There is a famous question about what happens when a tree falls in an empty forest. But there are a few more questions that arise when a tree falls on someone’s personal property. There is a currently ongoing case here in New Jersey surrounding a property owner that cut down over two hundred trees that, [...]
Stryker Orthopaedics, a large manufacturer of medical devices, has provided thousands of patients with hip implants over the years. Last July, however, Stryker recalled two of its hip implants, the Stryker Rejuvenate and ABG II Modular Hip Stem. The hip implants have been recalled because of its metal-on-metal design, which wear away over time. This [...]
Placing a family member in a nursing home can be an emotional and tolling process. Families spend much time conducting research when searching for a nursing home that can provide the highest degree of care in tending to the specific needs of their loved one. While many nursing homes do provide a high level of [...]
Back in November 2012, a train derailed over the Jefferson Street Bridge in Paulsboro, New Jersey, resulting in four tanker cars landing in the water of Mantua Creek. One of the fallen cars leaked thousands of pounds of vinyl chloride into the environment. Vinyl chloride is a toxic chemical used in producing PVC plastics and [...]
Schools and other buildings across New Jersey undergo testing every year to ensure that lead levels are within a range that are not considered harmful to your health. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, many buildings constructed prior to 1986 have lead problems. The Old Turnpike School, a middle school in Tewksbury, New Jersey, is [...]
Many can recall the horror stories from around the country of the sudden, unexpected acceleration of Toyota vehicles that caused scores of deaths and injuries. Toyota Motor Corporation has recently settled the first in a group of hundreds of wrongful death and injury claims stemming from those incidents. The first claim settled was brought by [...]
Jasmine Rivera recently filed a federal lawsuit in Newark on the basis of wrongful death for the 2011 fatal shooting of her boyfriend and father of her young child, Malik Williams. The core of the complaint relates back to an incident that occurred on December 10, 2011 when 19-year-old Williams fled a Bergen County police [...]
