As New Jersey residents may be aware, a wrongful death lawsuit has been filed by the estate representing Bobbi Brown, daughter of Whitney Houston, against Nick Gordon, the boyfriend she was living with at the time of her death. The lawsuit alleges that Gordon bears...
Year: 2015
Prescription medication addiction among injured workers
New Jersey residents may be aware that prescription medication abuse has become a serious problem for many Americans. Opioid painkillers such as Oxycontin and Vicodin are among the prescription medications most commonly abused, and many workers recovering from an...
OSHA implements new standards on enclosed spaces
Workers in New Jersey are protected by standards enforced by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the federal department charged with monitoring workplace safety across the country. The department maintains specific rules and regulations to keep...
Factors working for and against driver safety in older adults
Someone in New Jersey worried about an older relative's ability to drive can look at the facts on the subject. The news is both good and bad because adults who are 65 and older have many safe driving habits, but statistics also reveal that they have an increased...
New Jersey brain injury patients and minor cumulative injuries
New Jersey patients may be interested in research that investigates the effects of head trauma caused by injuries during contact sports such as football. While previous research focused on concussions, Stanford University researchers examined injuries caused by...
Fatalities caused by car accidents in New Jersey
Fatal car accidents that occur in New Jersey can be caused by a number of different factors. In a recent study, the Auto Insurance Center analyzed data supplied by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration from every reported fatal car accident that occurred...
Drivers should be more careful on certain days of the year
New Jersey motorists may be interested in learning that there are specific days throughout the year when being out on the road is more hazardous than at other times. There typically is an increase in motor vehicle accidents over major holiday weekends because there...
Car crashes into New Jersey Transit bus
Seven people were injured on May 1 in an early morning collision between a car and a New Jersey Transit bus in Newark. The driver of the car reportedly attempted to flee the scene of the accident despite being critically injured and was soon apprehended by police on...
Driver charged in hit-and-run incident that injured bicyclist
Authorities report that, on April 13, a 27-year-old male bicyclist was injured after a driver reportedly struck him and then drove away. The crash occurred shortly after 5:30 p.m. in Winslow Township.According to a person who witnessed the accident, a 41-year-old man...
Man pleads guilty to drunken vehicular homicide
The driver who killed a Jersey City man has pleaded guilty to charges of vehicular homicide in a New Jersey courtroom. The fatal accident, which happened in 2013, may lead to as many as 21 years of incarceration for the 22-year-old man.The man admitted his guilt for...