Legal Question in Medical Malpractice in New Jersey

Re: lyme

I would add that under the �discovery rule� your daughter�s statute of limitations extends no longer than 2 years after she could have �discovered� the Lyme disease. She (she IS an �adult�) should call attorneys NOW, if she wishes to investigate a possible malpractice case,

Whether there is a case will depend largely on what kinds of permanent problems she has, as many problems from Lyme disease will be temporary.

Regarding the care - that is UNFORGIVABLE - a �Target� lesion is CLASSIC Lyme disease.

Before the blood test, which is roughly 20 years old - the �target� lesion was virtually the ONLY way to make the diagnosis. Unless this doctor had an alternate reasonable explanation for the target rash, she should have been treated in 2006 while waiting for the results (or arguably without a blood test!)

Re: lyme

This firm may be able to pursue a claim for your daughter surrounding the doctor's possible failure to timely diagnose and treat the Lyme's Disease. We have handled similar cases previously. We'd need additional information in order to evaluate your daughter's potential claim. Please feel free to contact me or any of my partners at the Blume Goldfaden Firm via the profile information provided on this site. We look forward to speaking with you and your daughter, and will assist you in any way we can.

Michael B. Zerres