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• Death on the Job: Up for the First Time in 10 Years

  Ricky Bagolie | May 03, 2006 12:28 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  New Jersey workers, stay safe. The AFL-CIO's annual job safety report reveals that for the first time in a decade, the national job fatality rate was up from the previous year. In 2004 (the latest year for which Bureau of Labor Statistics figures are available), 5,703 workers died from workplace injuries, compared to 5,575 the previous year, reports Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect. The...

• Gun Makers Get Lawsuit Immunity

  Ricky Bagolie | April 19, 2006 1:56 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Lawmakers have given gun makers unprecedented immunity from lawsuits brought by victims of gun violence. The US Congress passed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, H.R. 800 at the urging of the National Rifle Association (N.R.A.), a powerful gun lobby. The bill immunizes gun manufacturers, dealers, distributors and trade associations from lawsuits. Even dealers that negligently...

• Another Firefighter Dies in the Line of Duty

  Ricky Bagolie | March 25, 2006 6:43 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Yet another firefighter has died in the line of duty. Pennsylvania firefighter Barry Levin incurred a fatal heart attack while performing Fire Company Related acitivies.According to Firehouse.comBarry R. Levin, 58, was a charter member of the Glen Richie Fire Company in Lawrence Township. A present-day safety officer, he had previously volunteered as chief from 1978-2004, and was an active...

• The Proposed Federal Asbestos Trust Fund Is Inadequate

  Ricky Bagolie | March 21, 2006 6:42 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  The Congressional Budget Office has again indicted that the proposed asbestos reform trust fund would be inadequate. There is a strong likelihood that the fund would fall short of the amount needed to pay claims and that many victims of asbestos exposure would not be adequately compensated under the system.As reported in the full text: http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=6989&type=1"CBO...

• Driver On Cell Phone Runs Over Child...Twice

  Staff Writer | February 20, 2006 1:38 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  A woman on her cell phone twice ran over a 9-year-old boy last week. According to witnesses, the driver of the Lexus SUV didn't even hang up after she first hit the victim. Bystanders knoced on her window to tell her the youth was still under the car, and she backed up only to run over him again. According to NJ.com:The accident occurred Sunday about 6 p.m. on Fulton Avenue near Sterling...

• Bagolie Friedman, LLC

  Staff Writer | March 14, 2005 12:07 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Bagolie Friedman concentrates in personal injury and wrongful death matters. We represent seriously injured people and the families of those who have been injured or died as a result of automobile and other vehicle accidents, nursing home abuse, medical malpractice, premises and products liability and workplace injuries.

• 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...

• Hatchet Job in New York Times Against Injury Lawyers

  Ricky Bagolie | November 06, 2006 9:40 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Most of you have probably read the hatchet job on all of us that was in the NY Times op-ed on October, 24, 2006 called First Rename All of the Lawyers. If you haven't it's a must read for all of us. To represent our clients well we must be aware of the crap that potential jurors are being exposed to in the media. It is equally important for us to respond to these types of attacks quickly and...

• Owens Corning To Emerge From Bankruptcy and Pay Asbestos Victims

  Ricky Bagolie | October 28, 2006 11:30 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Owens Corning announced that Judge Judith Fitzgerald of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware approved the company's Plan of Reorganization. The Bankruptcy Court's approval of the plan paves the way for Owens Corning to emerge from bankruptcy by the end of October 2006 while making arrangements to compensate the thousands of the victims exposed to it's asbestos...

• E. Coli in Bagged Spinach

  Ricky Bagolie | September 14, 2006 1:34 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  I always believed that spinach was good for you. I gues it is unless it happens to be contaminated with E. Coli. One person has died and several dozen have become seriously ill after eating the contaminated bagged spinach. Cosnumers are warned to STOP EATING BAGGED SPINACH!E Coli is a form of bacteria that lives in the human body; one strain can cause severe illness. It is found in raw and...