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• Are Financial Relationships between Surgeons and Joint Manufacturers Kickbacks?

  Karen Gatlin | November 19, 2007 11:37 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  New Jersey U.S. attorney Christopher Christie had accused several manufacturers of orthopedic appliances of using financial rewards to ensure use of their products by surgeons. In an agreement to avoid prosecution, the companies paid $311 million in fines and revealed the names of surgeons they paid, documenting large amounts of money paid to surgeons for exclusive use of a particular...

• Aqua Dots Toys Recalled by Spin Master

  Chrissie Cole | November 09, 2007 12:05 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  In cooperation with the U.S. Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Spin Master announced a nationwide toy recall of 4.2 million sets of Aqua Dots.The bead coating that allows the beads to stick together when water is added, contains a toxic substance that mimics a compound similar to GHB, also known as the date rape drug. Children who swallow the beads can become comatose, develop respiratory...

• Supreme Court Denies Medical Malpractice Case Appeal

  Chrissie Cole | November 02, 2007 9:37 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  An Elkins doctor is currently facing a $1.7 million dollar medical malpractice judgment following the Supreme Courts unanimous denial to hear his appeal.Dr. Kenneth D'Amato was sued following back surgery that left a patient legally blind in 2002.A Randolph County jury found the Doctor negligent and awarded the patient and his wife damages, last year. Lawyers for Doctor D' Amato appealed the...

• Verizon Contractor Killed When Vehicle Plows Through Work Area

  Chrissie Cole | October 31, 2007 11:47 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  A contract worker doing routine maintenance work for Verizon was killed in a car accident on Wednesday. The worker, 54, of Kearny was employed by J. Fletcher Creamer Construction Corporation.The accident occurred just after 8:15 a.m., on Wednesday, as the man was working on replacing manhole covers on South Orange Avenue.A vehicle driven by a 72-year-old woman, of East Orange, plowed through the...

• U.S. Nonfatal Workplace Injuries Lowest Since 72'

  Chrissie Cole | October 26, 2007 12:44 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  A new report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows the lowest rates in workplace injuries and illnesses since they began collecting data in 1972. In 2006, private industry rates were at its lowest since the launch of BLS. Rates have dropped 4.6 cases per 100 workers in 2005 to 4.4 cases in 2006.In 2005, manufacturing sector of good-producing industries had an especially lower...

• Man Awarded $1M in Restaurant Slip-and-Fall

  Chrissie Cole | October 20, 2007 12:25 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  A negligence claim for a slip and fall accident was settled, Friday, against a Belvedere restaurant. A jury awarded the Boone County man $1 million and his wife $75,000.On August 7,2006, the man, who suffers from a disease that makes his bones prone to fractures, slipped and fell while leaving the Steam Plant Restaurant.The fell was caused by a wet floor that he didn't know was wet due to the...

• Breslin & Breslin, P.A.

  Staff Writer | August 09, 2007 5:15 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  Breslin & Breslin was founded circa 1936 by John Breslin, former Bergen County Prosecutor and Roger Breslin, former New Jersey Superior Court Judge. This combination of leading trial attorneys in New Jersey created a firm that has fought for clients rights for almost seventy years.As our firm matured and expanded, our original principles of integrity, honesty, and of the pursuit of our clients'...

• Donald A. Caminiti, Attorney at Law

  Staff Writer | August 09, 2007 5:07 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

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  Staff Writer | August 09, 2007 5:03 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

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