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Practice/Industry Group Overview
For over 40 years, Porzio, Bromberg & Newman's personal injury team has assisted victims of medical malpractice and complex motor vehicle, construction, and slip and fall accidents that result in bodily harm and emotional distress. The team members have extensive experience handling and trying these cases against physicians, health care providers and insurance companies. In addition, the personal injury team includes legal nurse consultants with various specialties and vast experience both in hospital settings and working for malpractice insurance companies. We represent clients in both New Jersey and New York.
Medical Malpractice
Our attorneys have developed and maintained a high profile plaintiffs' practice, representing clients against health care providers in virtually every medical specialty. Over the years, we have developed extensive contacts with expert witnesses ably prepared to review potential claims. Our lawyers have particular experience in successfully pursuing claims on behalf of neurologically-impaired children and other catastrophically-injured victims of medical negligence in both New Jersey and New York.
General Personal Injury
Porzio, Bromberg & Newman's lawyers handle a broad spectrum of automobile negligence, premises liability, construction accident and general liability cases. Our years of experience in dealing with insurance companies and claims adjusters often lead to favorable results on questions of coverage and in settlement negotiations.
REPRESENTATIVE CASES
The breadth of our successful personal injury practice is evident from the following:
- $7.9 million verdict against an obstetrician for Erbs palsy resulting from delivery by a first-year resident after abandonment of the mother in labor
- $5.7 million verdict involving a lower back injury arising from an automobile accident
- $4 million verdict for paraplegia following fall from building under construction
- $3.7 million verdict against an obstetrician for bilateral brachial plexus injury to a baby, caused by delivery
- $3.7 million settlement against an obstetrician for failing to treat intrauterine growth retardation, causing severe brain damage
- $3.6 million settlement for obstetrical malpractice resulting in cerebral palsy (New York)
- $3.6 million settlement for blindness as a result of an undiagnosed infection
- $3.5 million verdict against an obstetrician for failure to treat premature labor
- $3.0 million settlement during trial for 5-year-old with brain injuries caused by neonatologists
- $2.5 million settlement during trial for diabetic plaintiff whose arms and legs were amputated as a result of inadequate exams (New York)
- $2.5 million settlement/verdict against a nurse midwife and labor and delivery nurses who failed to diagnose and treat fetal distress
- $2.2 million settlement against an internist and burn specialist for vision loss due to medication
- $1.5 million settlement against SUV manufacturer for paraplegia suffered during rollover accident
- $1.5 million settlement for blindness caused by post-surgical care
- $1.5 million settlement for delay in diagnosis of prostate cancer
- $1.35 million settlement for the failure to diagnose spina bifida by a radiologist and for failure by perinatologist to order proper tests
- $1.2 million settlement during trial against an obstetrician who failed to treat Group B strep in a pregnant mother
- $1.0 million settlement against an obstetrician who failed to recognize fetal distress secondary to the mother’s infection
- $1.0 million settlement against a pediatrician based on a delayed diagnosis of congenital hip dysplasia
- $1.0 million settlement for failure to diagnose a perforated intestine
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