After an accident, you may be confused as to how to begin the personal injury lawsuit process, and you’re wondering whether or not you really need an attorney. You may have heard that an attorney may delay your case or hurt your lawsuit. On top of all that, your attorney takes a large percentage fee [...]
Children are to be seen and not heard! How many times have I heard that phrase? It was the environment in which I grew up. To me, what is the point of having children if they’re not to be heard and only to be seen? Have you ever sat and had conversation with an 8 [...]
This past weekend I had the chance to visit with my mother and now deceased aunt in Rhode Island. Amy, the kids, and myself found ourselves having breakfast at the Classic Café and talk about a name being perfect for a restaurant. What makes a café classic? We walked in and were greeted by vintage [...]
August 7, 2014 is going to make for an interesting day. I am on my way to New Brunswick on a Motion for Medical and Temporary Disability Benefits. A Motion for Medical and Temporary Disability Benefits is a specific device filed within the Division of Workers' Compensation which allows a petitioner's attorney to get in front [...]
This morning, August 4, 2014, I attended a disciplinary hearing for a City of Trenton employee. I enjoy these types of disciplinary matters because I get an opportunity to really sit and discuss with the administration what is going on and help workers who are being written up for some disciplinary matter. Some of these are [...]
August 5, 2014 Today was an eventful day in workers’ compensation court. I had two settlements both with interesting lien issues. The first of the settlements is interesting because it has a State Temporary Disability lien attached to it. We filed several claims, but one of the medical conditions was not associated with the work [...]
On December 4, 2012, Zephyr Oil--a Brooklyn-based gasoline distributor--purchased over 70,000 gallons of gas. Except, incredibly unusually, this was not ordinary gasoline. It was avgas, or a kind of aviation fuel. In contrast with regular gasoline, which is obviously acceptable for use in regular automobiles, avgas contains a substance called "tetraethyl lead." The chemical is [...]
Between 2003 and 2006, there were approximately 458 million hospital emergency room visits by U.S. patients. And a recent study by the Health Services Research Journal, in conjunction with the CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, has brought to light a startling statistic. According to the study, about 125 million workers in the [...]
An explosion yesterday in Ewing, NJ caused damage to at least 55 units on Scenic Drive. I could feel the blast from my office right across the street and could see the massive smoke rising above the trees. It occurred only a few blocks from Lore Elementary School and I immediately went there to [...]
Being a nurse is the type of job that requires a certain personality. It requires someone to be caring and have sense of wanting to help others and yet at the same time a personality that requires giving a good kick in the (you know what) at times to help a patient heal. It is [...]
