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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
When you fly off the top rope and take chair shots for a living, you have to assume a certain amount of occupational risk. However three professionals formerly employed with World Wrestling Entertainment claim their lawsuit amounts to much more than that. In a suit filed on behalf of all current and former WWE wrestlers …
When you think of luxurious massages and time spent lounging around the pool, you think of vacations – not medical rehabilitation. However, nursing homes and rehab centers, like it or not, are Big Business; both are always vying for the attention of prospective clients. The real problem, unfortunately, according to a 2014 report put out …
