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• Collection Practices

  Donald Caminiti | April 14, 2008 11:18 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  The Federal Trade Commission has issued an advisory opinion stating that in a foreclosure context, debt collectors do notcommit a per se violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA)...

• Dangerous children's toy recalled

  Donald Caminiti | April 11, 2008 7:15 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  Fun ‘N Games Magnetic Dart Boards Henry Gordy International Inc., of Plainfield, N.J., in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPS), is voluntarily recalling more than...

• Asbestos Injuries

  Donald Caminiti | April 08, 2008 8:56 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  Thousands of people who claim they were injured by asbestos in products made by W.R. Grace & Co. could receive a combined $3 billion under a proposed settlement, the company announced yesterday....

• Silent Tort Reform

  Donald Caminiti | March 31, 2008 3:49 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  A growing body of law is threatening the rights of consumers injured by products, according to some attorneys and advocacy groups. Pre-emption allows regulators to overrule state laws in product liability cases where the product was approved by federal agencies. The phenomenon of pre-emption is being called 'silent tort reform' by plaintiffs' attorneys but it underscores a longstanding tension...

• Back Pain - Injury or Accident

  Donald Caminiti | February 26, 2008 12:57 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  11/04 Neuroscience article shows objectively that those in chronic pain have resultant cortical atrophy. i.e. the brain shrinks. Great article. It is not the only one, by the way. Here is abstract: 1: J Neurosci. 2004 Nov 17;24(46):10410-5. Chronic back pain is associated with decreased prefrontal and thalamic graymatter density.Apkarian AV, Sosa Y, Sonty S, Levy RM, Harden RN, Parrish TB,...

• Women and Heart Disease

  Karen Gatlin | February 19, 2008 11:02 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  While there are classic symptoms of myocardial infarction (heart attack), such as chest pain, sweating, shortness of breath. and pain radiating to the left arm, women often show atypical symptoms such as nausea, light-headedness, anxiety, weakness/fatigue, pain between the shoulder blades and heartburn. Physicians must be alert for these symptoms. An EKG is essential to rule out heart attack...

• Consumer Fraud Medical Reimbursement

  Donald Caminiti | February 15, 2008 12:45 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  SAN FRANCISCO (Thomson Financial) - The New York Attorney General'sOffice said Wednesday it plans to file suit against Ingenix Inc., itsparent UnitedHealth Group (nyse: UNH - news - people ), and threeadditional subsidiaries, as part of an investigation into a 'scheme byhealth insurers to defraud consumers by manipulating reimbursementrates.'In addition, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo...

• Use of Cell Phone while Driving

  Donald Caminiti | February 13, 2008 3:08 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  International Paper Co. has agreed to pay $5.2 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed the company was liable for a car crash caused by an employee who was talking on a company-provided cell phone. The plaintiff in the case eventually lost most of her arm following medical complications. Attorneys for International Paper maintained that the employee was not talking on the cell phone at the time...

• NJ Patient Safety Report

  Donald Caminiti | January 18, 2008 10:47 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  In the first two years of New Jersey's Patient Safety Initiative, hospitals worked with the Department of Health and Senior Services to analyze more than 800 serious patient safety events and make comprehensive changes to prevent such errors from recurring, Health and Senior Services Commissioner Heather Howard, J.D., announced today. Nearly all hospitals reported adverse events in 2005 or...

• Shoulder Dystocia and Nerve Injury

  Karen Gatlin | December 27, 2007 9:51 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  Shoulder dystocia can cause injury to the nerves in the brachial plexus, resulting in impaired function of the arm and shoulder. The injury is the result of improper delivery technique by the obstetrician. The shoulders become "stuck" in the birth canal and traction on the brachial plexus to effect delivery may result in permanent nerve damage. Brachial plexus injury has often been assumed to be...