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New Jersey Court Turns Down Injured Worker’s Appeal for Permanent Disability in Series of Workplace Accidents
Earlier this month, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, affirmed the decision of the Public Employees’ Retirement System Board denying an employee’s petition for an accidental disability retirement pension. The court in Simon-Moise v. Board of Trustees affirmed the decision of the Board, which relied on an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) decision… Read More »
Will Seat Belts Be a Major Issue in the Tracy Morgan/Wal-Mart New Jersey Truck Accident Case?
Earlier this year, comedian and actor Tracy Morgan, along with others, filed a lawsuit against Wal-Mart for serious personal injuries caused when a truck driven by a Wal-Mart employee crashed into the limousine bus they were riding in on the New Jersey Turnpike (see Wal-Mart Faces Liability in New Jersey Fatal Truck Accident that… Read More »
Roadcheck 2014 Summer Safety Enforcement Blitz Pulls 13,000 Semi-Trucks Out of Service
Every year for 27 years running, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) in conjunction with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) conducts a 72-hour safety enforcement blitz at about 2,500 locations across the United States, Canada and Mexico. This year’s event, conducted between June Third and Fifth, inspected 73,475 trucks and buses. As… Read More »
Philip Morris to Cough Up $27 Million
Last month, a federal judge in Florida upheld a $27 million verdict against a major tobacco company in favor of a woman with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) who first started smoking at the age of fourteen. The bulk of the verdict was a punitive damages award of $20,760,000.14, with the 14 cents added… Read More »
Self-Driving Cars Are Here…
How will they “impact” accident rates and personal injury law? Luxury vehicles, such as Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Audi, offer drivers the best in mechanics, technology, and equipment. But soon drivers of high-end vehicles may not be required to drive at all. Mercedes and Lexus have recently joined Audi in testing self-driving cars (SDCs) on… Read More »
Hoboken Violated Civil Rights Act & Owes Attorney’s Fees
Last month, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that attorney’s fees may be awarded under the state Civil Rights Act in a lawsuit alleging that a municipality (Hoboken) violated a right created by state statute—the right to petition government. The city argued that the Civil Rights Act should be limited to cases of discrimination,… Read More »
$73 Million Verdict for Vaginal Mesh Victim
Last week, we discussed the numerous verdicts coming down against the makers of vaginal pelvic mesh. Successful cases in West Virginia and New Jersey resulted in awards of $3 million to over $11 million for injured plaintiffs. Now, a Texas court has awarded a mesh victim $73 million in damages, a staggering amount in… Read More »
Jury Hands Down Another Multi-Million Dollar Victory for Pelvic Mesh Injury Victims
Earlier this month, a jury sitting in a federal courtroom in West Virginia deliberated for less than a day after a two-week trial before coming back with a $3.27 million verdict for the plaintiff in a product liability case who was injured by the transvaginal pelvic mesh implanted into her body to treat stress… Read More »
New Jersey Risk Map: An Innovative Tool for Reducing Car and Truck Accidents
A project of the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety (AAAFTS) known as the United States Road Assessment Program (usRAP) may help deliver critical information about road safety in New Jersey. The idea behind the program is to create a Risk Map which gives drivers an instant visual image of which New Jersey roads have… Read More »
OSHA Fines Plant $7,000 for Industrial Accident which Left One Worker Dead
Earlier this year, a workplace accident at a manufacturing plant in Pennsylvania left one worker dead and two others injured. The accident occurred at a plant owned and operated by Mersen USA Bn Group, which is based in Boonton in Morris County, New Jersey about 20 minutes west of Wayne. Mersen is a “global… Read More »
