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- How Emergency Room Overcrowding During the Holidays Can Lead to Dangerous Mistakes
Dec 24, 2025
The holiday season is supposed to be a time for family, travel, and celebration. Unfortunately, it is also one of the busiest times of year for hospital emergency rooms in New Jersey and across the country. Respiratory viruses surge, winter weather contributes to crashes and falls, and many people delay care until symptoms become unbearable. The result is a perfect storm of overcrowded emergency departments, longer wait times, and stressed clinical teams making high-stakes decisions...Read More - 5 Signs Your Hospital May Have Been Negligent In Your Loved One’s Care
Dec 10, 2025
When a loved one goes into the hospital, you expect careful monitoring, clear communication, and timely treatment. However, when something feels off and your family starts getting vague answers, it is natural to wonder whether the hospital made mistakes. Hospital negligence can happen in many ways, through Below are What Hospital Negligence Can Look Like In Real Life Hospitals treat complex cases every day, and bad outcomes do not always mean negligence occurred...Read More - ER Errors and Medical Malpractice: What Happens When Hospitals Fail in NJ?
Jun 18, 2025
The Chaos of the Emergency Room—and the Cost of Getting It Wrong In a medical emergency, we trust hospitals and ER doctors to act quickly, decisively, and competently. But when that system breaks down, the consequences can be catastrophic. From misdiagnosed strokes to delayed treatment for internal bleeding, ER errors and medical malpractice can have devastating effects on patients and their families. In New Jersey, emergency room mistakes are not uncommon—and in some cases, they...Read More - When Hospital Protocol Fails: How Administrative Negligence Can Lead to Medical Malpractice Claims Blog
Oct 16, 2024
When most people think of medical malpractice, they imagine a doctor making a critical mistake during surgery or misdiagnosing a serious illness. However, not all malpractice stems from direct medical errors. Sometimes, hospital administration can fail to follow proper protocols, leading to dangerous outcomes for patients. Administrative negligence in hospitals is an often-overlooked but critical component in many What Is Administrative Negligence? Administrative negligence occurs when the hospital’s management or support staff fails to...Read More - Do Hospitals Profit from Medical Errors?
Jun 5, 2024
This year researchers confirmed what many have long suspected: hospital revenue increases when patients suffer complications due to medical errors. Without The Results of the Study The groundbreaking study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), probably the most prestigious journal in the field of medicine. Its data is shocking. Researchers looked at the medical records of 34,256 patients, of whom 1820 experienced complications. That’s a rate of 5.3%, less...Read More - Understanding Hospital Malpractice: Causes, Consequences, and Legal Options
Apr 5, 2023
When we visit a hospital, we expect to receive proper medical care that will help us recover from our ailments. However, there are times when hospital staff or doctors may make mistakes, leading to serious injuries or even death. This is called Examples of Medical Malpractice Failure to diagnose a condition or disease in a timely manner Misdiagnosis of a condition or disease Surgical errors, such as wrong-site surgery or leaving surgical instruments inside...Read More - Medical Malpractice Liability for Hospital-Acquired Infections
Apr 24, 2022
Unfortunately, patients developing infections while in the hospital happens more commonly than you may think. If an infection is caught early, it is often easy to treat and causes no additional harm or suffering to a patient. But hospital-acquired infections that go untreated for too long can become dangerous or even deadly. In these cases, providers may have What Is a Hospital-Acquired Infection? A hospital-acquired infection is considered any infection that occurs in...Read More - Medical Malpractice At The Emergency Room: When To Sue In New Jersey
Aug 13, 2019
Emergency Room Medical Malpractice in New Jersey When you or a loved one faces a sudden health crisis, the emergency room is often the place to turn to for immediate and expert care. However, there are some cases where a healthcare professional’s errors mean that the patient suffers more injury and harm that can mean long term health issues. If you are harmed under these circumstances, you are entitled to fair and just compensation under...Read More - Medical Malpractice: Seeking Compensation From Your Hospital
Apr 12, 2018
It’s devastating when you’re injured at the hands of a trusted medical professional. To make matters worse, it’s overwhelming to navigate complicated Injuries Caused By Negligent Hospital Employees When your injury is caused by a hospital employee’s negligence, then the hospital will be liable for damages. Nurses, support staff and medical technicians are almost always hospital employees. When they’ve been negligent while doing something job-related, the injured party can seek compensation from the hospital...Read More - When Can A Hospital Be Liable for Pain and Suffering?
Sep 19, 2017
While many hospitals in New Jersey strive to reduce the rate of these errors, negligence in the provision of medical care can result in a patient being injured by treatment that fails to meet the standard of care. When this happens, the hospital may be liable for medical malpractice. When medical malpractice occurs, damages are typically sorted into three categories. “Economic” damages cover things like medical costs, lost wages, transportation costs, and other expenses directly...Read More