InjuryBoard Jersey City Archives

• Overtime Lawsuits On The Rise

  Ricky Bagolie | July 27, 2006 11:39 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  Workers whose employers fail to properly pay them the overtime they deserve may be able to file an overtime lawsuit. Generally, all workers are eligible for time-and-a-half overtime, except for those in the executive, administrative and professional categories. Changes in federal regulations in 2004 defined more clearly those exempt categories by using new job descriptions such as "exercises...

• Firefighter Vulnerable to Hepatitis C Infection

  Ricky Bagolie | July 05, 2006 10:59 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  Firefighters are at risk of contracting Hepatitis C and should get tested to screen for this deadly disease. According to the American Liver Foundation,"Hepatitis C and Risk Factors for Firefighters, In this category we include firefighters, who in the course of their work find themselves in many situations where they may be exposed to blood. The primary route of hepatitis C virus transmission...

• Crime, Neglect and Abuse Go Unchecked in Nursing Homes

  Ricky Bagolie | July 03, 2006 1:07 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Lawsuits may be the only effective weapon available to end abuse and neglect in nursing homes. The idea is to make is to make it more expensive to give poor care than it is to give good care as most problems are the result of greedy nursing home corporations. According to an article by Evelyn Pringle of opednews.com, "Where a nursing home is located and who owns it was found to be critical...

• New Jersey Workers' Compensation Claims Decline

  Ricky Bagolie | July 02, 2006 11:29 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  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...