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Pedestrians have the right to walk alongside roads, and a part of driver responsibility is to be aware not only of the road ahead, but the road to the side to prevent serious car accidents from happening. When an auto-pedestrian accident occurs one party is certainly more at risk for injury than the other, and […]

A number of rental car companies doing business in New Jersey are still using vehicles that are prone to rollovers. Obviously such rollovers can lead to risk of severe trauma including spinal cord injuries, concussions, fractures and death. Obviously, the problem with all spinal cord injuries is that the condition is often permanent in nature. […]

Every day, contractors and homeowners around the country and in states like New Jersey, flock to home supply stores in search of products to help them carry-out home improvement projects. The potential health risks and hazards associated with some of these products, however, are not always completely realized until it’s too late. The U.S. Centers […]

In 2010, a New Jersey woman was excited to start her new job as an independent contractor with Larsen and Toubro, a company headquartered in her state. She worked hard and earned a promotion to full-time employee in January 2011. Her life only got better when she received the news that she was pregnant. It […]

A New Jersey woman and dock worker was recently killed due to an industrial accident. At the time of this workplace accident, the 47-year old worker was assisting with the unloading of a container ship but was accidentally caught up between two freight cars that had been unloaded from the ship. The woman was then […]

Accidents can happen at any moment, even when you do everything right: wear your seatbelt, go the speed limit, properly signal your turns and follow every other law of the road. The driving habits of others you share the road with are unpredictable. A car may be driving just as it should but all of […]

A lawsuit held in New Jersey federal court alleged that executives for a drug manufacturer withheld vital study information concerning a cholesterol lowering drugs out of fear that the release of such information would adversely affect sales. The medication was thought to be a defective product in that promises of the drug’s effectiveness was brought […]

A safety summit was held this past weekend on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012 in New Jersey and the topic was bicycle and pedestrian safety. Those in attendance included legislators, transportation planners, biking advocates and others who wanted their voice heard. Much of the discussion at the New Jersey Bike and Walk Summit focused on ways […]

Victims of commercial trucking accidents can recover compensation for damages they suffer as the result of another’s negligence. These damages include not only medical bills, pain and suffering, lost wages and repair damages but other, less common types of damages. A 43-year-old man was not only injured in an accident on the New Jersey Turnpike […]

New Jersey workers that perform a very public service are increasingly being injured on the job and rely on the local workers’ compensation program for public employees to cover them. School crossing guards that escort children across the street are increasingly being injured while performing their duties on the job due to careless drivers that […]