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• Thousands Flee Toxic Chemical Explosion In North Carolina

  Ricky Bagolie | October 06, 2006 1:44 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  A massive chemical fire has forced thousands to flee their homes in Apex, North Carolina, just outside Raleigh. The explosion took place at the EQ Industrial Services plant late Thursday and the fires and explosions continue.According to the Houston Chronical:EQ Industrial Services handles a wide array of industrial waste, from paints to solvents, and houses chemicals such as chlorine,...

• Neglectful Nursing Home Kills Another Resident

  Ricky Bagolie | September 15, 2006 12:51 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  In a disturbing trend that that occurs in every state, a neglectful nursing has killed one if it's residents through poor care and abuse. According to the West Virginia Record, a Charleston nursing home that cared for a 77-year-old woman is being sued for negligence after the patient died three months after being admitted. The lawsuit names Manor Care Inc., Health Care and Retirement...

• $20 Million Car Accident Ruling Upheld

  Ricky Bagolie | September 05, 2006 12:13 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  It is about time that victims of car accidents received a good ruling from Superior Court. A Pennsylvania woman who was struck by a car as she flagged traffic will be receive a $20 million award as upheld by the PA Superior Court. The driver of the vehicle raised multiple issues, all of which were rejected by the court. The woman is a single mother of three and suffered several broken bones and...

• Family of Cyclist Killed in Accident to Get $2.5 Million

  Ricky Bagolie | September 03, 2006 9:07 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the family of a female cyclist who was struck by a vehicle will receive a $2.5 million settlement from the motorist's insurance carrier. The family's attorney believed the settlement to be "unusually high" considering the cyclist was 25 with no dependents. The family will use the settlement to establish a memorial scholarship at the University of Utah where...

• South Carolina Sues Drug Companies for Price Scheme

  Ricky Bagolie | August 30, 2006 11:50 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  The State of South Carolina has filed a lawsuit to recover over $40 million in taxpayer funds as the State believes several pharmaceutical companies fraudulently manipulated the prices of Medicaid and State Health Plan prescription drug claims. Attorney General Henry McMaster alleges that the pharmaceutical companies intentionally misreported the average wholesale price (AWP) of selected drugs...

• Merck Fools Another Jury on Vioxx

  Ricky Bagolie | August 04, 2006 6:21 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  A California jury has found in favor of Merck in Vioxx. The case was filed on behalf of an elderly man who suffered a heart attack as a result of taking Vioxx. Despite all of the evidence to the contrary, the jury determined that Merck did not conceal information nor did Vioxx cause his health problems. This is one of over 2000 lawsuits filed in California. Thousands of cases are also...

• New Jersey Workers' Compensation Claims Decline

  Ricky Bagolie | July 02, 2006 11:29 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  The New Jersey Division of Workers' Compensation (NJ DWC) reported a 5% decline in the filing of claims in 2005 (37,248) from 2004 (39,212). The statistic also represents a 31% decline from 1992 (54,164).Is it safer work sites, less jobs or more injuries going unreported? Maybe a little of each. I do suspect, however, that there are thousands of undiagnosed and unreported injury, illness and...

• Brooklyn Jury Awards Asbestos Victims $16.4 million

  Ricky Bagolie | May 05, 2006 1:13 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  A Brooklyn jury awarded three retired Long Island Railroad (LIRR) workers a total of 16.4 million dollars for lung disease caused by their exposure to asbestos while working for the railroad. Following an eight day jury trial before the Honorable Lawrence Knipel, Albito Velez-Zapata of Massepequa Park, New York was awarded 8 million dollars, Lincoln Aguirre of Deer Park, New York was awarded 6...

• Workers Killed in Construction Collapse

  Ricky Bagolie | April 12, 2006 6:58 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  In another tragic example of improper training, two workers and a doctor sitting in traffic were killed when a scaffold collapsed at construction site in Boston, sending a 10-ton platform plummeting 13 stories onto a busy street. According to The Boston Herald The report, submitted by the general contractor, revealed the accident was apparently caused by laborers who tried to dismantle the...

• New Jersey Bus Accident Victims Mourned

  Ricky Bagolie | March 31, 2006 9:48 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Yet again, driver fatigue causes needless highway deaths. It appears that the driver of the tour bus that crashed in northern Chile may have falled asleep, according to the prosecutor in charge of the accident. The bus was carrying American tourists back to their cruise ship when it plunged hundreds of feet down a hillside in the Andes Mountains, killing 12 of the passengers. According to...