Where to Repair Makes a Difference The recent decision in Paz v. Grasso, decided 6-15-06, points out something many medical malpractice lawyers have known for some time: not all NJ hospitals are equipped to provide care at a level that can be provided in NYC or Philadelphia. In Paz, the patient underwent a lap-choly procedure
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Phone Records Kept of Callbacks to Patients After Discharge At least at one NJ hospital, records of telephone calls from physicians to patients previously discharged from the ER are maintained. In the case of Nishimura v. Spector, decided on April 20, 2006, the patient presented to the ER at Hunterdon Medical Center with a fever
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Gonzalez v. Agarwal Revisited One other noteworthy point about Gonzalez v. Agarwal (discussed below re: ER Care) is that the Court permitted that plaintiff’s attorney to question the accuracy of Dr. Agarwal’s office records, suggesting that they may have been re-copied with certain of the patient’s relevant complaints removed. While there was no direct evidence
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Hospital Sends Police Officer to Patient’s Home After Abnormal Test So, I was reading the decision of the Court in Gonzalez v. Agarwal (decided on 1-23-06 but just recently coming across my desk). Essentially, a woman had been complaining of headaches for over two years. Eventually, she ends up at the ER at St. Joseph’s
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