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• Contaminated Peanut Butter Leads to Illness, Lawsuits

  Ricky Bagolie | February 23, 2007 12:33 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Throw away your peanut butter says the FDA. The warning is based on a new study released on February 13, 2007 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state and local health agencies. It connects 288 cases of food borne illness in 39 states to consumption of certain types of Peter Pan peanut butter. Most infections are in New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Tennessee and...

• Lawsuits Filed in Peanut Butter Recall

  Ricky Bagolie | February 22, 2007 9:39 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  On Feb 14, the Food and Drug Administration warned consumers not to eat any Peter Pan or Great Value brand peanut butter in jars bearing product code 2111, which came from a ConAgra plant in Georgia. All products with that code, purchased since May 2006, have been recalled for fears that they contain salmonella, a bacterial infection that can cause diarrhea, cramps, vomiting, fever and chills. ...

• Beware Bard Composix Kugel Mesh Patches

  Ricky Bagolie | February 18, 2007 10:06 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Bard Composix Mesh Patch has been recalled. The mesh patch was used to repair ventral hernias caused by thinning or stretching of scar tissue that forms after surgery. The patch was placed behind the hernia defect through a small incision. The patch was then held open by a "memory recoil ring" that allowed the patch to be folded for insertion and later spring open and lay flat. This memory...

• Asbestos Banned Nearly Everywhere But in the US

  Ricky Bagolie | February 17, 2007 8:35 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Often referred to as one of the largest killers known to man, asbestos is reasonsible for thousands of deaths every year yet incredibily it has not been banned in the US.Around the world, when public health workers call for national bans on asbestos, one of the things they hear from the local asbestos industry is that the U.S. has not banned asbestos. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...

• Lung Disease Covered by Workers' Comp

  Ricky Bagolie | February 16, 2007 7:52 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Anytime a worker is exposed to chemical fumes, dust, asbestos or other deleterious substance, there is a chance that they may develop some type of lung disease even years after leaving the job. If this occurs, it may be covered by workers compensation.The latest problem is with the makers of Artifical Butter Flavor. Their has been an outbreak of severe lung disease caused by exposure to...

• Honda Recalls Accord Sedans Over Defective Air Bag Sensor

  Ricky Bagolie | January 23, 2007 10:16 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  According to the Insurance Journal, 81,000 2004-2005 Honda Accord sedans have been recalled because of a faulty air-bag related sensor. Honda Motor Co. stated that the driver's seating position sensor was attached in the wrong location, which could increase the risk of injury for drivers in a frontal crash. The company was not aware of any injuries related to the recall and dealers will replace...

• Unsecured Power Line Causes Electricution Death

  Ricky Bagolie | January 03, 2007 10:56 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Firefighter Dennis Chaines of the San Enrique Fire Department was killed when he was electrocuted by an unsecured power line. According to The News Today, officer Chaines appeared to have accidentally touched a clothesline that was attached to a live wire of the main power line. A sudden spark was seen by witnesses as the fallen fire officer got thrown off to the ground.Workplace deaths and...

• Bagolie & Friedman Lecture to Lawyers on Workers' Compensation Practice

  Ricky Bagolie | December 14, 2006 11:34 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  New Jersey - December 2006 - Workers' Compensation Trial Lawyers Ricky Bagolie and Alan Friedman were invited to speak to a group of lawyers interested in advanced workers' comp trial tips. The unique program took place on December 2 at Pines Manor in Edison and was sponsored by the Association of Trial Lawyers of America - New Jersey (ATLA-NJ). It featured a panel of some of the most...

• Death Toll From Sago Mine Disaster Rises as 2 Workers Shoot Themselves

  Ricky Bagolie | December 13, 2006 10:21 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Deaths raise fears about emotional toll from disaster as workers forced to lie to investigators regarding their safety training. their testimony produced a broader probe of the Sago Mine management training pracitces according to The Charleston GazetteMcAteer said Sago would not be the first time that survivors of major mining accidents claimed their own lives. Most recently, a Pennsylvania...

• Will New Medicare Recovery Procedures Help Injured Workers?

  Ricky Bagolie | December 12, 2006 10:10 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is consolidating all of the functions and workloads related to Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) post-payment recoveries into one MSP recovery contract. The contract for the new national MSP Recovery Contractor (MSPRC) was implemented on October 2, 2006. The MSPRC will take over new MSP recovery claims and most existing claims. However, some...