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LOWENTHAL & ABRAMS New Jersey Injury Attorneys are waiting for your call- CALL US 1-800-876-LAWYER We handle medical malpractice cases in New Jersey.
Whenever you go to a New Jersey medical professional for consultation
or treatment, it is expected that the doctor, nurse, or physician
will treat you with the top quality the medical profession demands.
Medical malpractice is defined as a doctor's failure to exercise the degree
of care and skill that a physician, surgeon, or any other medical
professional would use under routine circumstances.
There are many different ways you or someone you know can be seriously
injured as a result of medical malpractice. The following are several
of the ways an individual can be injured or die due to medical malpractice:
1The classification of counties into urban or rural groups is based on the list of metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) defined by the Office of Management and Budget. For the purpose of this table, a rural area of residence is defined as an MSA with fewer than 50,000 resident population.2The July 1 enrollment counts used to calculate fee-for-service program payments per enrollee do not include Medicare enrollees in managed care plans.|
3Excludes Puerto Rico, Guam, Virgin Islands, in New Jersey
Amount in Millions
6,393
Per Person Served
6,993
Per Enrollee2
6,365
Urban program payments Amount in Millions
6,393
Urban program Per Enrollee2
6,993
Urban program Per Person Served
6,365
Rural Program Amount in Millions
-4
Rural Program Person Served
-4
Rural Program Per Enrollee2
-4
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of Information Services: Data from the Medicare Decision Support Access Facility; data development by the Office of Research, Development, and Information.
Medical Malpractice is a serious issue in New Jersey hospitals
and is a leading cause of wrongful death. Over 225,000 people die
from medicalmalpracticerelated
injuries in a single year.
There are many other ways to experience debilitating personal injuries
due to medical malpractice and the negligence of New Jersey doctors, nurses,
or other medical professionals. You can contact us if you have any
questions pertaining to wrongful deaths, personal injuries, or medical
malpractice.
Did You Know?
Drug-switching practices happen and are very dangerous
Another public-spirited drug giant, Merck, was forced to pay a settlement of $1.9 million to 17 states in 1995 for drug-switching practices involving its Medco subsidiary. Medco pharmacists, who had given excessively favorable treatment to Merck products, were thereafter required to reveal their Merck connection to their customers.
One of the most frequent causes of wrongful death in New Jersey
is medical malpractice. Thousands die each year and this kind
of wrongful death is not filed or goes unnoticed. Contact our New Jersey medical malpractice lawyers if
you think a relative or someone you know in has died
as a result of medical malpractice in New Jersey.
The Law Firm of Lowenthal & Abrams has
the experience and knowledge to help you settle your New Jersey medical malpractice issues. In addition, we have the expertise to assist you with other legal problems you may have, such as personal injury, wrongful death, birth injuries, and birth defects. Also, let us help you with your Pennsylvania
disability claim and handle your work related injury issues! Visit
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New Jersey Verdicts and Settlements
New Jersey woman injured in car accident awarded $512,500 in damages by jury
(7/9/1999)
Plaintiff, Heather Truchan sustained serious personal injuries as a result of an accident that occurred on December 10, 1993, at approximately 5:35 p.m. She was driving on Cheesquake Road in Sayreville, New Jersey at the time of the accident. As she
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