Blog Posts in March, 2014

Elderly woman injured in truck accident

An 81-year old New Jersey woman was injured in a roadway accident when her 2004 Honda crashed into a tractor-trailer on March 20 around 10:30 a.m. The driver of the truck, a 57-year-old man, suspected that his truck may have been too tall to fit under a clearance area that was ahead. He parked the truck by the side of the highway while he tried to decide how best to turn it around. The truck ...

Surgeon sentenced for billing sham surgeries to Medicare

New Jersey residents may be interested in the latest developments in a criminal case against an orthopedic surgeon who was accused of charging Medicare for thousands of surgeries that never took place. On March 7, the doctor, who practiced in Poughkeepsie, was sentenced to 4.5 years in federal prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of health care fraud in October. He was also ordered to pay a ...

Neglected stretch of road causes accidents

According to one motorist, a New York road put her in the hospital because of potholes and rough conditions in a stretch of the parkway that also runs through New Jersey. The woman wrecked her car after she struck a pothole, flew across the median and hit a tree. She was thrown to the side of the road, crashed through the guard rail and into oncoming traffic, although she managed to avoid getting ...

Bus collides with jackknifed tractor-trailer, causes fatality

A 59-year-old bus driver from New Jersey was involved in a fatal collision with a jackknifed tractor-trailer on a road in Vermont. No passenger was reported to have died or suffered any serious injuries. Two passengers did suffer moderate injuries, while the other 29 passengers suffered minor injuries. On the night of Feb. 21, according to Vermont state troopers, the tractor-trailer from JP ...

Family of injured Russian boxer to file lawsuit

Those who follow boxing in New Jersey may be interested to know that while Russian heavyweight boxer Magomed Abdusalamov remains in rehabilitation following a Nov. 2 fight at Madison Square Garden, his family has reported they will file a $100 million lawsuit against New York State and its athletic commission. The family believes the commission's doctors were guilty of negligence and medical ...