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• Malpractice Reported in New Jersey Hospitals

  Ricky Bagolie | April 14, 2006 5:33 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  New Jersey's new medical mistake reporting system does not release the names of the hospitals, doctors or nurses involved in any of the mistakes to the public. Despite objections, New Jersey health officials said they believe confidentiality encourages health care workers to speak openly and share what they have learned from their mistakes with other hospitals. Critics say that open...

• Help - my job will not authorize an MRI

  Ricky Bagolie | April 10, 2006 10:45 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  What do you do when you need an MRI to help evaluate your injury but the job will not authorize the test? You need to fight them in workers' compensation court.New Jersey Workers' Compensation Law gives nearly complete control of medical care to the employer. Consequentially, injured workers often find themselves being shortchanged on the nature and extent of treatment and testing.There is...

• New Jersey Hospitals Among the Worst for Errors

  Ricky Bagolie | April 05, 2006 12:51 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Each year, more than 180,000 people die, at least in part, because of medical mistakes. When mistakes are made the effects can be devastating. Medical malpractice is an area of law that assists people who have been injured by the mistakes of health care providers, or the survivors of those who may have died as a result of the mistakes of health care providers.Doctors, nurses and other health...

• Defective Magnetic Building Set Linked to Child's Death

  Ricky Bagolie | April 01, 2006 10:14 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  The Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) announced a voluntary recall of nearly 4 million "All Magnetix Magnetic Building Sets". These children's toys are manufactured in China for Rose Art Industries Inc., of Livingston, New Jersey and the CPSC advised consumers to stop using the recalled products immediately.All Magnetix magnetic building sets including the X-treme Combo, Micro, and...

• Ricky Bagolie, Attorney at Law

  Staff Writer | March 14, 2005 12:06 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Ricky Edward Bagolie represents clients on a wide range of personal injury litigation matters in the areas of nursing home neglect, workers' compensation, workplace and railroad injury (FELA), toxic exposures and wrongful death litigation as well as Municipal Court matters involving the trucking industry. Admitted to the New Jersey and Florida Bars in 1994 after having graduated from...

• 15 Passenger Van Rollover Danger

  Ricky Bagolie | May 13, 2006 9:46 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  The National Highway Traffic Safety Asminstration (NHTSA) has reinforced it's warning that 15 passenger vans pose a serious rollover risk. These vans are unstable at high speeds, with more than 10 passengers or with imporoperly inflated tires and are often used to transport church groups, college students and workers.According to NewsInferno.com A new research report confirms that improper tire...