Surgeon sentenced for billing sham surgeries to Medicare
New Jersey residents may be interested in the latest developments in a criminal case against an orthopedic surgeon who was accused of charging Medicare for thousands of surgeries that never took place. On March 7, the doctor, who practiced in Poughkeepsie, was sentenced to 4.5 years in federal prison. He pleaded guilty to one count […]
Family of injured Russian boxer to file lawsuit
Those who follow boxing in New Jersey may be interested to know that while Russian heavyweight boxer Magomed Abdusalamov remains in rehabilitation following a Nov. 2 fight at Madison Square Garden, his family has reported they will file a $100 million lawsuit against New York State and its athletic commission. The family believes the commission’s […]
New Jersey doctor loses license again
A 49-year-old New Jersey anesthesiologist has been performing complex surgical procedures without the proper training, according to the state’s Board of Medical Examiners. The board revoked the man’s license and ordered financial penalties, saying that he had been repeatedly negligent, unprofessional and dishonest. The New Jersey attorney general lauded the decision to revoke the man’s […]
Teen left brain damaged after breast augmentation surgery
New Jersey residents considering cosmetic surgery may want to know that a teenage mother is brain damaged due to complications that followed a breast augmentation. The 18-year-old woman’s family plans to sue the Coral Gables Cosmetic Center for medical malpractice and is seeking legal guardianship of the girl’s son, who is 4. In August 2013, […]
Opera singer says botched episiotomy ruined her career
New Jersey readers may be interested to know about a woman who claims that a midwife performed an episiotomy without consent and botched the procedure. The medical malpractice suit filed on behalf of the plaintiff claims the new mother now has excessive flatulence and periodic stool leakage that has caused her to put her opera […]
Doctors support robotic surgeries
People of all ages in Woodbridge, New Jersey, may be affected by the massive recall announced by Intuitive Surgical Inc. towards the end of 2013. The predominant fear for most parties affected centers on the increased likelihood and implications of a medical malpractice case if one of the robotic surgical systems ever does go haywire. […]
Teenage girl dies after routine surgery
New Jersey parents may have heard that what was supposed to be a simple surgery with a short recovery time ended in the death of a teenage girl. After the girl had a tonsillectomy on Dec. 9 at the Children’s Hospital and Research Center in Oakland, California, the girl awoke and spoke to her mother. […]
Mother fights for Leah’s Law for monitoring post-op patients
New Jersey parents might be interested in what one mother is doing. The mother of an 11-year-old girl who died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in December 2002 is taking a case to the legislature of California in 2014. Her daughter’s death has devastated her family, and she is making it her mission in life to […]
Routine gynecological examination goes wrong
New Jersey women might be shocked to learn about an Ohio woman who went to the doctor for a routine gynecological examination and allegedly ended up getting her vagina sprayed with potassium hydroxide, a chemical used in most drain cleaners. The doctor was performing a colposcopy, in which vinegar or a similar substance is sprayed […]
Medical malpractice lawsuit settled for $7.5 million
New Jersey readers may take interest in the account of a $7.5 million settlement that was awarded to a Los Angeles County toddler who sustained a brain injury at birth. The medical malpractice lawsuit alleged that the baby’s brain was deprived of oxygen during delivery because his mother suffered a ruptured uterus. The attorney on […]