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• Shoulder Injury

  Donald Caminiti | December 17, 2007 4:15 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  Often times, persons involved in motor vehicle accidents suffer injuries to that part of their shoulder called a rotator cuff. A rotator cuff injury can significantly limit the range of motion in one's shoulder. Some stuff you just take for granted - like being able to pull a sweater over your head and to grab a gallon of milk from the refrigerator. And, don't forget being able to sleep...

• 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...

• Nursing Home - Lack of Medical Care

  Donald Caminiti | November 25, 2008 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  Elderly nursing home residents receive relatively few cancer care services, according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Few studies have examined cancer treatment...

• Insurers Squeeze Consumers to Boost Profits

  Donald Caminiti | November 18, 2008 3:35 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  LawyersUSA (11/13, Atkins) reported that a study by the American Association for Justice indicated that insurance companies are putting the squeeze on consumers in an effort to boost profits as the...

• Nursing Home Negligence

  Donald Caminiti | October 28, 2008 11:06 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  WNED news recently reported that hidden cameras are being installed in certain, unidentified nursing homes and rehabilitation...

• Physician-Patient Communication

  Donald Caminiti | July 26, 2008 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  In medical malpractice litigations in recent years in Japan, it is notable that the growing number of medical negligence cases resulting in serious personal injury or wrongful death includes the...

• Medically Unfit Truck Drivers Still on Roads

  Donald Caminiti | July 24, 2008 9:00 AM | 1 CommentBergen County, NJ

  A recently released AP article notes that hundreds of tractor-trailer and bus drivers in the US carry commercial driver's licenses despite also qualifying for full federal disability payments, and...

• 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...

• Chamber of Commerce is at it again

  Donald Caminiti | April 24, 2008 5:47 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a business lobby group, is at it again. Their latest propaganda is that businesses fear N.J. courts which they allege to be unfair. The report is little more than a...

• 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...