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• Do Not Get Fooled By Workers' Comp Claims Adjusters

  Ricky Bagolie | March 30, 2006 8:43 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Remember, when you get hurt on the job and are dealing with a workers' compensation claims adjuster, they are working for the insurance company and are not going to help you get everything you are entitled to. It is best to consult a lawyer that is familiar with the comp system. As a workers' compensation attorney in New Jersey, I have seen many examples of injured workers loosing out on...

• Truck Driver Fatigue Causes Accidents

  Ricky Bagolie | March 24, 2006 8:45 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Nearly 375 people were killed and 7,500 others were injured each year between the years 1997 and 2000 as a result of tired truck drivers report the Federal Motor Safety Administration. Greed is often the motavation as the longer truckers can drive the greater the potential revenue and profit for trucking companies. Driver fatigue and drowsiness can result in reckless behavior such as failure to...

• Luke Duke, Of Dukes of Hazzard Fame, Arrested for DWI

  Ricky Bagolie | March 23, 2006 8:36 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Actor Tom Wopat, Luke Duke of the television series the Dukes of Hazzard, has been arrested for drunken driving in Ringwood, New Jersey.All Headline News reports:Passaic County Sheriff's Department spokesperson Bill Maer confirms that Wopat, 54, was driving a Ford Bronco when "he struck some orange traffic cones and nearly slammed into a Ringwood police vehicle at the scene of an unrelated...

• North Carolina Firefighter Suffers Heart Attack, Dies

  Ricky Bagolie | March 20, 2006 5:52 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Another first responder has suffered a fatal heart attack while fighting a fire, North Carolina firefighter Kelly Michael Kincaid, a reserve firefighter with the Morganton Department of Public Safety, died late Sunday night, two days after suffering a heart attack while trying to put out a pair of fires in his own neighborhood. The fires were ablaze just three blocks from his house. As...

• Chromium Producers Knew About Risk of Cancer

  Ricky Bagolie | March 14, 2006 3:57 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Scientists announced last month that the chromium industry withheld reports that showed lung cancer was affecting workers exposed to low levels of hexavalent chromium - a metal to which approximately 380,000 U.S. workers are exposed.Researchers at George Washington University claim that the chromium industry intentionally manipulated data that showed chromium is carcinogenic at lower levels so...

• Disclaimer

  Staff Writer | March 14, 2005 12:05 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  The information found on this website should not be construed as legal advice and is not a substitute for professional legal consultation. You should not base your legal decisions solely on the information found in this site and you are encouraged to seek the counsel of an attorney regarding your specific questions or situation.The information found herein may represent the opinions or...

• 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...