According to the American Medical Association, general surgeons and obstetrician-gynecologists are at the greatest risk of facing medical liability lawsuits. (Photo: Shutterstock)
A judge in Union County on May 21 approved a $1.7 million settlement in Aguasvivas v. Langer-Most, a medical malpractice suit claiming that an obstetrician-gynecologist and a midwife failed to notify a pregnant woman that she was carrying a fetus with Down syndrome.
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David Gialanella
David Gialanella, Editor-in-Chief, Business of Law and The American Lawyer, has been with ALM since 2010 in various roles. He previously managed the New Jersey Law Journal and oversaw all of ALM's regional brands. Reach him at [email protected].
