Category Archives for "Medical Malpractice"

$4.1M Medical Malpractice Verdict Awarded to Family of Child Permanently Injured by Negligent Surgery at CHOP

By Joe Messa

On Monday, June 7, 2021, a Philadelphia jury awarded seven-year-old “Baby J” Yasovsky a $4.1 million medical malpractice verdict for permanent injuries he sustained as the result of negligent ptosis surgery at CHOP, which resulted in a corneal abrasion and permanent corneal scar and impacted the vision in his left eye when he was 17 […]

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Mammography Quality Concerns Prompt FDA Intervention at North Jersey Imaging Facility

By Angela Leone

On May 21st, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a “Safety Communication” regarding Advanced Women’s Imaging (AWI), located in Guttenberg, NJ. Patients who had mammograms performed at AWI anytime on or after March 11, 2020 are being made aware of possible problems with the quality of their mammograms. Potential Medical Malpractice from Faulty […]

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An Update on Our Remote Operations: We’re Still Here!

By Angela Leone

From our Founder, Joseph L. Messa, Jr. – First, I hope you and your loved ones are safe and well. In this uncertain and unprecedented time, it is so important to remain focused on self-care and to abide by the guidelines set forth by the CDC and our State Government leaders. It is difficult and […]

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Covid-19, Oh I Swear (What I Mean) At This Moment, You Are Everything

By Angela Leone

If you haven’t figured it out from the title, or the picture above, Covid-19 and Come On, Eileen fit identically within the same melody line and this socially-distanced blogger may be a little bit too excited about it. It is nice to hear the term Covid-19 not followed by the terms “crisis” or “pandemic” or […]

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New Jersey Politicians Attempt to Control where New Jersey Patients can Receive Medical Treatment with Bipartisan ‘Patient Protection Act’

By Joe Messa

A bill currently moving through the New Jersey legislature aims to seriously limit physicians’ choices when it comes to the treatment of their patients. The bill (S-3816/A-5369), called the ‘Patient Protection Act,’ imposes lengthy, time-consuming processes on physicians who want to transfer or refer patients to out-of-state medical providers. The bill claims to protect patients […]

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Eleven children have died as the result of a viral outbreak in a NJ care facility

By Joe Messa

An eleventh child died late last week as the result of an adenovirus outbreak at the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Haskell, New Jersey. The Wanaque Center is a professional nursing home, rehabilitation center, and pediatrics center offering short and long term care. Patients in the pediatrics center are severely disabled children, often […]

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URGENT FDA WARNING: MAMMOGRAPHY PROBLEMS AT A MANAHAWKIN, NJ IMAGING CENTER

By Joe Messa

On September 24th, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a “Safety Communication” regarding Aims Diagnostic Imaging, located in Manahawkin, NJ. Patients who had mammograms at Aims Diagnostic anytime on or after June 15, 2017 are being made aware of possible problems with the quality of their mammograms. According to the FDA’s announcment, “This […]

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Study finds medical malpractice claims most often related to orthopedic surgery

By Joe Messa

We don’t prepare cases to settle them; there are plenty of lawyers who do that. We prepare cases ​for trial. When we take a case, we want to know that we can win it at trial and we prepare that case as if we’re going to trial. We are prepared to try every case. A […]

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Humira-related deaths put pharma company, AbbVie, in the spotlight

By Joe Messa

As far as pharmaceutical giants are concerned, AbbVie might not be a household name, but the company’s blockbuster drug, Humira, certainly is. Humira is an immunosuppresive approved to treat arthritis, plaque psoriasis, ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn’s disease, and ulcerative colitis. Recently, the United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) slammed the Chicago-based pharmaceutical company for not […]

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