Snow and Ice-Related Injuries in New Jersey
Now that winter is officially here, business and home owners need to pay close attention to weather conditions, including the accumulation of snow and ice, so that visitors don’t suffer needless injur… [Read more…]
November 12, 2013
By BARRY MEIER
Johnson & Johnson has tentatively agreed to a settlement that could reach up to $4 billion to resolve thousands of lawsuits filed by patients injured by a flawed all-metal replacement hip, said tw… [Read more…]
Lordsburg man subjected to invasive probes
By James Staley
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Posted: 11/05/2013 06:07:48 PM MST
LAS CRUCES >> Police officers illegally forced a Lordsburg man into an array of invasive me… [Read more…]
By David Voreacos – Oct 30, 2013
The owner of SeaStreak Wall Street, a commuter ferry that crashed in Manhattan’s financial district on Jan. 9, has settled more than 45 personal-injury claims for almost $1 million, according to a lawyer for th… [Read more…]
RED BANK, N.J., Oct. 30, 2013 — /PRNewswire/ — Car insurance group Plymouth Rock Assurance has filed three civil suits alleging several medical facilities and residents have violated the New Jersey Insurance Fraud Prevention Act. Plymouth Roc… [Read more…]
FDA warns of recalled compounded drugs in Michigan
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is warning doctors, veterinarians and patients to avoid certain sterile drugs distributed by the Specialty Medicine Compounding Pharmacy … [Read more…]
A construction site is one of the most dangerous places to work in the United States. Fortunately, New Jersey labor laws protect construction site workers, by requiring construction companies to inspect each site and implement a vast number of… [Read more…]
Justice Helen Hoens, on her last day of oral arguments on the New Jersey Supreme Court, gave a valedictory that deliberately avoided the circumstances of her premature departure.
“I choose … not to comment on the roiling waters of politics t… [Read more…]
A preliminary total of 4,609 fatal work injuries were recorded in the United States in 2011, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. A workplace injury is any injury that occurs ‘in the course of work’, meaning during the course of car… [Read more…]
Doctors, medical students propose student loan forgiveness, tort reform to help solve problem
New Jersey policymakers looking to address a looming shortage of doctors in the state need to act quickly, as the problem appears to be getting worse … [Read more…]