Lourdes Rivera, a 56 year old Kearny woman, is suing the Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center in Secaucus after her dentures became lodged in her esophagus while she was under anesthesia for surgery. According to the lawsuit filed in New Jersey’s Superior Court, the mistake required a tracheostomy to remove the lower dentures, which remained in her esophagus for three months.…

Have you been injured in a car that was recalled for a particular known defect? With automakers in the process of recalling 2.1 million cars equipped with faulty airbags, you would be in good – or perhaps unfortunate — company. The number of cars involved in the recall is growing week-by-week. The automakers in question are three of the largest…

If you have recently been injured in an accident, you may be in shock. In many cases, it’s difficult to determine the extent of your injuries soon after the incident occurs. Before you write off an injury, make sure to ask your doctor these five questions. “Is there any chance that the damage is permanent?” More often than not, what…

There are many ways teenagers can get themselves in trouble, but perhaps there is no place more dangerous – statistically – that teens are more in danger than when driving New Jersey roads. Auto accidents are the leading cause of teen death in the U.S. and NJ. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that teen drivers are more…

Talk about being in the wrong place at the wrong time. A man was killed after a tape measure fell 400 feet from a construction site accident in Jersey City, NJ. The victim, Gary Anderson, was just making a delivery of construction materials and got nailed by the measuring tape just as he was stepping out of his vehicle. Apparently,…