FDA Proposes New Rule to Regulate E-Cigarettes

May 23, 2014
Paul M. da Costa
On April 25, 2014, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed a new rule to regulate cigars, electronic cigarettes (commonly called e-cigarettes), and other similar products in the same way that it already regulates...

When Medical Error Results in Patient Harm or Death

May 16, 2014
Paul M. da Costa
The Journal of Patient Safety has published an evidence-based estimate of patient harms relating to hospital care. In 1984, the Institute of Medicine estimated that up to 98,000 Americans died each year as a result of medical...

Safety & New Warnings For Corticosteroid Injections

May 16, 2014
Paul M. da Costa
On April 23, 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning that the injection of corticosteroids into a patient’s epidural space of the spine “may result in rare but serious adverse events, including...

Adoption and Anonymity

May 15, 2014
SDDMW
According to the New Jersey Law Journal, on Monday, May 12, the New Jersey Senate passed an amended bill that would allow adoptees to access their original birth certificates. If the bill passes the Assembly and is...

E-Cigarettes…Are they safer?

May 14, 2014
Paul M. da Costa
On May 15, 2014, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee was scheduled to hold a hearing on electronic cigarettes in light of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent decision to regulate the...

Welcome to Our Blog

May 14, 2014
Paul M. da Costa
Welcome to Sarno da Costa D’Aniello Maceri Webb LLC’s medical malpractice and personal injury blog! If you know us from our matrimonial blog, then you know that we will be blogging about new and different medical...

Enough is Enough!

May 06, 2014
SDDMW
We have previously blogged about Ari Schochet, a former Wall Street portfolio manager who owes over $200,000 in alimony and child support arrears to his ex-wife and has been ordered incarcerated for failure to...

I Want An Annulment!

May 01, 2014
SDDMW
In New Jersey, a marriage may be dissolved in one of two ways:  divorce or annulment. There is a big difference between these two options. A New Jersey divorce ends a marriage, whereas an annulment nullifies a...

Divorce vs Separation

Apr 25, 2014
SDDMW
According to Yahoo Celebrity, after twenty years of marriage, Sara Kapfer has filed for a legal separation from her husband, Cuba Gooding, Jr.The petition was filed in California citing irreconcilable differences....

Grandparents Have Rights, Too!

Apr 22, 2014
SDDMW
Sometimes, when a child’s parents separate, when one of the parents dies, or when there is a falling out in the family, grandparents are no longer permitted to see the child, or cannot see the child as often as they would...

To Jail or Not To Jail

Apr 21, 2014
SDDMW
Once a child support order is entered, the obligor parent (i.e., parent obligation to pay) is required to make the regular payments. If the obligor fails to make the required payments, then the obligee parent (i.e.,...

Liberty and Justice for All

Apr 16, 2014
SDDMW
As more and more states recognize same sex marriage, some are also confirming parental rights for same sex parents.  In two recent, but slightly different circumstances, a spouse in a same sex marriage was given parental...

Spring Into New Beginnings

Apr 11, 2014
SDDMW
Though it didn’t feel like it, March 20 marked the first day of spring for 2014. It’s starting to get warmer, flowers are blooming, and the spring holidays are right around the corner. Everywhere you look you can’t help...

Exercising Your Options

Apr 08, 2014
SDDMW
Alternative dispute resolution processes are processes that you may choose to utilize during your New Jersey divorce to avoid litigation. There are two alternative dispute resolution processes from which you...

Three’s a Crowd

Apr 07, 2014
SDDMW
Generally, when we think of child custody disputes, we think of two biological or adoptive parents fighting for custody of their child. However, under certain circumstances, a custody dispute can be between a biological...