• Medical Malpractice - Ovarian Cancer Cases: How To Prepare
• J&J Vaginal Mesh Faces FDA Panel as Number of Lawsuits Rise
• New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Proposed New Rules, Amendments and Repeals
• Hearings would determine if Doctors are Policing Themselves
• Loss Limitations Do Not Apply to Dram Shop or Survival Cases
• What You Need to Know About Breast Cancer
• The Truth about Trial Lawyers

U.S. regulators failed the public by not requiring extensive testing before allowing Johnson & Johnson AND BARD to sell this type of surgical mesh. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration used an abbreviated process known as 510(k) to clear the mesh, which supports weakened muscles that can’t hold a woman’s pelvic organs in place. Patients who have had this mesh surgically implanted have endured pain so intense that they are unable to work, sleep through the night or have normal sexual relations.

The FDA did issue a warning on July 13th of a rise in injuries related to the mesh, and it said last month the devices should be reclassified from moderate risk to high risk, a change that would typically require new clinical data.

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NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF BANKING AND INSURANCE
PROPOSED NEW RULES, AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS:

PROPOSAL NUMBER PRN 2011-163
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PERSONAL INJURY PROTECTION BENEFITS

PERSONAL INJURY PROTECTION DISPUTE RESOLUTION

PERSONAL INJURY PRODUCTION MEDICAL FEE SCHEDULES

Prepared By GERALD H. BAKER, ESQ.
September 6, 2011

The New Jersey No Fault Act provides that every standard automobile liability insurance policy shall contain personal injury protection (PIP) benefits that include the payment of medical expenses in an amount not to exceed $250,000 per person per accident. N.J.S.A. 39:6A-4. In addition, the Act requires the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance to promulgate medical fee schedules for the reimbursement of health care providers for services and equipment.

Associated PressAt first glance, a consumer watchdog group's data seem to indicate New Jersey's Board of Medical Examiners isn't taking action against bad doctors. A legislative hearing would determine if that's so.

A consumer watchdog group issued a report recently that says 57 percent of the state’s doctors whose hospitals suspended or revoked their privileges between 1990 and 2009 were not disciplined by the Board of Medical Examiners.

Here’s why this is a problem: If those doctors had their privileges removed because they were dangerous, they were still free — without intervention by the board — to harm patients in private practice.

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The rate of breast cancer in this country has risen to near epidemic levels. Approximately 300,000 women in the United States will be diagnosed with some form of breast cancer in this year alone. Statistically, a woman has a 1 in 8 chance of developing breast cancer. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in American women. Many of those deaths could have been prevented with timely diagnosis and treatment.

Fortunately, healthcare organizations such as the American Cancer Society have increased public awareness of both the risk for women developing breast cancer as well as the chances for a more favorable prognosis with early detection and treatment.

The American Cancer Society recommends the following guidelines for early detection of breast cancer:

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A Message from Robert Hicks, Certified Civil Trial Attorney at Javerbaum Wurgaft, and member of the American Association for Justice - New Jersey chapter

Many of the lawyers at Javerbaum Wurgaft are members of the American Association for Justice, whose mission is to promote a fair and effective justice system - and to support the work of attorneys in their efforts to ensure that any person who is injured by the misconduct or negligence of others can obtain justice in America's courtrooms, even when taking on the most powerful interests.