Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS) is the result of pressure of a nerve bundle in the neck between the collar bone and a rib caused by a spasm of the scalenus muscle or a congenital misplacement of the muscle into the first rib.    Symptoms of TOS are weakness, tingling, numbness of the arm and portion [...]

Kolcraft Enterprises Inc., of Chicago, Ill., is voluntarily recalling about 425,000 infant play yards following the death of a child.   CPSC received a report of a 10-month old boy who strangled on the changing table’s restraint strap that was hanging down into Kolcraft’s “Sesame Beginnings” Travel Play Yard where the child was located.   [...]

In PA and NJ, car insurance companies, judges, and juries want you to prove your case with positive objective medical testing.   Objective medical testing is testing that is not based on the person’s voluntary responses, such as pain.   Objective medical tests cannot be faked or exaggerated.   A common example of an objective medical test is [...]

A Formal Complaint was recently filed by the Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct of the Supreme Court of New Jersey against a certain NJ Municipal Court judge who presides in East Orange and Irvington Municipal Courts.  The Complaint alleges that this NJ Municipal Court judge met in her chambers “ex parte” (without the prosecutor’s presence, [...]

Earlier this year, the Philadelphia District Attorney announced its new DUI Treatment Court.   This program will focus on rehabilitation and education rather than straight imprisonment.  This is exactly what we need to help prevent future DUI-DWI-DAI offenses in this country.   In my opinion, prison does nothing but scare people.   Education and rehab will change people. [...]

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDot) and Pennsylvania police announce results of a recent impaired driving crackdown.  Nearly 125 impaired drivers were taken off the roads last month during a one-night, concentrated effort by Pennsylvania State Police and local law enforcement agencies during a national, impaired-driving enforcement effort.   As a part of its three-week [...]

The sudden impact of a car accident is enough to turn a person’s life upside down.  I have been specially trained and completely understand the bio-mechanical relationships that result in pain and discomfort from whiplash-type injuries.  Did you know that more than 50% of whiplash injuries also result to trauma to the lower back? In [...]

PennDOT is reminding motorists that fall weather patterns often produce foggy mornings, which can create dangerous driving conditions.   Drivers should use their automobile’s headlights any time they encounter adverse weather conditions, including fog, to improve visibility and make their vehicle more visible to others.   When driving in fog, motorists should use low beam [...]

Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania counties (Philadelphia, Bucks County, Montgomery County, Delaware County, and Chester County) were some of the highest of all Pennsylvania counties in:      Total Crashes Traffic Deaths Alcohol Related Traffic Deaths Pedestrian Deaths In 2006, there was believed to be 12,440,621 residents in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.  Pennsylvania is comprised of 67 counties.   [...]

Harry & David Operations Corp., of Medford, Oregon, is recalling approximately 1440 bags of Harry and David Hearthside Soups, Southwestern Chicken Chili Mix, because they may actually contain another chili soup mix, and thus contain a milk ingredient (whey), not declared in the ingredient statement. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to dairy [...]

Recent news from the attorneys that are directly involved with the NJ Alcotest hearings in the NJ Supreme Court:   “On Monday September 17, 2007, a new series of hearings will begin before Special Master Judge Michael Patrick King, P.J.A.D. (ret.) in the on-going Alcotest litigation in State v. Chun.   The hearings should last between [...]

Bucks County, PA and Mercer County, NJ, local police and state troopers, along with all other PA and NJ police officers must state in their PA or NJ drinking and driving, under the influence DUI-DWI-DAI report the reasons for which the police officer pulled over the suspect and the reasons why he or she thinks [...]

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.   Name of Product: IT400 Iced Tea Makers   Units: About 10,000   Importer: Back to Basics Products LLC, of West Bend, [...]

This week, the NJ legislature created a new law dealing with “step down” clauses in corporate or business auto insurance policies.   As we stated in an earlier blog entry, a step down clause is a provision in a corporate or business auto insurance policy that states that when an NJ auto accident occurs involving an [...]

Last week, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDot) issued its 2006 Crash Facts and Statistics Report.   This blog entry will begin a series of blog entries related to the information contained in this lengthy Pennsylvania accident report.  Alcohol played a role in about 11% of all Pennsylvania accidents in the year 2006.  The number of [...]

Many people in our country believe (due to many reasons including insurance company false propaganda and President Bush with his connections to large corporations) that lawsuits actually ruin our economy and society.   Until you have been involved in an accident or and hurt by a dangerous product, you will not discover the real effects of [...]

New Jersey Lawyer Newspaper just reported that NJ State Troopers were trained on using unconstitutional tactics when stopping vehicles on NJ roads.  These NJ traffic stops led to illegal consent searches of the vehicles based on the wrong standards for evaluating a NJ driver’s behavior when pulled over by an NJ State Trooper.    There [...]

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.   Name of Product: Various Barbie Accessory Toys   Units: About 675,000   Importer: Mattel Inc., of El Segundo, Calif.   Hazard: Surface [...]

Pre-existing arthritis renders the whiplash victim more susceptible to bodily injury in trauma.  In a rear impact, a victim without arthritis may experience nerve root compression, however, when there are spondylolytic changes (arthritis) in the foramina (whole between the vertebrate), the injury risk greatly increases and spreads to include both multiple cervical ganglia (bundles of [...]

Again, the State of NJ is making the NJ DUI-DWI laws stricter!  In a case published last week, the NJ Appellate Division stated that the Sheriff’s Labor Assistance Program (SLAP) and the weekend reporting program are not available for 3rd time NJ DUI-DWI offenders.  A 3rd NJ DUI-DWI offense requires a mandatory 180-day county jail [...]