Court Overturns Verdicts in New Jersey Accutane Case
A New Jersey Court of Appeals has reversed three personal injury verdicts for plaintiffs who claimed they were injured by the drug Accutane. The plaintiffs, residents of Florida, began taking Accutane for cystic acne when...
Read MoreNew Jersey Court Considers Liability for Text Sender
A New Jersey appeals court panel recently heard arguments on whether a person who sends a text can be liable for damages if the recipient crashes and injures others while reading and driving. A Morristown...
Read MoreNew Jersey Could Soon Enforce Smart Gun Law
In 2002, New Jersey became the first state in the country to require all handguns sold in the state to be equipped with “smart gun” technology that would only allow the owners to fire them....
Read MoreNew Jersey Bus Crash Injures 23
Investigators are still working to determine what caused a chartered bus to swerve out of control and flip on its side in a New Jersey crash that injured 23 people, eight of them critically. The...
Read MoreNew Jersey Baby Killed When Light Pole Falls on Stroller
Eight-month-old Angelie Paredes was killed when a shuttle bus struck a light pole, which then fell on her stroller, on a sidewalk in West New York, New Jersey. Seven other people were injured when the...
Read MoreMassive Recall of Generic Lipitor
Ranbaxy, Laboratories, Ltd., in cooperation with the US Food and Drug Administration, has ordered a recall of its atorvastatin product, which is the generic version of Lipitor. The recall was ordered on November 9, 2012,...
Read MoreLawsuit Filed after Stolen Car Involved in Wrong-Way Crash
A New Jersey resident who was severely injured in a crash involving a stolen car has sued the driver’s mother and the bar that served drinks to the driver before the accident. Around 6 pm...
Read MoreJersey City Man Injured by 1,500 Pounds of Pineapples
A 39-year-old warehouse worker in Jersey City was hospitalized on May 22, 2013, after 1,500 pounds of pineapples fell on him. While it would not be fun to have 1,500 pounds of anything fall on...
Read MoreIncreasing Use of Ski Helmets Hasn’t Decreased Brain Injuries
Formula One driver Michael Schumacher was wearing a helmet when he went skiing at a resort in Méribel, France. However, he still suffered a traumatic brain injury when he fell and hit his head on a...
Read MoreHudson County Dog Bite Injury Attorney
Dog bites are common in Hudson County, but few gain national attention. One dog attack that did make the national news occurred in 2010. A male pit bull named Giant, who lived in a luxury...
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