Posts tagged injuries

• Australia's Securities Regulator Sues James Hardie Over Asbestos Liability

  Ricky Bagolie | February 24, 2007 9:39 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  According to Bloomberg News, out of Sydney, Australia's securities regulator sued James Hardie Industries, the biggest seller of home sidings in the United States, claiming the company misled investors over the cost of compensating people sickened by asbestos.The chairman, Meredith Hellicar, the former chief executive officer, Peter MacDonald, and eight other officials face bans from running a...

• 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...

• 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. ...

• 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...

• 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. ...

• 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. ...

• 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,...

• Construction Site Deaths Rise from 110 to 146

  Mike Ferrara | April 29, 2007 10:46 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  The number of needless deaths that occur at construction sites continues to rise. The latest figures from the Lansing State Journal showed that in 2005 there were 110 deaths compared to 146 deaths in 2006. According to construction site attorney Michael A. Ferrara, Jr., there is absolutely no excuse for this contining carnage. Companies must take all steps possible to avoid these...