Blog Posts in August, 2013

Insurance and payment for brain injuries

In New Jersey, advocates for those who have suffered brain injuries are watching after a 20-year-old woman rammed her head into a tree during a skiing trip in January. Doctors told her it would take about 18 months for her cognitive skills to return; however, only four months after the accident and traumatic brain injury, she was denied further treatment at a specialized facility. Her family has ...

Four-truck pileup causes injuries on New Jersey Turnpike

A pickup truck that was disabled due to a flat tire triggered a series of events that led to a serious chain reaction of trucking accidents on the New Jersey Turnpike. The accidents began when a tractor-trailer that was following immediately behind a disabled pickup truck came to a stop, causing the tractor-trailer to plow into it. The force of the rear impact dislodged the storage container that ...

New Jersey crash caused by faulty brakes

A crash in New Jersey on Route 10 West that involved 10 vehicles may have been caused by the faulty brakes of one vehicle, according to Denville police captain. Reportedly, a 46-year-old Ocean Township man was driving a tanker truck on Route 10 when its brakes failed. The tanker truck was carrying 1,200 gallons of diesel fuel and 7,000 gallons of gasoline at the time of the truck accident . The ...

New Jersey docs wonder if medical malpractice to blame in death

Doctors in New Jersey are following closely reports from the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention that a Colorado man who died of West Nile disease got the exotic virus from a blood transfusion. Medical malpractice, medical negligence or other medical errors may be suspected in the 2012 death. The man reportedly received the transfusion while being treated for non-Hodgkins lymphoma, ...

Pit bull attack results in serious injury for Passaic woman

An 82-year-old Passaic woman was injured by a neighbor's dog on Aug. 6. The animal, a pit bull, jumped the fence between the woman's and her neighbor's property and attacked her as she fed her birds. The incident occurred on a Tuesday afternoon at the victim's Ninth Street home. The pit bull, one of two dogs at the neighbor's residence, got away from its owner's daughter and leaped over the fence. ...

Missed diagnoses the most common cause of malpractice claims

New Jersey residents may be interested in the findings of an extensive study performed by the British Medical Journal, or BMJ, which were published on July 18. Researchers analyzed the over 7,150 medical journals dealing with medical malpractice from the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia and France. The most common medical mistakes found were missed or incorrect diagnoses and drug ...