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• New Jersey Comp Benefits May Extend to Same Sex Couples

  Ricky Bagolie | February 27, 2007 10:57 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  Same sex couples may be entitled to workers' compensation benefits as New Jersey has enacted a wide-ranging law recognizing same-sex civil unions. The measure puts civil unions on the same legal footing as marriages, and grants couples in civil unions the same rights, benefits and responsibilities as those in traditional marriages, but stops short of declaring the unions to be "marriages." The...

• Australia's Securities Regulator Sues James Hardie Over Asbestos Liability

  Ricky Bagolie | February 24, 2007 9:39 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  According to Bloomberg News, out of Sydney, Australia's securities regulator sued James Hardie Industries, the biggest seller of home sidings in the United States, claiming the company misled investors over the cost of compensating people sickened by asbestos.The chairman, Meredith Hellicar, the former chief executive officer, Peter MacDonald, and eight other officials face bans from running a...

• Contaminated Peanut Butter Leads to Illness, Lawsuits

  Ricky Bagolie | February 23, 2007 12:33 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  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 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  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 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  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 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  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...

• Lung Disease Covered by Workers' Comp

  Ricky Bagolie | February 16, 2007 7:52 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  Anytime a worker is exposed to chemical fumes, dust, asbestos or other deleterious substance, there is a chance that they may develop some type of lung disease even years after leaving the job. If this occurs, it may be covered by workers compensation.The latest problem is with the makers of Artifical Butter Flavor. Their has been an outbreak of severe lung disease caused by exposure to...