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• Medical Malpractice III

  Donald Caminiti | July 01, 2008 2:51 PM | 1 CommentBergen County, NJ

  Unfortunately, neither ancedotal tales, rhetorical hocus-pocus nor blame pointed at the legal profession will put an end to medical negligence crisi in this country. The Harvard Medical Practice...

• The Truth about Medical Malpractice Claims

  Donald Caminiti | June 16, 2008 8:56 AM | 1 CommentBergen County, NJ

  Medical malpractice costs make up only a tiny fraction of total health care costs. According to a study by the Consumer Federation of America, medical malpractice costs, as a percentage of health...

• Emotional Distress Claims

  Donald Caminiti | June 11, 2008 10:50 AM | 1 CommentBergen County, NJ

  New Jerseyans who suffer emotional distress after witnessing the death or serious injury of a family member in a car accident can claim damages from auto insurance companies, the state Supreme Court...

• HPV Vaccine: Safe?

  Karen Gatlin | June 09, 2008 2:46 PM | 1 CommentBergen County, NJ

  Over a year ago, the FDA approved GARDASIL for use as a vaccine against human papilloma virus (HPV). HPV is a virus thought to cause cervical cancer, and the FDA recommended vaccinating young...

• Recent Federal Guidelines Lead to Increased Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

  Karen Gatlin | May 14, 2008 2:33 PM | 1 CommentBergen County, NJ

  Federal guidelines issued May 7, 2008 require that doctors who treat smokers must warn their patients of the dangers of smoking as well as prescribe treatments to enable them to quit smoking....

• Dangerous Drawstring Clothing

  Donald Caminiti | April 28, 2008 9:00 AM | 1 CommentBergen County, NJ

  The Consumer Products Safety Commissioin (CPSC0 has reported that several firms have been selling childrens clothing with drawstrings that posed a strangulation hazard. According to the CPSC, the...

• Medical Malpractice and Physician Impairment

  Karen Gatlin | April 24, 2008 9:39 AM | 1 CommentBergen County, NJ

  Medical malpractice lawsuits allow injured patients to receive money damages for the injuries caused by the malpractice; however, courts cannot take any action to sanction physicians who may...

• Deceptive Advertising

  Donald Caminiti | March 31, 2008 3:57 PM | 1 CommentBergen County, NJ

  A major watchdog group is disputing an advertising claim by Wal-Mart that theretailer saves the average family $2,500 a year. National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus contends that the advertised figure, which is actually based on Wal-Mart's overall impact on the economy rather than money saved by shopping at Wal-Mart, is misleading. Wal-Mart maintains that the ad...

• Two Killed When Carjacked SUV Plows Into Bus Stop

  Chrissie Cole | August 09, 2009 7:28 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  A woman waiting at a bus stop was killed this morning when an SUV carjacked in Leonia struck a utility pole and lost control in Bergen County. According to a report in the Record, the male...

• Is S Chip the Beginning of Socialized Medicine?

  Karen Gatlin | February 02, 2009 9:32 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  Congress recently enacted S Chip, a program that provides medical coverage for a large percentage of American children. The legisatlion had been vetoed by Former President Bush on two occasions....