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• FDA Announces Recall of Bottled Water Products

  Ricky Bagolie | March 28, 2006 6:37 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  The FDA Announced a recall by North Country Spring Water, Ltd.,of Port Kent, New York, of all bottled water products due to potential coliform bacteria contamination. The company's products were distributed in New York, Vermont and New Jersey. Although no illnesses have been confirmed, those who may have consumed this water and have health concerns should consult with their doctor...

• Consumer Product Safety Commission Recalls Defective Night Lights

  Ricky Bagolie | March 17, 2006 9:49 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  The risk of fire has lead the Consumer Product Safety Commission to recall about 35,000 Forever-Glo Nite Lites. Manufactured by American Tack & Hardware Co. Inc., of Saddle River, New Jersey, an electrical short circuit in the light can cause it to overheat and smolder or melt which can burn consumers or result in a fire. The recalled night lights should stop being used...

• Former Chinese Drug Chief Executed

  Jenny Albano | July 10, 2007 11:42 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  On July 10th, the former drug and food safety chief of China, Zheng Xiaoyu, was executed. The Supreme People's Court agreed upon the death sentence after he was convicted of accepting bribes of around $850,000 from eight different companies and neglecting his duties.Zheng, head of administration from 1998 to 2005, was sentenced on May 29 and his appeal was heard last month. Under rules...

• Beware of Pet Food Tainted with Rat Poison

  Ricky Bagolie | March 24, 2007 3:02 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  An investigation has revealed that the recalled pet food produced by Menu Foods was tainted with the rat poison aminopterin. Dogs and cats that have eaten the bad food have suffered from kidney failure and death. Over 60 million cans and pouches of the Company's "wet pet" food, some of which was canned in New Jersey and sold in over 90 brands, have been recalled. Contact Bagolie Friedman...

• Beware of Increase Risk Due to Some Birth Control

  Ricky Bagolie | March 01, 2007 8:18 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Public watchdog Public Citizen hs petitioned the FDA to ban all third generation oral contraceptives containing the incredient desogestrel because it nearly doubles the risk of life threatening blodd clots when compared to the older forms of the pill."The FDA must ensure the well-being and safety of women in the U.S. and ban third-generation oral contraceptives containing desogestrel," the...

• 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...

• New Jersey Workers' Compensation Benefits May Be Available in Same Sex Relationships

  Ricky Bagolie | October 29, 2006 11:38 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  The New Jersey Supreme Court may have opened the door for providing workers' compensation benefits in same sex relationships. In Mark Lewis and Dennis Winslow, et al. v. Gwendolyn L. Harris, etc., et al. (A-68-05), the Court said"Disparate treatment of committed same-sex couples, moreover, directly disadvantages their children. We fail to see any legitimate governmental purpose in disallowing...

• Rapper Critical After Jersey City Car Crash

  Ricky Bagolie | October 19, 2006 11:18 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  According to the Jersey Journal, rapper Cassidy remains in critical condition at the Jersey City Medical Cente after a traffic crash caused a fractured skull and several fractured facial bones. The Philadelphia rapper reportedly was passing through Jersey City on his way to New York to continue work on his third album, slated for release later this year.

• Restraints Used in Nursing Homes Can Cause Harm

  Ricky Bagolie | October 13, 2006 5:09 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  The Nursing Home Reform Act of 1987 states the resident has the right to be free from physical or chemical restraints imposed for purposes of discipline or convenience and not required to treat the resident's medical symptoms. This means that only a doctor can prescribe restraints after a careful assessment of the resident's condition. This helps ensure that residents are treated in such a...