Re: Need help- Essex Couple that won lawsuit article?

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Marie -

I will type in this article. Please forgive the many typos which

will occur! I will have DH scan it when he returns from Chicago!

Star Ledger dated 3/15/2002

A Roseland Couple who alleged that doctors were negligent for not

referring their newborn son, who has a skull deformity, to a

specialist soon enough have been awarded $2 million in a malpractice

lawsuit.

A jury in Newark courtroon of Superior Court Judge Linares

unanimously found Prestigiacomo and Strader negligent

Wednesday. The pediatricians, who practice in Caldwell, cared for

the son of Guy and Robyn Iannuzzi.

A third doctor who was part of the malpractice suit, Berg,

was exonerated. Berg, who practices in Livingston, had been the

child's ear and nose doctor.

" The parents are extremely happy with the jury's verdict, " said

Ernie Fronzuto, one of two attorneys representing the couple.

Sharpe, attorney for the defendants, did not return phone

calls to his office.

" If the defendants should decide to appeal, I'm confident that our

appellate court will uphold the jury's verdict, " said Fronzuto of

the Piro, Zinna, Cifelli and Paris law firm in Nutley.

The boy was born four years ago with a deformity of the skull called

plagiocephaly, said Fronzuto, adding that the condition went

undiagnosed for the first 10 months of the child's like.

" They failed to send the infant to a cranial specialist in a timely

fashion, " he said.

By the time the doctors had referred the infant to a specialist, he

had already suffered permanent deformity to his head, Fronzuto said.

Fronzuto said the jury based its award on the permanent nature of

the deformity and the potential for emotional problems.

Medical expenses were not part of the their assessment, he said.

Dane's mom DOC Grad

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> Hi Gail

> Thanks for the info on the article. While the file printed

ledgibly however, the scanned attachment is only the first page. Did

you save this in your files or did you scan this from a paper file?

Can you give me the names of the parties to the case or the date of

the article? Perhaps I can go directly to the court here in NJ, and

to the star ledger to get the archive on it. I will be happy to get

all this info to everyone else, once I receive it. I am preparing an

appeal and have to submit by June 8th and I think this will be vital

to the case.

> Marie Klaszky

> Claim specialist - patient advocate

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