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New Jersey Resident Files Personal Injury Lawsuit Against Operators of “Haunted House”
On October 9, 2011, Steven Chrzanowski—of Gloucester City, N.J.—was visiting a “haunted house” on the site of the old Pennhurst Asylum. The asylum is an infamous site [...]
Social Security Beneficiaries warned about identity thieves taking disability benefits
[bs_row class="row"] [bs_col class="col-sm-2"][/bs_col][bs_col class="col-sm-8"] [/bs_col][bs_col class="col-sm-2"][/bs_col] [/bs_row] Earlier this month, the Social Security Administration published a “fraud advisory,” warning beneficiaries that it has learned [...]
Injured workers in Northeast States Have Highest Rates of Post-Treatment Opioid Addiction Among Workers’ Compensation Recipients
[bs_row class="row"] [bs_col class="col-sm-2"][/bs_col][bs_col class="col-sm-8"] [/bs_col][bs_col class="col-sm-2"][/bs_col] [/bs_row] Workers’ Compensation: Northeast States Have Highest Rates of Post-Treatment Opioid Addiction Among Workers’ Compensation Recipients When a [...]
Social Security Administration Finalizes New Rules for Evaluating Visual Disorders
[bs_row class="row"] [bs_col class="col-sm-2"][/bs_col][bs_col class="col-sm-8"] [/bs_col][bs_col class="col-sm-2"][/bs_col] [/bs_row] On April 29, 2013, new rules for how the Social Security Administrations treats visual disorders will take [...]
Experts Discuss Impact of National Health Reform on Workers’ Compensation
[bs_row class="row"] [bs_col class="col-sm-2"][/bs_col][bs_col class="col-sm-8"] [/bs_col][bs_col class="col-sm-2"][/bs_col] [/bs_row] On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) into law. [...]
New Jersey Doctor Pleads Guilty to Dangerous Fraud Schemes
"After years of prominence in his field,” said U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman, “Jose Katz will now be remembered for his record-setting fraud.” According to federal prosecutors, the [...]
Social Security Administration is Adept at “Weeding Out Disability Cheaters”
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Appellate Division Upholds Benefits for New Jersey Bus Driver
On the morning of June 9, 2010, Walesca Benvenutti—a bus driver employed by Scholastic Bus Company—was sweeping her bus after bringing the students to school. She was [...]
Analyses of California’s Workers’ Compensation Overhaul See Unintended Consequences in Primary Care Costs
After months of negotiations, California labor unions and employers finally came together to help produce SB 863, a new law that overhauls much of that state’s workers’ [...]
“Bullying” Lawsuits Naming Schools as Defendants On the Rise
According to a number of recent articles on the subject, lawsuits—personal injury or otherwise—that are brought as a result of school bullying and that name schools as [...]
Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Weighs in On Social Security Disability Debate
Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Weighs in On Social Security Disability Debate In response to all the negative media attention currently being poured onto Social Security Disability, [...]
Media Split Over Relationship Between Social Security Disability and the Unemployment Rate
Media Split Over Relationship Between Social Security Disability and the Unemployment Rate On Friday, the U.S. Department of Labor released the latest national employment statistics. And, though [...]
Firm News
Brian G. Paul Named Co-Managing Partner of Szaferman Lakind
Effective immediately, Brian Paul has been named Co-Managing Partner of Szaferman, Lakind, Blumstein & Blader, sharing [...]
NJ Senate Confirms Szaferman Lakind Partner Janine Bauer to Gateway Development Commission
Szaferman Lakind Partner Janine Bauer was confirmed by the New Jersey State Senate to the Gateway [...]
Szaferman Lakind Adds Associate Attorney to Personal Injury Group
Szaferman Lakind is proud to welcome Marc A. Brotman to the firm. Mr. Brotman is a [...]
Recent Verdicts & Settlements
NJ Supreme Court Rules Parents Can Use Binding, Non-Appealable Arbitration to Resolve Custody and Parenting Time Issues (Brian G. Paul).
In a precedent setting decision, Fawzy v. Fawzy, 199 N.J. 456 (2009), Brian Paul successfully convinced the New Jersey Supreme Court [...]
Why Hire An Attorney?
Get the Compensation You Deserve…That You Need Injury by the negligence of another is often accompanied [...]
New Jersey Supreme Court Agrees Father’s Request to Relocate to Florida with Parties’ 8 Year Old Daughter Should Be Denied as Inimical to the Child’s Best Interests.
Levine v. Bacon In Levine v. Bacon, 152 N.J. 436 (1998), the firm successfully argued before the [...]