On behalf of Breslin & Breslin, P.A. | Dec 27, 2013 | Surgical Errors
When your doctor in New Jersey, or anywhere in the country, recommends surgery, you not only trust their opinion, but you trust their expertise in performing the surgery. No one expects to go into surgery to have an organ repaired and to come out with other...
On behalf of Breslin & Breslin, P.A. | Dec 17, 2013 | Doctor Errors
“Kids aren’t just small adults.”So says Dr. Jack Percelay, an official with the American Academy of Pediatrics, who cites a close connection between that misconception and the medical mistakes that are sometimes visited upon children.A recently...
On behalf of Breslin & Breslin, P.A. | Dec 10, 2013 | Failure To Diagnose
Head injuries have been front and center in the collective American mindset for several years now, with media accounts of traumatic brain injury — including, centrally, concussions — regularly featuring in stories concerning head trauma suffered by people...
On behalf of Breslin & Breslin, P.A. | Dec 4, 2013 | Doctor Errors
This great irony has always existed in hospitals, whether they are in New Jersey or anywhere else: They are at once facilities where people go to get better while at the same time being environments marked by heightened risk factors that can imperil the health of...
On behalf of Breslin & Breslin, P.A. | Dec 2, 2013 | Surgical Errors
A St. Louis man suffering from medical errors committed by a VA Medical Center was recently awarded $8.3 million by a federal judge. A father of three, the plaintiff is now paralyzed and mostly non-communicative. The award was split between the plaintiff ($6.8...
