- Ricky Bagolie | April 30, 2006 10:10 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesThe NJ Supreme Court (5-2) held that an employee was within the course of his employment when injured while eating dinner in New York City following the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001. Since all the bridges and tunnels were closed and the employees could not return to New J ersey, the Court indicated that the deviation was minor and at the direction of his employer and was,therefore,...
- Ricky Bagolie | April 24, 2006 8:06 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsW.R. Grace and seven of its executives were indicted last year by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, obstruction of justice and violations of the Federal Clean Air Act in connection with the company's mining operations in Libby, Montana where they allegedly poisoned hundreds of residents with Asbestos. All the defendants, who face huge fines and lengthy prison terms if...
- Ricky Bagolie | April 20, 2006 2:03 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeRepublican lawmakers are gearing up to, yet again, further restrict the rights of victims of medical error as they will introduce Medical Malpractice legislation in the US Senate during the first week of May. Republicans must feel that restricting a patients rights is more important than dealing with Iraq, Iran, spying on US citizens, having government officials leak classified material and...
- Ricky Bagolie | April 19, 2006 1:56 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsLawmakers 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...
- Ricky Bagolie | April 17, 2006 11:09 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsPolice officers never know when or where an injury will occur. An Englewood, New Jersey police offers was struck by a speeding car and seriously injured as he was placing emergency road flares on Route 4.According to The RecordJason Calle, 21, was charged with driving under the influence, driving on a suspended license, aggravated assault by an automobile while under the influence and...
- Ricky Bagolie | April 16, 2006 11:32 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsIt appears that New Jersey based Merck & Co, is at it again. They have just been sued over their osteoporosis drug Fosamax. The lawsuit alleges that Fosamax is a defective product because it can cause osteonecrosis (ONJ) of the jaw also known as "dead jaw or a rotting of the jaw bone and that Merck concealed and continues to hide Fosamax's potentially dangerous side effects from patients and...
- Ricky Bagolie | April 14, 2006 5:33 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeNew 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...
- Ricky Bagolie | April 12, 2006 6:58 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesIn 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...
- Ricky Bagolie | April 10, 2006 10:45 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesWhat 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...
- Ricky Bagolie | April 06, 2006 1:35 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesWhat is workers' compensation (also known as workers comp)? Laws passed by New Jersey require that your employer, or your employer's insurance company, compensate you, or your family, for injuries or death that may occur while you are working. Speak to a workers' compensation lawyer if you are unsure of your rights or are denied benefits as the consultations are ususally free.Benefits you may...
- Ricky Bagolie | April 05, 2006 12:51 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeEach 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...
- Ricky Bagolie | April 01, 2006 10:14 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe 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...