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If your answer to this question is “no,” then you’re not alone. The fact is that when most people think about car accidents and the causes thereof, they envision drivers speeding, making unsafe lane changes and tailgating. In reality, however, tire blowouts and other vehicle maintenance issues are routinely cited as the causes of fatal and destructive accidents. According to…

Doctors and nurses are undoubtedly under a tremendous amount of pressure. Their jobs are among the most stressful in the world, so when they choose to blow off some steam, they are generally given some latitude. When their professional squabbling poses a threat to patient safety, however, it is completely unacceptable and needs to be addressed. Those who put themselves…

It’s an unfortunate fact of life that some jobs render people more vulnerable to health problems than others. This is particularly true of mesothelioma. While today’s employers and business owners may be more sensitive to the dangers of asbestos and other lung-cancer-causing work conditions, the information just wasn’t available to workers thirty years ago, nor, frankly, was the consideration for…

New Jersey’s roads just got a little more dangerous for motorcycle riders. Preliminary data from the Governors’ Highway Traffic Safety Association revealed a 12.5 percent increase in motorcycle fatalities for the year 2014. The news comes as a shock to industry experts who projected a decrease from last year. The report measured fatalities that occurred within the first nine months…

It may surprise you to know this, but in the span of a year there have been close to 740 recalls of food for safety reasons, according to the FDA’s database. The reasons for these recalls have ranged from undeclared ingredients and unidentified sources of contamination to fungus and other health concerns. This news comes on the heels of the…

It happens every day on New Jersey’s highways. The driver in back of you lodges their own personal protest regarding the speed at which you’re traveling by riding inches from your back bumper. By the time you have to stop for a traffic light, stop sign or pedestrian, they’re close enough to you to smell what fragrance of air freshener…

The human body is a peculiar and unpredictable thing, particularly when it’s been through the rigors of a car accident. The immediate days following a car crash don’t always tell the whole story. It’s common for injuries to manifest weeks and even months after the accident. Unfortunately many feel as though it will be harder to pursue compensation because they’ve…

Between 2010 and 2013, 10 percent of all fatal car accidents in New Jersey were caused by unlicensed drivers, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. This accounted for more than 230 deaths during that four-year span. What is even more troubling is, even though more than half of these unlicensed drivers had a history of careless or reckless…

Sexual assault charges are among the most egregious a person can face. They carry life-changing penalties and a stigma that can haunt you for the rest of your life. An accusation can be damaging enough, but a conviction can put you behind bars for a very long time and have repercussions for the rest of your life. To make matters…

After a five-year investigation, gas station owners across New Jersey are being ordered to pay overtime to attendants who were entitled to receive it but didn’t. All tolled, over 1,000 attendants at filling stations throughout the Garden State are owed a collective $5.5 million in unpaid overtime. Across the country, the United States Department of Labor helped to recover approximately…