Miscellaneous | InjuryBoard Bergen County

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...

Medical malpractice costs make up only a tiny fraction of total health care costs. According to a study by the Consumer Federation of America, medical malpractice costs, as a percentage of health...

New Jersey Lawyer FORMER JUSTICE: SENATORS TOO INFLUENTIAL ON JUDGE PICKSFormer Justice Gary S. Stein says state senators have too much power over judicial appointments and that it has lowered the...

The New Jersey Supreme Court ethics committee recently held that disclaimers for legal hotlines stating that a call does not form an attorney-client relationship are ineffective and that attorneys...

Physicians have alleged that medical malpractice lawsuits are baseless; however, when a West Virginia doctor sustained infection, additional surgeries, and continued pain following surgery by two of...

Researchers are investigating methods of altering tumor cell response to heat and radiation after finding that cancer cells are able to protect themselves from heat and radiation. The ability...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

The evaluation of breast masses is based on the "triple test" which focuses on three factors to determine the likelihood that a breast lump may be breast cancer. The following are the factors to consider: 1) History and Physical Examination; 2) Radiologic Findings (mammographic and ultrasound findings); and 3) Biopsy if a mass persists.Each factor is evaluated and the test must be "concordant"...

A major watchdog group is disputing an advertising claim by Wal-Mart that theretailer saves the average family $2,500 a year. National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus contends that the advertised figure, which is actually based on Wal-Mart's overall impact on the economy rather than money saved by shopping at Wal-Mart, is misleading. Wal-Mart maintains that the ad...

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...

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...

Legislature Considers Payment Cap for Bridge Victims Minnesota lawmakers met Tuesday to decide whether to cap awards to victims of the Minneapolis bridge collapse or leave the size of the payments to neutral party. A $400,000 ceiling for lost income, medical expenses and mental anguish garnered support from both Democrats and Republicans. Federal law has further complicated matters because...