- Michelle Zeigler | March 29, 2007 9:51 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a young woman who was killed when the motorcycle she was riding on collided with a Philadelphia bound New Jersey Transit train. Her boyfiend, the driver, was also killed.The prelliminary investigation reveals that the train was speeding and that warning signs were blocked with trees and shrubs. Experts have determined that the accident was the fault of...
- Mike Ferrara | March 27, 2007 10:55 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeIn a major study released in the March 26, 2007 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers found that there were far too many angioplasties with stents being performed. They estimated that about 50,000 procedures per year could have been avoided and the patients treated with medication just as effectively. Each procedure costs about $25,000 and stent sales, dominated by...
- Mike Ferrara | March 27, 2007 10:27 PM |
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Nursing Home & Elder AbuseAs more and more baby-boomers begin to retire, finding decent nursing homes is a major concern. The quality of nursing homes varies from state to state, but one place you never want to send your loved ones is the Lagunda Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center in California. They were hit with California's most severe fine after an investigating a resident's death. The state found that...
- Mike Ferrara | March 26, 2007 2:05 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeA 19 year old Piedmont College student had chronic back pain. He went in for surgery to relieve the pain and wound up being paralyzed from the waist down because of medical malpractice. A jury in Georgia awarded $11,000,000 to the young man. They found that the doctors were negligent in their treatment. For a full report on this verdict, see the article that appeared in the Atlanta...
- Mike Ferrara | March 26, 2007 12:29 AM |
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MiscellaneousPublic Citizen reports that yesterday was a historic victory for whistleblowers and for the nation. By an overwhelming margin, the House of Representatives voted 331 to 94 in favor of the "Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2007." This major reform honors the many brave federal employees who have dared to stand up to government waste, fraud and abuse. As a result of enhanced...
- Mike Ferrara | March 26, 2007 12:07 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsAfter his buddy died hours earlier, Andrew Coit was hit and killed by a hit and run driver while playing his guitar at the site of the crash. Several hours before, his 14 year old friend died when his car hit a tree. He was drinking and had taken his mother's minivan without permission. As prom season approaches, all parents and teachers must do all in their power to make sure these...
- Staff Writer | March 23, 2007 9:58 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsOur children are in danger every day from our cars, even when we are not on the roadway. Just last week, 7 children died from injuries from non-traffic related accidents with cars such as leaving children in cars, backovers, etc. On average, over 450 children a year are injured from these types of accidents, 150 of which lead to fatalities. Please check out the wonderful group called Kids...
- Mike Ferrara | March 19, 2007 5:54 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA jury in Freehold, NJ, awarded a 78 year old man $130,000 for injuries he sustained in a 2001 auto crash.He sustained 3 bulging discs and underwent 3 epidural injections to help alleviate his pain. The insurance company had made a $25,000 offer which was rejected by the plaintiff. In a classic case of junk science, the insurance company hired a doctor to testify that bulging discs can...
- Mike Ferrara | March 17, 2007 3:51 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesIn a signifcant victory for our police officers and firefighters, the New Jersey Supreme Court in an unanimous opinion in the case of Ruiz v. Mero, abolished the common law doctrine referred to as the Firefighter's Rule. This rule prevented first responders, such as police officers and firefighters, from recovering damages from a property owner for injuries they sustain while confronting...
- Christina Cole | March 16, 2007 7:11 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA 71-year-old woman is thanking her lucky stars today for escaping serious injury when she was pinned beneath an out-of-control car just outside of Kings Highway supermarket, said police.The accident occurred as a 92-year-old Cherry Hill man was backing out of his parking space in the Ellisburg Shopping Center at 5pm on Wednesday, police said.The driver hit the accelerator when he should have...
- Mike Ferrara | March 15, 2007 7:20 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsAfter six hours of deliberations, a jury in Mt. Holly, New Jersey today awarded $23,500 in an auto crash case. The plaintiff underwent 4 months of physical therapy with Dr. Gerald Ringold. An MRI showed a small disc protrusion at the C2-3 level effacing the thecal sac. There had been a prior arbitration award of $10,000 that the defendant's insurance company, New Jersey Manufacturers,...
- Mike Ferrara | March 15, 2007 6:59 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesIt's hard to believe that there are still railroad workers being injured on the job. Just recently an worker from Indiana won a $8.4 millon dollar jury verdict when he lost his leg. He was run over by a train. The jury did find the worker to be partially at fault for his injury and assessed his degree of fault at 10%. The railroad and the worker reached a settlement after the verdict...
- Mike Ferrara | March 13, 2007 11:19 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsA jury of 5 men and 3 woman in Atlantic City, New Jersey, found that Merck and Co., Inc. was responsible for causing the heart attack of an Idaho man. Merck knew that Vioxx was a dangerous drug and ordered it withdrawn from the worldwide marketplace on September 30, 2004. The jury found that Merck knew that Vioxx was a dangerous drug and hid that fact from doctors and the general public. ...
