In this medical malpractice case, the plaintiff experienced severe pain, numbness, and swelling in the right foot following surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon by the defendant podiatrist. The plaintiff suffered permanent nerve damage alleged to have been caused by compression from excessive mid-thigh pneumatic tourniquet used during the procedure to achieve hemostasis. The
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ln Karpuzi, the plaintiff appealed on the grounds that the Trial Court failed to ask at least three open ended question during jury selection according to the directive requirements of the AOC. (See Administrative Directive #4-O7ll. At trial, the Judge did not ask any open ended question because he believed the information to be elicited
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Plaintiff Feltynowski appealed from a Law Division Order granting defendant Kaufman M.D.’s motion for Summary Judgment and dismissing her Complaint with prejudice for her failure to timely serve a Notice of Claim pursuant to the New Jersey Tort Claims Act (TCA), and, a denial of her application to file a late notice based upon extraordinary
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In this medical malpractice case, plaintiff appeals from companion Orders entered on June 15, 2015, which (a) denied his motion to be relieved from the requirements of N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-27 and (b) dismissed his complaint with prejudice against defendant Vadim Barg, M.D. The Trial Court dismissed the Complaint because plaintiff failed to file an Affidavit of
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In this case, plaintiff underwent a colonoscopy and polypectomy performed by the defendant doctor. Plaintiff alleged that the defendant negligently performed the procedure by failing to create a cushion underneath her polyp. A claim for failure to obtain informed consent was not asserted. Prior to trial, plaintiff filed a motion to exclude as evidence the
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