Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)—a potentially debilitating autoimmune disease—currently afflicts about 0.6% of the adult population in the United States (affecting women about 2-3 times more often than men). It generally results in an inflammatory disorder that…
Read MoreApril 2013
Major Employers Imposing Penalties for Unhealthy Workers As reported this week in The Wall Street Journal (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324600704578402784123334550.html), Michelin North America, Inc.—a branch of the worldwide company that employs over 100,000 people—has decided to implement a…
Read MoreAppellate Division Affirms Award of Temporary Disability Workers’ Compensation Benefits On January 31st, 2011, Michael Johnson—an employee of Hamilton Township’s Water Pollution Control Facility represented by David Schroth, Esq—reached inside a control panel that regulated…
Read MoreIn late February of this year, a conference was held in Boston on workers’ compensation law. The event—organized by the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI)—highlighted a number of interesting issues. The primary topic, for example,…
Read MoreOn December 4th, 2005, Janet Henebema was driving home from work as a dealer in an Atlantic City casino. Suddenly, her car was struck by another car—one that had skidded out of control on some…
Read MoreAt 13 years old, Rhode Island resident Maria Borino Provancha had ten-inch metal Harrington rods inserted into her back. For her entire life, Ms. Provancha has been suffering from back pain and scoliosis. The rods…
Read MoreThis week, automobile customers in 14 states filed a lawsuit against Ford Motor Co. The suit alleges that a potentially unsafe defect in Ford cars should have been remedied 5 years earlier than it was. …
Read MoreCurrently, there is a mandatory five-month waiting period for receiving Social Security Disability benefits for all prospective beneficiaries—even for those given 12 months or less to live. The potential inequities of this requirement hit home,…
Read MoreIn January of 2008, James Hitesman—a nurse who working for Bridgeway Senior Healthcare, a nursing home in Bridgewater, N.J.—sent an email to fellow Bridgeway employees. He reported that he was noticing a high rate of…
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