Barry R. Eichen Honored with Best of the Best Top 10 Award in New Jersey in 2019
Barry R. Eichen, Shareholder at Eichen Crutchlow Zaslow, LLP, was honored with the Best of the Best Attorneys’ Top 10 New Jersey personal injury lawyers award in 2019. Best of the Best Attorneys is an objective ratings service “dedicated to promoting the highest standard of legal excellence” by compiling a list of the top attorneys…
Read MoreMore Trucks – and More Accidents? – Headed to NJ Highways
New Jersey has a lot to be proud of. We have the most diners in the world. We’re the birthplace of the lightbulb, the phonograph and the film projector. And we can’t forget NJ natives Bruce Springsteen, Frank Sinatra, Jack Nicholson and so many more. But one thing we’re not so proud of? Our traffic.…
Read MoreNew Jersey Baby Born with Rare Fatal Condition Defies the Odds
A baby born this past March recently celebrated his seven-month birthday with his family in Garfield, New Jersey. Lucas Santa Maria was diagnosed with a fatal condition before he was born – a condition that, up until now, no baby in the world has ever survived outside the womb. However, Lucas did, with the help…
Read MoreTask Force Report Finds Boeing, FAA at Fault over 737 Max Certification
A report from the Joint Authorities Technical Review (JATR), tasked with providing an account on how federal regulators certified the Boeing 737 Max jet, released a long-awaited report on Friday. The 737 Max was involved in two deadly crashes within five months of each other this past year, one in Indonesia and one in Ethiopia.…
Read MoreJohnson & Johnson Recalls 33,000 Bottles of Baby Powder Due to Asbestos
Johnson & Johnson, the New Jersey-based consumer healthcare and pharmaceutical company, is back in the news with a voluntary recall of its popular Johnson’s Baby Powder due to low-level asbestos contamination. The recall is limited to one lot containing more than 33,000 bottles that were produced and shipped in the U.S. last year. The company…
Read MoreShocking Report from Manalapan Manor – Mayor Asks NJ to Shut It Down
Nursing homes and residential care facilities have a responsibility to their patients to provide them with the care and dignity to which they’re entitled as human beings. Unfortunately, some facilities and staff don’t hold up their end of the bargain, whether through carelessness or gross negligence, and our loved ones end up injured or abused.…
Read MoreWill Autonomous Delivery Vehicles Replace Truck Drivers?
Eighteen wheelers and tractor trailers are a critical link in the chain of commerce in this country, but they also contribute to thousands of car accidents, injuries and deaths each year on our nation’s highways. Autonomous trucks could theoretically replace human drivers and significantly reduce the number of accidents – at least the ones caused…
Read MoreThree Important Questions to Ask about Your Birth Injury Case
Birth injuries are devastating and tragic, and it can crush parents when they discover that their child’s injury might have been prevented. If your newborn’s injuries were caused by medical negligence, our civil justice system provides a venue which allows those who have been injured because of someone else’s negligence to pursue compensation for their…
Read MoreDoes Your Hospital Perform Enough of These High-Risk Surgeries to Be “Good” at Them?
It is a generally accepted principle that the more you practice something the more you improve your performance. The same can be said for surgeons, and according to a new study by healthcare quality advocates LeapFrog, many hospitals fail to comply with the LeapFrog Group’s minimum volume standards for eight high-risk surgeries. The LeapFrog Group’s…
Read MoreNew Jersey Traffic Fatalities Decreased By 9.3% in 2018
The New Jersey State Police report that there were 566 traffic fatalities in 2018, which was down 9.3% from the previous year when there were 624 deaths in car crashes. A story in North Jersey.com quotes Chuck Farmer of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS): “It is encouraging. It’s always nice to see the…
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