Medical malpractice law in New Jersey allows patients injured by preventable medical mistakes at health systems like Virtua Medical Group (VMG) or Virtua-affiliated hospitals, including Virtua Voorhees Hospital, Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes in Camden, and nearby Virtua facilities, to seek legal accountability and compensation.
Major medical groups like VMG are well-resourced and prepared to defend malpractice claims. They will not think twice about challenging your claim or settling it for the lowest amount possible. With legal assistance from our medical malpractice lawyers against Virtua Medical Group at Ginsberg & O’Connor, we can help ensure you are fairly compensated for your losses.
Do I Have a Medical Malpractice Claim Against Virtua Medical Group?
Virtua Medical Group works with doctors who provide care across South Jersey. These doctors don’t operate their own private practices. This means that when a VMG doctor injures you due to negligence, you can also hold VMG responsible for your losses through a medical malpractice claim.
This is called vicarious liability. Our medical malpractice attorneys know how to evaluate these relationships and determine how you can hold Virtua Medical Group accountable for a doctor’s negligent care.
Common Causes of Doctor Negligence
The following are common causes of doctor negligence that our medical malpractice attorneys see:
- Emergency Care Negligence – Failing to recognize medical emergencies, delaying urgent treatment, or discharging patients too soon
- Diagnostic Negligence – Failing to diagnose a serious condition, delaying diagnosis or treatment, misreading test results or imaging, or failing to order necessary tests
- Informed Consent Violations – Failing to explain risks and alternatives, performing procedures without proper consent, or not answering patient questions honestly
- Surgical Negligence – Operating on the wrong area, causing avoidable organ or nerve damage, failing to follow surgical safety procedures, or providing poor post-surgical care or follow-up
- Treatment Errors – Providing the wrong treatment, using outdated or improper methods, or failing to adjust treatment when a patient’s condition worsens
- Failure to Refer or Consult – Not referring a patient to a specialist, delaying referral for serious conditions, or failing to seek consultation when required
- Medication Prescribing Errors – Prescribing the wrong medication, prescribing the wrong dose, ignoring drug interactions or allergies, or failing to monitor medication side effects
- Monitoring and Follow-Up Failures – Failing to monitor a patient’s condition, ignoring worsening symptoms, or not following up on abnormal test results
- Communication Failures – Not documenting care properly, poor communication with patients, or failing to communicate critical information to other providers
- Professional Judgment Errors – Ignoring accepted medical guidelines, making decisions without adequate information, or relying on assumptions instead of proper evaluation
If you recognize any of these errors in the care you received from a VMG doctor, our medical malpractice lawyers against Virtua Medical Group can review your situation and determine your next steps.
What Damages Can I Receive in a Medical Malpractice Case?
In New Jersey, you can pursue compensation for a range of losses caused by medical negligence. These can include:
- Medical expenses – Past and future hospital bills, rehabilitation, corrective surgeries, and therapy
- Pain and suffering – Physical and emotional harm resulting from injury and recovery
- Lost wages and earning capacity – Income lost due to time away from work or reduced future earning ability
- Loss of consortium – Impact on family relationships and daily life
- Long-term care costs – Ongoing care needs due to permanent disability
Our medical malpractice attorneys can quantify these damages through careful documentation and expert analysis, ensuring your case reflects the full impact of the harm you endured.
Our Medical Malpractice Lawyers Fight Virtua Medical Group for You
At Ginsberg & O’Connor, our experienced medical malpractice lawyers can help you by:
- Reviewing and preserving your medical records to document what really happened to you and when.
- Collaborating with medical experts to establish whether the care you received fell below accepted standards.
- Ensuring compliance with New Jersey’s legal requirements, including filing an Affidavit of Merit, which certifies that a qualified medical expert believes you have a reasonable basis to proceed with a malpractice claim.
- Calculating full compensation for all your current and future losses.
- Negotiating with insurers and hospital defense teams to secure compensation.
- Preparing your case for trial when insurers or facilities refuse to offer the compensation you’re entitled to under the law.
Let Our Seasoned Medical Malpractice Attorneys Help You
To learn more about your case, arrange a free case evaluation with our medical malpractice lawyers against Virtua Medical Group at Ginsberg & O’Connor by reaching out online or calling 856-727-1991.