O'CONNOR, PARSONS, LANE & NOBLE

$2.9M

Medical Malpractice

Patient-decedent saw medical care provider with complaints concerning an acute cardiac condition requiring emergent workup. Provider referred for routine consult. Patient died of cardiac arrest prior to consult.

$3.9M

Medical Malpractice

Cardiologist advised hospital administrative assistant to undergo bypass surgery for a blockage. Suffered scarring and residual pain. Later catheterization showed bypassed arteries were clear. Alleged victim had history of catheter-induced spasms that could look like a blockage, and an intravascular ultrasound would have determined if blockage existed.

$14.9M

Medical Malpractice

Neonatologist and nurse failed to provide a blood transfusion to a newborn with anemia/lack of oxygen, resulting in a serious cerebral palsy condition for the infant due to delayed transfusion.

$8M

Medical Malpractice

Prenatal testing facility failed to properly perform genetic testing for Beta Thalassemia Major, incorrectly informing parents baby would only be a carrier. Infant born with serious disease. Facility failed to follow protocol.

$28M

Medical Malpractice

Largest medical malpractice verdict in New Jersey for failure to disclose an unborn infant’s serious genetic defect, leading to around-the-clock care, respirator, and feeding tube. Child born with myotubular myopathy (MTM). Mother awarded $15 million for future medical expenses and $13 million for anguish.

$1.8M

Medical Malpractice

Doctor failed to perform close follow-up after internal fixation of a leg fracture. Client exhibited signs of infection, but doctor disregarded. Bone infection (osteomyelitis) developed due to delay, requiring muscle flap surgeries and resulting in gait impairment.