New Jersey families do their due diligence and choose a place for their older family members based on a variety of factors: type of skilled nursing care offered, cleanliness of the facility, and perhaps the home’s record when it comes to incidents of medical malpractice complaints. What families shouldn’t have to worry about is whether or not the nursing home…

Lourdes Rivera, a 56 year old Kearny woman, is suing the Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center in Secaucus after her dentures became lodged in her esophagus while she was under anesthesia for surgery. According to the lawsuit filed in New Jersey’s Superior Court, the mistake required a tracheostomy to remove the lower dentures, which remained in her esophagus for three months.…