations which result in the loss of dignity and enjoyment of life, pain and suffering and possible permanent physical injury or death to nursing home residents. Typical nursing home lawsuits contain multiple causes of action, where a claim against individual nurses, aides, management personnel and...
There’s no easy way to lose your job. When the worst happens, it can help to have someone fighting to help you make the best of a difficult situation. An experienced Employment Lawyer can work with you to help you receive the possible severance package. What do we look at? A severance agreement should explain...
Were You Injured Because a Careless Driver Ran a Red Light? Being injured in a car accident is scary enough without having to worry about paying for your medical and insurance bills. But if you were injured because someone ran a red light, you may be struggling with several of these problems at once. Red...
On April 18, 2018, OPLN attorney Ali Loprete was selected to speak on the Brian Lehrer show during a discussion regarding representation in sexual assault and harassment cases. Specifically, Ms. Loprete answered questions concerning the attorney-client privilege and how it is often challenged and must be protected in adversarial proceedings. Ms. Loprete also discussed her knowledge regarding...
New Jersey police officer Sergeant Marshawn Love was just trying to do the right thing when he reported a fellow officer’s sexual harassment claims against a superior. Most workplaces would be proud to have an employee who sticks up for their coworkers’ right to be treated equally. However, according to Sgt. Love, the response from...
I am often asked, what is a prescription error? It is an error that either a doctor, nurse or pharmacy or hospital has made with respect to giving a patient a medication. This type of error is a type of Medical Malpractice Claim and unfortunately has become way too common in this day and age. ...
New Jersey Infant Injury Due to Defective Products Lawyers A baby’s health and safety is the highest priority for everyone. However, tragically, thousands of children are injured or killed each year due to defective and dangerous products including medical devices or infant products that may sometimes cause unintended harm to your infant. A product is...
Medical Malpractice Lab Errors The administrative mistakes may simply be that the specimen is not handled appropriately in terms of it getting to the appropriate person for analysis or the paperwork is not submitted appropriately so that the result never actually makes it back to the physician. In terms of specimens not being analyzed properly...
Nursing negligence is an aspect of medical malpractice, where a nurse fails to adhere to the appropriate standard of care and deviates or departs from that standard of care and is negligent, and that negligence, unfortunately, causes you harm. That would represent a nursing negligence case.
Part of the investigation process for a case involving an injury, Cerebral Palsy or birth injury or a brain injury, would be to look at the medical records, and specifically the fetal heart monitor strips. During labor, the mother will have this monitor strapped to her belly, and that monitor will record the fetal heart...