Archive for 2022
Daily Harvest Meal Kits Leading to Gastrointestinal Pain and Hospitalizations
TikTok influencer Abby Silverman, a Sullivan Papain Block McManus Coffinas & Cannavo P.C. client, often receives packages from companies to review on social media. However, after consuming Daily Harvest’s French Lentil + Leek Crumbles, she says she developed extreme stomach and gastrointestinal pain leading to hospitalization. She is not alone. As multiple people across the…
Read MoreSPBMCC Partner Liza Milgrim Secures $1.25 Million for a Project Engineer
On June 1, 2022, SPBMCC Partner Liza Milgrim secured a $1.25 million settlement for a project engineer who fell 20 feet from a ship ladder and suffered a fracture that required two surgeries. 22-Year-Old Man Suffers Fracture After Falling From Ship Ladder The plaintiff, while trying to close a hatch door as he…
Read MoreSPBMCC Partner Liza Milgrim Secures $900,000 for Slip and Fall Victim
On May 3, 2022, in the Supreme Court of Nassau County, SPBMCC Partner Liza Milgrim secured a $900,000 settlement for a woman who slipped and fell in a supermarket. 58-Year-Old Woman Slips on Water in Supermarket The plaintiff was walking down an aisle in the supermarket when she slipped and fell as a result…
Read MoreNearly 100 Former Students and Staff of New Jersey High School Develop Brain Tumors
An emergency contract was awarded to a Middletown engineering firm to conduct an intensive radiological assessment of Colonia High School in Woodbridge, New Jersey after concerns were raised by a 1989 alumni about the school’s possible link to nearly 100 brain tumors among past students and faculty. The school’s entire 28-acre campus is being tested…
Read MoreAdvocates Cite Research Exploring the Correlation Between 9/11 First-Responders and Health Effects to Ensure WTC Health Program is Funded
Recent research studies explore 9/11 first-responders’ long-term mental and physical health issues, including the risk of respiratory diseases and suicidal ideation related to WTC Disaster Site exposure. Advocates for extending the James Zadroga Act cite many of these recent studies and more to ensure the World Trade Center Health Program is fully funded for victims…
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