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September 2016 Archives
Hoboken Train Accident Injures Over 100, Claims 1 Life
In a tragic accident that occurred yesterday, a New Jersey Transit train crashed into a train station in Hoboken, New Jersey, injuring 108 people and claiming the life of one.
NEW WAVE OF LAWSUITS CONNECTED TO DRUG CAUSING PERMANENT HAIR LOSS
Chemotherapy as a cancer treatment often results in hair loss. In fact, hair loss is so commonplace that charities now accept hair donations and companies manufacture fashion wigs for cancer patients. Patients believe that after surviving chemotherapy and curing their cancer, hair will regrow. However, a new wave of lawsuits has recently mounted against a pharmaceutical company who failed to warnpatients of the risk of permanent baldness associated with their chemotherapy drug, Taxotere.
APPORTIONMENT OF FAULT IN NEW JERSEY PERSONAL INJURY CASES
Determining legal responsibility, or “liability” for an accident, often concerns if someone was careless or “negligent.” Before you can claim that the individual or company causing an accident must pay for injuries, you must determine who was legally at fault.
THE EFFECTS OF PRE-EXISTING INJURIES ON PERSONAL INJURY CLAIMS
Often times in personal injury cases, a plaintiff may face opposition from a defendant’s insurance company based on a preexisting injury. Although a plaintiff is unable to collect damages for a condition existing prior to an incident causing an injury, that plaintiff may obtain damages for physical or mental conditions exacerbated by the incident. Accordingly, these claimants should carefully consider how they handle their preexisting injuries.
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September 2016 Archives
Hoboken Train Accident Injures Over 100, Claims 1 Life
In a tragic accident that occurred yesterday, a New Jersey Transit train crashed into a train station in Hoboken, New Jersey, injuring 108 people and claiming the life of one.
NEW WAVE OF LAWSUITS CONNECTED TO DRUG CAUSING PERMANENT HAIR LOSS
Chemotherapy as a cancer treatment often results in hair loss. In fact, hair loss is so commonplace that charities now accept hair donations and companies manufacture fashion wigs for cancer patients. Patients believe that after surviving chemotherapy and curing their cancer, hair will regrow. However, a new wave of lawsuits has recently mounted against a pharmaceutical company who failed to warnpatients of the risk of permanent baldness associated with their chemotherapy drug, Taxotere.
APPORTIONMENT OF FAULT IN NEW JERSEY PERSONAL INJURY CASES
Determining legal responsibility, or “liability” for an accident, often concerns if someone was careless or “negligent.” Before you can claim that the individual or company causing an accident must pay for injuries, you must determine who was legally at fault.
THE EFFECTS OF PRE-EXISTING INJURIES ON PERSONAL INJURY CLAIMS
Often times in personal injury cases, a plaintiff may face opposition from a defendant’s insurance company based on a preexisting injury. Although a plaintiff is unable to collect damages for a condition existing prior to an incident causing an injury, that plaintiff may obtain damages for physical or mental conditions exacerbated by the incident. Accordingly, these claimants should carefully consider how they handle their preexisting injuries.
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Smith & Gaynor, LLC
60 Washington Street, Suite 302
Morristown,
NJ
07960
Phone:
973-292-0016
Fax:
973-292-9168
Morristown Law Office Map