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• Tractor Trailer Load Shifting

  Donald Caminiti | April 17, 2008 5:13 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  That time of year is quickly approaching when may of us will find ourselves driving to a holiday destination with our families. We've all seen tractor trailers driving excessively fast and, more...

• Childhood Diseases: Need for Immunization

  Karen Gatlin | April 09, 2008 10:19 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  Concerns over risks of vaccinating their children have led to some parents refusing to have the children immunized from common childhood diseases. While risk of contraction of these diseases was...

• Coming and Going Rule

  Carter Corriston | February 13, 2008 4:03 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  What happens if I am injured on the way to work? Generally, unless you have arrived to your place of employment you will not be eligible to collect under workers compensation for injuries you suffer. This issue often is when are you deemed to have arrived at work. Certainly if your company has parking on the premises the minute you enter the lot you would be deemed to have arrived. Or if you...

• Medical Malpractice Resulting in Brain Injured Child

  Donald Caminiti | November 03, 2008 2:18 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  The AP recently reported that a jury has awarded the parents of a brain-damaged boy $11.4 million following a three week trial in a medical malpractice case. The injured boy's parents claimed in a...

• Underfunding Leads to Nursing Home Negligence and Reduced Access to Care

  Donald Caminiti | October 30, 2008 9:10 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  A recent study revealed that Medicaid is underfunding state long-term care efforts by $4.2 billion this year, according to a new analysis of Medicaid financing released Wednesday by the American...

• Medical Malpractice or Complications?

  Karen Gatlin | October 24, 2008 11:03 AM | 1 CommentBergen County, NJ

  When a patient, a physician herself, underwent hysterectomy, her doctor told her that the recovery time would be short, about a week. Not so. Four months and three surgeries later as well as...

• Arthoscopic knee surgery ... and unnecessary procedure?

  Donald Caminiti | September 15, 2008 11:14 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  According to a recent story in the New York Times, thousands of patients each year may be undergoing unnecessary arthroscopic knee surgery, say two studies published in this week’s...

• Is Big Pharma getting too cozy with doctors?

  Donald Caminiti | September 12, 2008 11:14 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  Well respected members of the medical community are increasingly calling on their colleagues to quell the influence of big pharma in research and prescribing practices. In recent months, top medical...

• The Racial Implication of Tort Reform

  Donald Caminiti | July 30, 2008 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  The Center for Justice & Democracy (CJ&D), a nonprofit, nonpartisan consumer rights organization, today announced the publication of The Racial Implication of Tort Reform in the most recent...

• Cancer Doctor Warns of Cell Phone Risk

  Donald Caminiti | July 24, 2008 2:13 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  A University of Pittsburgh doctor warned university faculty and staff Wednesday that cell phone use may cause increased risk of cancer. In a memo he sent to about 3,000 faculty and...