Posts tagged civil justice system

• 16 Year Old Girl's Feet Amputed in Six Flags Accident - Anyone Think Her Case Is Frivolous or Requires Monetary Caps?

  Mike Ferrara | June 22, 2007 12:47 AM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The extremely tragic accident today at Six Flags in Kentucky amputed both feet of a 16 year old girl. Cases llke this cry out for compensation and corrective action to make sure this type of accident never happens again. When amusement park owners undertake to provide rides to the general public, they must insure that their equipment is 100% safe. There is no margin for error. Shortcuts in...

• Pfizer Wins Victory in Celebrex Litigation - All Bextra Cases and Some Celebrex Cases Remain

  Mike Ferrara | November 25, 2007 12:20 AM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A federal judge in San Francisco has dismissed some Celebrex cases, giving Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) a partial victory. The only cases dismissed are those of patients who were using 200 mg. of Celebrex. Judge Breyer found that there was insufficient scientific proof that this amount of Celebrex caused heart attacks or strokes as some doctors have alleged. This ruling only affects cases pending in...

• Child Booster Seats - Only Used by 7% of 20M Children Between Ages 4 and 8

  Mike Ferrara | November 12, 2007 12:08 AM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The prestigious Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and State Farm looked at 30,000 auto crashes involving children between the ages of 4 and 8. They found the 80% of these children were using adult seat belts and not booster seats. In fact, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) found the fewer than 7% of the 20 million children between the ages of 4 and 8 used booster...

• Calling All Purple Heart Veterans - You May Have Important Benefits Due You

  Mike Ferrara | October 24, 2007 11:23 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  If you are a veteran of any of the armed services and have received the Purple Heart, you may be entitled to certain benefits. Many of you may have applied for benefits and have been denied. This callous treatment of our men and women heroes is unfortunate, but it can be fixed. It doesn't matter when you served, but the only requirement is that you have received a Purple Heart and been...

• Niki Trunk Appointed to Trial Lawyer Board of Governors

  Mike Ferrara | February 06, 2007 1:21 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Congratulations to Niki Trunk on her appointment to the Board of Governors of the ATLA-NJ, The New Jersey Trial Lawyer Association. President Marc Saperstein made the appointment on January 1, 2007. Niki joins about 70 personal injury lawyers on the Board of Governors. ATLA-NJ is composed of 2500 attorneys who represent consumers who are injured by defective products, injured in car...

• 911 Liability - PA Woman With MS Calls 911 When Bed Catches Fire - Her Call Put on Hold And She Burns To Death Waiting

  Mike Ferrara | February 16, 2008 12:59 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Everyone around the country must learn about the Brenda Orr tragedy. In Bucks County, PA, a suburb of Philadelphia, Brenda Orr placed a call to 911 when her bed caught on fire. She suffered from MS and was unable to get out of bed. Her 911 call went to the Bucks County dispatchers who could have answered her desparate call for help. Her call rang for 30 seconds and no one answered. ...

• 35% Of All Doctors Violate AMA Ethics Rules When They Accept Gifts From Drug Companies - Changes Are Needed

  Mike Ferrara | August 06, 2007 9:53 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In an underreported story in this week's New England Journal of Medicine, a representative from the American Medical Association writes to point out that it is unethical for doctors to accept gifts from drug companies. The AMA ethics opinion E-8.061 has been around since 1990. The New England Journal published an article in their April 26, 2007 issue that presented disturbing evidence...

• The Ferrara Law Firm, L.L.C.

  Staff Writer | December 04, 2007 10:25 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Since 1972 The Ferrara Law Firm, L.L.C., a New Jersey Personal Injury Lawyer, has protected the rights of people who have been seriously injured by unsafe products, careless doctors and dangerous workplaces. Mr Ferrara is one of the leading New Jersey personal injury lawyers. In additon, he was selected as one of the Best Lawyers in America, and Best Lawyers in New Jersey and New York. ...

• New York City and New York State Sue Merck For Vioxx Fraud

  Mike Ferrara | September 18, 2007 1:27 AM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  In a stunning blow to Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) Mayor Bloomberg of New York City and Attorney General Andrew Cuomo jointly sued the drug maker in the New York Supreme Court today over Merck's withdrawn drug, Vioxx. Read the entire press release at the end of this entry. The suit is one of several brought by individual states to recover money the states paid on behalf of Medicaid patients....

• Miami Crane Collapse Kills 2 - Florida Has No Regulations Dealing With Tower Cranes And Crane Operators

  Mike Ferrara | March 25, 2008 10:45 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  As incredible as it seems, 10 days after seven were killed in a New York City crane collapse, the virtually identical thing happened again in Miami. The startling news this time is that Florida does not regulate or license tower cranes and crane operators. Two workers were killed and five were injured when the crane fell 30 stories. Workplace injuries kill and injury thousands each year. ...