Top Causes of New Jersey Car Accidents
A new National Highway Traffic Safety Administration report has some disturbing news for New Jersey drivers: traffic fatalities in New Jersey are at an all-time high. While the rest of the country experienced a 7 percent gain in traffic fatalities between January and April of this year, New Jersey fatalities increased by over 13 percent. […]
Factory Worker’s Family Wins $2.4 Million Mesothelioma Lawsuit for Asbestos Exposure
In recent New Jersey legal news, a $2.4 million win came in for the family of a man who died of mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos at the factory where he worked. This is especially big news because it involved the New Jersey Supreme Court reversing the previous decision of the Appellate Division, stating […]
How to Prevent Common Falls on a Construction Site
If you follow the Buttafuoco & Associates blog, you’re keenly aware of the dangers of working in the construction industry. In the past, we’ve written about what to do if you get hurt on the job and who may be at fault. Today we’ll tackle preventing the statistically most common cause for construction site injuries: […]
New York Finally Making Progress on Wrongful Death Law: New York Senate Bill 74a
In important wrongful death law news, New York Senate Bill 74A, better known as the Grieving Families Act, is on its way to the governor’s desk. This bill, if it becomes law, will be the first update to New York wrongful death law in over a century. In this article, we’ll discuss how this new […]
How an Attorney Could Help Your New Jersey Car Accident Case
If you’ve been on the New Jersey interstate recently, you may have found yourself wondering amid the speeding traffic and reckless swerving whether people have always driven like this. At Buttafuoco & Associates, we’re here to tell you that you aren’t imagining things. Driving has gotten markedly more dangerous over the last decade and accidents […]
October 2022 J&J Talc Cancer Lawsuit Updates
Americans are more than familiar with Johnson & Johnson–a massive medical technology and pharmaceutical company that has become part of nearly every household in this country. Whether or not they’re in your medicine cabinet, J&J products like Tylenol, Neosporin, and BAND-AID are all known as reputable products that keep us in good health and safe […]