Elevated lead levels have been found in more samples from New Jersey’s largest school district, where officials shut off sinks and drinking fountains at 30 facilities last month.
A man who received one of the 67 flu vaccinations administered at a company wellness clinic by a nurse who used just two syringes has sued the nurse and her employer for emotional distress.
The sudden emergency doctrine is a doctrine of tort law in which a person who is confronted with a sudden unexpected situation not of his or her making and acts reasonably will not be held liable even if those actions result in a collision. The…
The Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday that it was requiring new “boxed warnings” for immediate-release (IR) opioid pain medications such as Oxycontin, Percocet and Vicodin. Hoping to curb a national epidemic of prescription painkiller abuse, the FDA is requiring a new boxed warning…
2015 was probably the deadliest year on American roads since 2008. That’s according to a mid-quarter report from the National Safety Council, which estimates 38,300 people were killed in car accidents last year. The NSC said a stronger economy and lower unemployment are probably at…
B vitamins, B-1, B-2, B-3, B-5, B-6, B-9 and B-12, are water soluble vitamins that play critical roles in human cell metabolism. They either serve as a co-enzyme for critical cell metabolic processes, or as a precursor needed to generate such processes. They also play…
According to the Utah Highway Patrol (UHP), human error and human behavior are behind 90 plus percent of Utah highway fatalities. And those fatalities are on the rise. Last year, 275 people died on Utah’s roadways, up from 256 in 2014 and 220 in 2013.…
“A sprinkle a day keeps the odor away,” according to the old ads for Johnson & Johnson baby powder and Shower to Shower. For millions of people, sprinkling baby powder on their bodies and underclothing was a daily routine. According to a report in Epidemiology,…
Bayer AG’s Essure birth control implant should carry the strongest safety warning label, U.S. regulators said on Monday, following thousands of complaints about the device. Essure is a permanent (irreversible) form of birth control, meaning a woman who gets this device will no longer be…
A union official says New Jersey Transit and rail worker unions are closer than they were on Monday to reaching an agreement that would head off a strike this weekend, but negotiations ended Tuesday without a deal in place. The two sides will meet again…
El bufete de abogados D’Arcy Johnson Day está investigando activamente los acontecimientos en torno a la reciente noticia recibida de que más de 200 pacientes de Shore Memorial Medical Center, pueden haber estado expuestos al VIH, Hepatitis B o Hepatitis C a través de la…
Many employers in North Dakota, particularly those with headquarters out of state, often find out about a unique aspect of North Dakota business law once it is too late. Only after an employee quits and starts a competing business does the employer discover that North…
