Don’t Get Tricked by an Ambulance Chaser
Many of us have heard the term “ambulance chaser” before to describe a personal injury lawyer. However, the image of a sleazy lawyer pressuring a vulnerable accident victim into a lawsuit is an unfair stereotype of the profession. In fact, “ambulance chasing” violates any state bar’s ethical standards, not to mention it violates the law. […]
FAQ: Switching Lawyers
If you hired a lawyer you trusted to represent you, and changed your mind but weren’t sure what to do about it, you are certainly not alone. There are endless reasons why people wish they had hired a different attorney for their personal injury case. However, at Buttafuoco & Associates, we’ve noticed that many individuals […]
Airbag Injuries: Balancing Safety and Risk
Motor vehicle crashes remain a leading cause of mortality in the United States, and at Buttafuoco & Associates we’re no strangers to the fact that the roads in our home state of New Jersey can be especially unsafe. According to estimates from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, traffic accidents accounted for 42,795 fatalities in […]
$200 Million Landmark Verdict Shows Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuits Can be Won
In January 2012, a jury delivered a landmark verdict against the parent company of the Pinellas Park Care and Rehab Center, awarding the plaintiff $200 million. At Buttafuoco & Associates, our northern New Jersey nursing home abuse lawyers find this case especially noteworthy because it continues to stand as one of the largest nursing home […]
Transvaginal Mesh Implant Lawsuits Explained
If you have experienced life-altering side effects after receiving a transvaginal mesh implant, you are certainly not alone. Since the early aughts, hundreds of thousands of women have filed lawsuits against transvaginal mesh manufacturers alleging that these products caused their serious health issues. Below is an overview of the history of these cases, and information […]
Summer Roundup Update: Bayer Reaches 6.9 Million Settlement
Most of us have encountered news coverage about the connection between the weedkiller known as Roundup and cancer. Not only have hundreds of thousands of individual victims filed claims in court, but states have begun to do the same. In June 2023, Bayer AG faced new charges brought by the New York Attorney General’s Office. […]
Medication Errors Can Lead to Serious Consequences
According to the Center for Disease Control, over 80% of Americans take some form of medication, and nearly 30% take five or more. Given how many of us regularly take medications, our Northern New Jersey medical malpractice lawyers at Buttafuoco & Associates are keenly aware of how many of us are vulnerable to medication errors. […]
Can I Sue a Company After a Product Recall?
On a daily basis, we hear news of dangerous recalled products: from vehicles to electronics to groceries. Last month alone, the Consumer Product Safety Commission recalled 190,000 portable chargers sold on Amazon, Toyota recalled 110,000 vehicles whose airbags did not deploy, and countless food recalls were issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. With […]
One Third of Construction Deaths Tied to Falls, Trips, and Slips
Given that construction accident cases are one of our major practice areas at Buttafuoco & Associates, we know what a dangerous job construction can be. In fact, the construction industry is arguably the most dangerous in the country: accounting for the most fatalities of any industry in our home state of New Jersey. According to […]
J&J Subsidiary Sues Researchers Who Say Talc Products Cause Cancer
Johnson & Johnson has been in increasingly dire legal straits in recent years as lawsuits continue to pour in from victims claiming that talc-based products caused their cancer. In recent developments, a J&J subsidiary, LTL Management, has filed a lawsuit in New Jersey federal court against researchers whose studies point to talc products as the […]