- Staff Writer | March 13, 2007 2:25 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesRonald Kustrup, an iron worker, fell 15 feet through an unguarded elevator shaft while working at a construction site in Mercer County, New Jersey. According to Mr. Kustrup's expert, the area should have been secured to prevent workers from accidentally falling in the open shaft. The general contractor and the owner of company where the construction project was being done had a non-delagable...
- Michelle Zeigler | March 13, 2007 9:01 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeA Wassau, Wisconsin jury found that an orthopedic surgeon had committed medical malpractice when he failed to diagnose a 67 year old woman's traumatic dislocated shoulder. They awarded $600,000. The plaintiff's attorney was Paul Scoptur, an experienced personal injury lawyer with primary offices in Milwaukee. This case serves to illustrate that juries have the ability to separate...
- Mike Ferrara | March 11, 2007 1:07 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeIn a clear case of profits over people, The Hackensack Medical Center in New Jersey has been cited by State officials for giving a blind, paraplegic 58 year old man insufficient care upon his release. Within hours of his release he had to be taken by ambulance to Holy Name Hospital, where he was promptly admitted. He remained in the ICU unit for 4 days and then remained at Holy Name for...
- Christina Cole | March 10, 2007 3:31 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA brother and sister were killed in a terrible car accident on Wednesday due to bad weather and an inexperienced driver. It appears the driver may have been traveling too fast for road conditions.The scene was horrific on Freehold Road after a Nissan slammed sideways into a tree, killing the 17-year-old driver instantly and his 16-year-old sister in the passenger seat.The speed limit on Freehold...
- Michelle Zeigler | March 08, 2007 1:50 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeOur firm represented a 59 year old woman in a medical malpractice claim. She was admitted to the hospital to have a routine colostomy reversal. While performing this routine surgery, the surgeon made a medical mistake and removed her kidney. He didn't know it was a kidney. Fortunately for New Jersey residents, the hospital fired this doctor the following day. Despite the cries of...
- Megan Costello | March 08, 2007 10:09 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsA 67 year old Massachusetts woman sustained serious personal injuries when the car she was driving was rear-ended by several tractor trailers on the New Jersey Turnpike. The truck immediately behind her drove over the side of her SUV and crushed it. Trucks routinely exceed the posted speed limits on the New Jersey Turnpike. In addition, there are many situations when drivers use...
- Michelle Zeigler | March 07, 2007 11:18 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsIt is really unfortunate that AOL posts articles like this one about "Crazy Lawsuits". If anything is frivolous, it is the allegation that lawsuits engage in "frivolity". No systems are perfect but putting down the civil justice system is simply wrong. All of the personal injury cases that our firm takes are carefully screened. We make certain that only meritorious medical malpractice cases...
- Mike Ferrara | March 06, 2007 3:21 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeIn a new study looking at the years between 1998 and 2005, it was found that doctors, nurses and hospital staffs made 11,239 errors in filling prescriptions relating to surgery patients. These were cases of hospital negligence where either the wrong prescription was given or the wrong dosage of the correct prescription was given. The study coved 400 different hospitals over a seven year...
- Christina Cole | March 03, 2007 2:34 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeA Newark woman that spent a month in a coma after undergoing an abortion at a Bergen County clinic sued the facility and numerous doctors on Thursday for medical malpractice.The suit was filed in Superior Court in Essex County against Metropolitan Medical Associates, an Englewood clinic that handles thousands of abortions per year. The clinic was ordered to shut down last Friday by state...
- Michelle Zeigler | March 02, 2007 4:04 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsAtlantic City jury today returns a verdict against Merck in the Vioxx litigation. The jury was asked specific questions dealing with Merck's conduct. Hopefully, this will convince Merck to begin to do the right thing and compensate those who have had heart attacks and strokes from the use of the now withdrawn arthritis drug Vioxx. The jury answered special questions as follows: In the...
- Michelle Zeigler | March 02, 2007 10:11 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThere are presently 15,000 Vioxx cases pending in New Jersey. Many others are pending in the Multi-District Litigation (MDL) in the Federal Court in New Orleans. There is no question that Vioxx and Bextra cause increased risks of heart attacks and strokes. Both of these drugs have been withdrawn from the market. Celebrex, on the other hand, remains on the market, even though the...
- Megan Costello | March 02, 2007 9:12 AM |
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MiscellaneousYesterday, March 1, 2007, tornadoes tore through Alabama leaving behind devastation and death, including the death of at least 15 students and teachers in Enterprise, Alabama. This immense tragedy provides proof that as a nation we are not taking the necessary steps to protect ourselves from potential natural disasters. While there is nothing we can do to stop a natural disaster from...