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• Preventing preventable infections

  Donald Caminiti | December 12, 2007 11:52 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  Drug-resistant infections are headline news lately, especially the illnesses and deaths caused by tough and evolving bPreventing MRSA Infections and Deaths Becomes Bigger Priority The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) came right out and said it: MRSA infections, primarily those related to health care, are a "major public health problem." Upfront in its report in the...

• Empoyee's Right to Treatment for Injuries

  Carter Corriston | December 12, 2007 11:33 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  Workers who are injured while working must report the injury to their employer, as soon as practical, and follow the employer's directions for treatment, this includes the physicians who are authorized to treat the worker. This usually means the directions of the employer's insurance carrier but not always. Some employers, like hospitals, may direct the treatment on their own. An employee may...

• Childhood Diseases Pose Greater Risks than Vaccines

  Karen Gatlin | December 11, 2007 10:56 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  New Jersey has mandated that pre school children receive vaccines against both influenza and pneumonia, a mandate which has alarmed those parents who worry that vaccines pose a risk of harm to their children. Vaccines do pose a risk, albeit small, which is why the government has a Vaccine Injury Compensation Act to provide treatment for children injured by vaccines. The problem is that common...

• Should Physicians be Owners of Surgical Centers?

  Karen Gatlin | December 11, 2007 10:53 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  The Bergen County Superior Court of New Jersey has ruled that physicians who own surgical centers violate the Codey Act, a law which prohibits referral of patients to facilities that a physician owns. Ambulatory Care Centers and free standing surgical centers have proliferated in New Jersey, and physicians argue that such centers provide inexpensive alternatives to hospitalization; however,...

• Defective Products

  Donald Caminiti | December 11, 2007 9:51 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  The Colgate-Palmolive Company warned that counterfeit toothpaste falsely packaged as "Colgate" has been found in several dollar-type discount stores in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. There are indications that the product does not contain fluoride and may contain diethylene glycol, a product that is commonly found in anti-freeze. Consumers who suspect they may have purchased...

• Wrongful Death Legislation

  Donald Caminiti | December 11, 2007 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  A Wrongful Death Bill (S-176) was voted out of the New Jersey State Senate Judiciary Committee on December 10, with a vote of 7 in favor and 4 in opposition. This bill which is long overdue in New Jersey, would permit survivors of those wronfully killed in automobile accidents, by dangerous products or as a result of medical malpractice to recover for grief and suffering. Justice Alan Handler,...

• HIGH RATE OF HEART DISEASE IN FUTURE GENERATIONS

  Karen Gatlin | December 07, 2007 10:08 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  The New England Journal of Medicine reports that heart disease is expected to rise from 5% to 15%, primarily due to an epidemic of childhood obesity. Childhood obesity developed in the 1970's and has resulted in an increased occurrence of childhood Diabetes. Childhood obesity will cause a 15% increased incidence in coronary heart disease by 2035 and will produce a strain on our health care...

• Rates of compensation for full and Part Time employees

  Carter Corriston | November 26, 2007 4:13 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  Workers who are injured while at the workplace become eligible for payment for lost income if the injury prevents them form working in accordance with New Jersey Workers Compensation laws. The rate of compensation is 70% of the worker's actual wage subject to statutory minimums and maximums, which are adjusted yearly. Part time employee who may be unable to perform work for other employers...

• Wrongful death

  Donald Caminiti | November 20, 2007 2:19 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  The family of a Seton Hall University student abducted outside the school gates and murdered by her former boyfriend can pursue a wongful death claim against the city of Newark baed on a bungled 9-1-1 call.A 9-1-1 caller reported seeing a man pull a woman into a car and drive off as she screamed and beat on the windows. The 9-1-1 operator reported the incident but failed to note the direction...

• Defective Toys

  Donald Caminiti | November 20, 2007 2:05 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  Regulators Caution Holiday Shoppers With the peak of the holiday shopping season approaching, federal regulators released a list of potentially dangerous toys and urged parents to remain informed of dangerous or defective products. However, consumer groups warned that many toys with potential choking hazards or lead dangers can still be found on store shelves. Among the toys cited by the...