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Blume Forte Fried Zerres & MolinariPartner
Carol L. Forte
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Carol L. Forte

4.9
1 review

One Main Street, Chatham, NJ 07928-2426

Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury Litigation, Airbag Injury and 134 more

About Carol L. Forte

Registered Nurse, State of New Jersey, 1979. Author: "Overcoming the ACOG 163 Defense in Brain Damaged Baby Cases," Birth Trauma Litigation Group, Ontario, Canada, June 1996; "Anticipating the Defenses to Shoulder Dystocia Cases," Boston, MA Birth Trauma Litigation Group, July 1996. Panelist: "Causation and Timing Issues in the Catastrophic Injury Cases," Birth Trauma Litigation Group, Atlanta, GA, April 1997; "HMO Liability for Negligent Credentialling," Professional Negligence Section of the American Trial Lawyers Association, Chicago, Il., July 2000. Listed in: One of the National Law Journal's Top 12 Litigators in New Jersey, 2000; One of America's Top 50 Women Litigators, National Law Journal, 2000-2001; Outstanding Civil Trial Attorney's Award, Essex County Bar Association, April 2002; Woman's Law Forum of Seton Hall, "Woman of Substance Award," 2003. President, North Hudson Lawyers Club, 2002—. Trustee, Hudson County Bar, July 2000. Past Member, American Board of Trial Advocates.

 

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Areas of Law

  • Medical Malpractice 2
    • Dental Malpractice
    • Failure to Diagnose
  • Airbag Injury
  • Assault
  • Aviation Law 1
    • Airplane Crash Litigation
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Class Actions
  • Civil Practice
  • Gastric Bypass Surgery Malpractice
  • Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility 1
    • Legal Malpractice
  • Lung Cancer
  • Torts 1
    • Negligence
  • Personal Injury 6
    • Boating Accidents
    • Dog Bites
    • Motorcycle Accidents
    • Sexual Abuse
    • Slip and Fall
    • Wrongful Death
  • Whiplash
  • Premises Liability
  • Products Liability 3
    • Automotive Products Liability
    • Drug and Medical Device Litigation
    • Food Products Liability
  • Seat Belt Injury
  • Professional Liability
  • Workers Compensation
  • Other 108
    • Personal Injury Litigation
    • Aviation and Aerospace
    • Aviation Accidents
    • Erb's Palsy
    • Legal Negligence
    • Legal Professional Liability
    • Birth Trauma
    • Chiropractors Malpractice
    • Cosmetic Surgery Malpractice
    • Gynecology Malpractice
    • Medical Liability
    • Medical Negligence
    • Medical-Legal Law
    • Medication Errors
    • Mental Health Professionals Malpractice
    • Nursing Liability
    • Nursing Malpractice
    • Nursing Negligence
    • Obstetric Malpractice
    • Optometric Malpractice
    • Orthopedic Malpractice
    • Pediatric Malpractice
    • Pharmacists Liability
    • Physicians Professional Liability
    • Podiatric Malpractice
    • Psychiatric Malpractice
    • Psychology Malpractice
    • Psychotherapy Law
    • Surgeons Liability
    • Wrong Site Surgery
    • Accidents
    • Animal Attacks
    • Aquatic Injuries
    • Automobile Accidents and Injuries
    • Automobile Negligence
    • Bicycle Accidents
    • Bodily Injury
    • Brain Injury
    • Bus Accidents
    • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
    • Catastrophic Injury
    • Commercial Vehicle Liability
    • Cumulative Trauma
    • Electrical Injury
    • Head Injury
    • Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries
    • Pedestrian Injuries
    • Personal Injury Mediation
    • Personal Injury Arbitration
    • Plaintiffs Personal Injury
    • Power Line Contact Injury
    • Psychological Injury
    • Rental Vehicle Litigation
    • Repetitive Stress Injury
    • School Bus Accidents
    • Severe Burns
    • Spinal Injury
    • Subway Accidents
    • Third Party Wrongful Death
    • Tourist Injuries
    • Traumatic Brain Injury
    • Unintended Acceleration
    • Inadequate Security
    • Negligent Security
    • Premises Security
    • Private Security Litigation
    • All Terrain Vehicle Products Liability
    • Automotive Crashworthiness
    • Automotive Design Liability
    • Automotive Restraints
    • Bicycle Products Liability
    • Biomedical Products Liability
    • Blood Bank Liability
    • Chemical Explosions
    • Chemical Products Liability
    • Drug Contamination
    • Elevator Liability
    • Engineering Products Liability
    • Environmental Products Liability
    • Escalator Liability
    • Explosions
    • Firearms Litigation
    • Flammable Fabrics
    • Food Borne Disease
    • Gas Explosions
    • Heart Device Litigation
    • Heavy Equipment Products Liability
    • Industrial Products Liability
    • Manufacturers Liability
    • Motorcycle Products Liability
    • Office Equipment Products Liability
    • Product Defects
    • Product Failure
    • Product Recall
    • Product Safety
    • Product Warning Labels
    • Products Liability Arbitration
    • Products Liability Mediation
    • Propane Products Liability
    • Recreational Products Liability
    • Recreational Vehicle Products Liability
    • Tire Defect Litigation
    • Tire/Rim Mismatch
    • Vehicle Rollovers
    • Welding Products Liability
    • Professional Malpractice
    • Professional Negligence
    • Seatbelt Injury

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Partner
    Firm Name
    Blume Forte Fried Zerres & Molinari
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Velazquez v. Portadin 163 N.J. 677 (2000)
    Cogdell v. Hospital Center at Orange, 116 N.J. 7 (1989).
  • Additional Links
    http://www.njatty.com/lawyers/fortec.html

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1984, New Jersey
    1984, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
    Memberships
    Essex County (Member, Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments Committee, 2001—), Morris County and New Jersey State (Past Member, Civil Trial Practice Committee) Bar Associations
    American Trial Lawyers Association - New Jersey (Member, Board of Directors, 1996—, and Co-Chair, 1997-1999, Birth Trauma Litigation Group)
    William J. Brennan Inn of Court (Master).
  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Seton Hall University
    Class of 1984
    J.D.
    cum laude
    Other Education
    Wagner College
    Class of 1981
    B.S.N.
    magna cum laude
    Legal Certifications
    Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Certified Trial Attorney
  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Born in 1958
    Elizabeth, New Jersey, September 12, 1958

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    Blume Forte Fried Zerres & Molinari has 20 attorneys at this location.
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    Carol L. Forte attended Seton Hall University.
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    Blume Forte Fried Zerres & Molinari was established in 1930.

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