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Over 3,000 Patients Believed to be Exposed to HIV, Hepatitis at Surgery Center
Posted in Personal Injury
According to the New Jersey Department of Health (DOH), over 3,000 patients may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C at the HealthPlus Surgery Center in Saddle Brook, New Jersey. The DOH released a new statement with the HealthPlus Surgery Center requesting that any patients who received… Continue reading
First Lawsuit Filed in Adenovirus Outbreak at Wanaque Facility, New Outbreak Announced at Maryland University
Posted in Personal Injury
At least 35 people have been infected with the adenovirus, the majority of them children, at the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation. The outbreak first began in late September, according to the New Jersey Department of Health (DOH), and since then 11 children have died. On November 20, it… Continue reading
Do 50 Percent of People Have a Herniated Disc? Dispelling the Myth
Posted in Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury
You may have heard this one before: 50 percent of all normal and asymptomatic adults have at least one herniated disc (sometimes referred to as a slipped disc.) However, unlike many other buzzy medical “factoids,” this one is more myth than truth.
FDA Announces Plan for Restricting Access to Flavored E-Cigarettes
Posted in Personal Injury
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb announced plans to “restrict” sales locations for flavored e-cigarettes that appeal to youth. The restriction, which falls far short of a ban, will require sales to take place only in “age-restricted in-person locations and, if sold online, under heightened practices for age verification.” The restriction does… Continue reading
JUUL Has An Anti-Vaping Program For Schools?
Posted in Personal Injury
Did you know JUUL implemented a vaping prevention program targeted for use in schools? JUUL is the rapid-rise vaping company that makes e-cigarettes that look like USB units, and vaping liquids with high concentrations of nicotine. It has suffered heavy criticism for its appeal to underage youth and is being… Continue reading
Seven Children Die After Outbreak in New Jersey Facility
Posted in Personal Injury
The New Jersey Department of Health (DOH) has reported that seven children have died and twelve more remain infected as a result of an adenovirus outbreak in a nursing and rehabilitation facility in Wanaque. The facility is the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, and first notified the DOH of… Continue reading
NJ Doctor Stripped of License Over Hundreds of Opioid Prescriptions for the Drug Subsys
Posted in Personal Injury
A doctor in Philipsburg, New Jersey has lost his license after allegations that the physician had accepted more than $117,000 from the pharmaceutical company Insys Therapeutics, Inc. to prescribe the company’s fentanyl painkiller Subsys to his patients. Dr. Kenneth P. Sun consented to the New Jersey State Board of Medical… Continue reading
Granddaughter & Great-Grandson of Harley-Davidson Co-Founder to Present at Roar to the Shore & DelMarVa
Posted in Personal Injury
Stark & Stark will be heading to the beach to meet everyone at the 2018 Roar to the Shore and DelMarVa Bike Week this September. While at both events, we will have with us the granddaughter and great-grandson of Harley-Davidson co-founder Walter Davidson as our guest speakers, Jean Davidson and… Continue reading
Workers Compensation and Fraud Update – the Statute Applies to the Employee and the Employer Alike
Posted in Personal Injury
The New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Fraud Statute, N.J.S.A. 34:15-57.4, is alive and well in the Division of Workers’ Compensation as it applies to injured workers. Attorneys for workers’ compensation carriers are making fraud arguments often, and in some cases being successful in terminating workers’ benefits. Yet injured workers do not… Continue reading
Vaping Teen Goes into Respiratory Failure
Posted in Personal Injury
An 18-year-old developed wet lung and went into respiratory arrest three weeks after starting to vape. The young women entered the ER with stabbing chest pains and difficulty breathing, which got progressively worse until she went into respiratory failure and wound up on a ventilator. Doctors diagnosed the young women… Continue reading