Posts tagged injury

• Class Action Lawsuit over Prius Brakes is Only One of Many Facing Toyota

  Mike Ferrara | February 08, 2010 8:19 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Toyota is now facing its first class-action lawsuit surrounding faulty brakes on the 2010 Prius. The suit, filed in Los Angeles last week, seeks unspecified monetary damages as well...

• 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...

• I Know What You Did Last Summer, Toyota. Time to Take Responsibility.

  Mike Ferrara | February 05, 2010 1:06 AM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The world seems to be crumbling around Toyota as, to top off a recall of millions of vehicles and a major lawsuit demanding the recall of millions more, it now considers issuing a recall...

• 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...

• Understanding Your Car Insurance Policy

  Kate Reilly | July 15, 2009 1:27 PM | 0 CommentsNewark, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Car insurance is something that nearly all states require and something that all responsible drivers know they ought to have. For many drivers, their understanding of their auto insurance policy...

• Levaquin Users Requesting Mass Tort Treatment from NJ Supreme Court

  Mike Ferrara | May 16, 2009 8:44 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Levaquin users are requesting that the New Jersey Supreme Court accord mass-tort treatment to their lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson, a subsidiary of Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical Inc. for...