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• Pay as You Drive Auto Insurance

  Donald Caminiti | August 05, 2008 9:00 AM | 1 CommentBergen County, NJ

  Archive Thursday, July 31, 2008 Font: Regular Medium Large Print Story Email Story The Atlantic City Press recently reported that...

• Limiting/Abolishing Punitive Damages is a Bad Idea

  Donald Caminiti | June 25, 2008 9:07 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  Compensatory damages are awarded in meritorious lawsuits to compensate an injured party for his or her lost wages, pain and suffering, personal injury, loss of enjoyment of life and, in particularly...

• 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...

• Crib Mattress Presents Entrapment/Choking Hazard

  Donald Caminiti | June 10, 2008 9:25 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission today announced a voluntary recall of approximately 20,000 Simmons Kids Crib Mattresses becausesome of the crib mattresses can measure smaller than the 27...

• 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...

• Comparing Hospitals

  Karen Gatlin | May 21, 2008 2:29 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  The United States Department of Health and Human Services has established a web site which allows consumers to obtain data compiled about treatment provided at hospitals throughout the country. It...

• The Real Medical Malpractice Problem

  Karen Gatlin | May 19, 2008 1:38 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  Doctors’ mistakes kill more people in the United States than workplace accidents and auto accidents combined. New York is departing from tolerating physicians who have a history of multiple...

• Georgia Judge Rules Against Malpractice Cap

  Donald Caminiti | May 15, 2008 1:15 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that a Georgia cap limiting non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases has been found unconstitutional by a Fulton County Superior Court Judge because...

• 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....

• Awake during anesthesia

  Donald Caminiti | March 13, 2008 2:44 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  The Anesthesia Awareness Campaign, Inc. ("AAC")is a non-profit organization founded in 1998 that isdedicated to helping victims, providing education,and working to prevent anesthesia awareness.Anesthesia awareness, also called intraoperativeawareness or conscious paralysis, is the phenomenonof being mentally alert while supposedly under fullgeneral anesthesia. In some instances, victims areable...