Posts tagged injuries

• Toddler falls from unprotected window in Newark Apartment

  Kate Reilly | September 08, 2009 5:26 PM | 0 CommentsNewark, NJ Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  A Labor Day weekend accident led to the hospitalization of a 3-year-old child from Newark, NJ after he fell from a second-story window at his family apartment located on Columbia Avenue. The family...

• 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. ...

• Safety is Job One - Deaths at NYC Construction Site Should Not Have Happened

  Mike Ferrara | March 16, 2008 2:13 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Yesterday's tragic crane collapse in NYC killed four and injured 10. It happened in mid-town Manhattan and could have been much worse. The site at 50th Street and 2nd Avenue is a bustling mid city intersection. The crane was on the 19th floor of a 44 story condo that was being built. There had been prior violations at this work site and neighbors complained that the workers were working...

• Back Pain - Injury or Accident

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

  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,...

• 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. ...

• Coming and Going Rule

  Carter Corriston | February 13, 2008 4:03 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  What happens if I am injured on the way to work? Generally, unless you have arrived to your place of employment you will not be eligible to collect under workers compensation for injuries you suffer. This issue often is when are you deemed to have arrived at work. Certainly if your company has parking on the premises the minute you enter the lot you would be deemed to have arrived. Or if you...

• New Jersey Hospitals Kill 42, Seriously Injure 408 in 2006

  Mike Ferrara | January 21, 2008 1:03 AM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  One of the first things doctors learn in medical school is the old adage that they do no harm. Except in New Jersey. Official state records just released reveal that in 2006 there were 42 persons killed and 408 seriously injured in New Jersey's 78 hospitals. Things are getting worse - in 2005 there were "only" 376 such incidents.The most common events were falls, pressure ulcers, medication...

• New Jersey Senate and Assembly Pass New Wrongful Death Bill - However Governor Corzine Vetoes It

  Mike Ferrara | January 17, 2008 1:11 AM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The New Jersey Senate and Assembly passed changes to the state's 130 year old Wrongful Death bill. The bill then went to the Governor's desk for his signature but he refused to sign it. Under New Jersey law, his failure to sign the bill had the same effect as a veto and the bill died. It will be reintroduced again in the next session of the legislature that began last Tuesday. ...

• "Merck Puts Patients First" - An Erroneous Corporate Slogan - Childhood Vaccines Recalled

  Mike Ferrara | December 15, 2007 12:49 AM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MRK) withdrew Vioxx from the worldwide market on September 30, 2004. Their own studies showed that it caused heart attacks and strokes. Nearly 80,000 or more folks had heart attacks and strokes while taking Vioxx. Merck, a company who's slogan is "Merck Puts Patients First", did not accept personal responsibiliy, but in trial after trial, sometimes successfully,...

• Empoyee's Right to Treatment for Injuries

  Carter Corriston | December 12, 2007 11:33 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Workers who are injured while working must report the injury to their employer, as soon as practical, and follow the employer's directions for treatment, this includes the physicians who are authorized to treat the worker. This usually means the directions of the employer's insurance carrier but not always. Some employers, like hospitals, may direct the treatment on their own. An employee may...