Workplace Injuries

• Your Rights Under New Jersey Workers' Compensation

  Ricky Bagolie | April 06, 2006 1:35 AM | 1 CommentJersey City, NJ

  What 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...

• New Jersey Bus Accident Victims Mourned

  Ricky Bagolie | March 31, 2006 9:48 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Yet again, driver fatigue causes needless highway deaths. It appears that the driver of the tour bus that crashed in northern Chile may have falled asleep, according to the prosecutor in charge of the accident. The bus was carrying American tourists back to their cruise ship when it plunged hundreds of feet down a hillside in the Andes Mountains, killing 12 of the passengers. According to...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...