InjuryBoard Bergen County Archives

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

  Donald Caminiti | October 30, 2008 9:10 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  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: Prevention of Bed Sores

  Karen Gatlin | October 29, 2008 9:49 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Almost all besores are preventable. The occurrence of a bedsore is now a never event; that is, the treatment will not be covered by Medicare as it is considered a totally preventable occurrence. A...

• Nursing Home Negligence

  Donald Caminiti | October 28, 2008 11:06 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

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

• Auto Accidents - Driving While Texting

  Donald Caminiti | October 26, 2008 9:50 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Using a cell phone, and especially texting, can serve as a major distraction while operating a motor vehicle. That goes for anyone of any age. When you factor in the lack of experience behind the...

• Medical Malpractice or Complications?

  Karen Gatlin | October 24, 2008 11:03 AM | 1 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  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...

• Truck Crash - Wrongful Death

  Donald Caminiti | October 24, 2008 9:41 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents

  Two construction workers died after an SUV crushed them into the back of a dump truck shortly after midnight Wednesday on the New Jersey Turnpike, in Elizabeth. State police and Turnpike...

• Motorcyle Accident Resulting in Wrongful Death

  Donald Caminiti | October 21, 2008 4:55 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Motorcycle Accidents

  A New Jersey volunteer firefighter has been sentenced to 4{ to 13{ years in prison for killing an off-duty New York City police officer in a fit of road rage while driving drunk. Prosecutors...

• Room Fans May reduce SIDS Risk

  Karen Gatlin | October 14, 2008 11:19 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  NBC Nightly News (10/6, story 8, 0:20, Williams) reported, There's a new study showing that the simple act of placing a fan in the room of a newborn can cut down on the chances of Sudden Infant...

• Cold Medicine Warning: Do not Administer to Children Under Four Years of Age

  Karen Gatlin | October 08, 2008 1:37 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Attention, parents: Don't give your children under 4 over-the-counter cough and cold medicines, and read the fine print on labels, say makers of such remedies who have been under pressure to...