New Jersey Medical Malpractice Attorney Discusses Medical Malpractice Caps and Vulnerable VictimsI've always said that damages caps don't work. In every state in which medical malpractice "damages caps" have been tried, they've failed to resolve the fictional "medical...
Month: May 2015
New Jersey Law Support Claims For Unpaid Overtime
A U.S. District Judge in Newark has ruled that the New Jersey Wage and Hour Law does support private causes of action in situations where employers improperly withhold overtime pay. The law has been used in previous cases to justify awards for unpaid overtime. It's a...
Memorial Day Weekend Travel Safety
Every holiday weekend means an increase in traffic and the burdens that come along with it. This Memorial Day weekend will likely see an increase in car accidents due to congestion, visitors and the unsafe behaviors that attend many holidays. After a very difficult...
New Jersey Civil and Employment Rights Trial Lawyer Discusses Priest Supporting LGBTQI Advocacy Group
Just when we're starting to really turn the corner on LGBTQI issues, now a Priest is being fired for supporting an LGBTQI advocacy group.But how can this be? Doesn't the Catholic religion preach that marriage should be between a man and a woman ONLY? Sure, we love the...
New Jersey Employment and Civil Rights Trial Lawyer Discusses: “Are You Really an Independent Contractor?”
Employers play a lot of games in order to avoid paying overtime wages. One of the more recent and "trendy" schemes used by employers in order to avoid paying workers the overtime to which they are otherwise entitled under the law, is to tell those workers that they...
Progress On The Bullying Front
The U.S. Department of Education released the results of a 2013 survey on bullying. The results represent an improvement from 2011, but show that bullying is still a significant problem. In 2013, 22 percent of students aged 12-18 reported that they were bullied. In...
The Employer/Employee Balance In Franchise Businesses
Few things terrify most businesses as the possibility that they might have to treat their employees with even the tiniest degree of respect. They wage a never-ending battle to deny workers a decent wage, overtime, a safe workplace and any rights that a human being...
Advancing Pregnancy Rights
In a win for pregnancy rights, the United States Supreme Court recently considered whether employers must provide light duty to pregnant employees who require the same. In Young v. UPS, the plaintiff was a female part-time driver whose duties included picking up and...
Proper Car Seat Installation
If you've never installed a child's car seat, you might think the process is difficult to screw up. You'd be wrong. Installation errors in child restraint systems are a very common. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, three-quarters of...
Learning About The Dangers Of Aggressive Driving
Learning the rules of the road is one part of new driver education that is relatively straightforward. Learning how to physically operate a vehicle in various circumstances - parallel parking, three-point turns, and the like - requires a little practice, but is still...