Alleged Failure to Order Bone Density Test (New Jersey)

Facts: The female plaintiff in her late 20s had received overlapping treatment from the three defendants, including an internist, podiatrist and ob/gyn, with the ob/gyn seeing her last. The plaintiff contended that despite the weight of the 5 ft. 5 in. tall plaintiff, which dropped as low as 101 lbs., frequent rigorous exercise, the loss of her period and the suffering of two stress fractures to the feet, the defendants negligently failed to consider that the plaintiff might be suffering from an eating disorder.

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Alleged Failure To Properly Perform Removal of Neuroma on Foot (New York)

In this medical malpractice case, the female plaintiff contended that the defendant podiatrist negligently failed to properly diagnose and treat a lump in her foot. The plaintiff also maintained that the defendant failed to perform an MRI prior to surgery, resulting in the defendant allegedly failing to completely excise the mass during the surgical removal of the neuroma.

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