Jon L. Gelman LLC is investigating cases involving individuals who have suffered neurological reaction in the form of motion and movement control difficulties. Use of Reglan has been causally related with Tardive Dyskinesea, a neurological disorder.

Jon Gelman is investigating cases involving infant drugs manufactured by pharmaceutical company McNeil Consumer Healthcare including include certain liquid infant’s and children’s Tylenol®, Motrin®, Zyrtec®, and Benadryl® products.

Joint replacement claims are becoming more frequent in workers’ compensation and proving compensability remains challenging. As the aging working population has expanded so has been the need for workers’ compensation to pay for the cost of replacing aging joints.

The occupational healthcare program embodied in the recently enacted legislation has the potential for being the most extensive, effective and innovated system ever enacted for delivering medical care to injured workers.

Jon Gelman is investigating cases involving Paxil users who have a child who suffered birth malformations after being exposed to Paxil within any trimester of pregnancy. Paxil and Paxil CR® are antidepressants manufactured by the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline.

 A recent report in Mother Jones reveals that soldiers, exposed to the dust and fumes from burn pits, coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan, are reporting illness at record numbers.

Jon L. Gelman joined a distinguished to panel of attorneys to discuss employment discrimination claims. The seminar, was presented by the NJ Institute for Continuing Education,  and was moderated by David H. Ben-Asher.

Rep. Tim Bishop (NY-1) and lead cosponsor Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (NH-1) introduced the Military Personnel Toxic Exposure Registry Act. This bill build...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is soliciting suggestions and comments concerning workplace safety. OSHA's concern is that, "No one should have to be injured or killed for a paycheck."

A vaccine has been demonstrated as safe for potential use against mesothelioma. The research, conducted by Netherlands scientists was reported in an advance publication of  the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care.

Alice in Wonderland has been released in the movie theaters today. The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has been quick to remind us of the Mad Hatter and mercury exposures.

Jon L. Gelman's 2010 supplement to the 3 volume hard bound practice series, Workers' Compensation Law 3rd Ed.,  has been published. Order these important supplements now. The supplement provide almost a quarter of a century continuing and unparalleled analysis on workers' compensation law. The volumes and supplements are integrated into the Westlaw(R), part of Thomson Reuters system for "Better Results Faster."

Legal Talk Network Host and Attorney Alan S. Pierce welcomes Jon L. Gelman to discuss health care and workers’ compensation and the Occupational Disease Pilot Program:

 Generation 2 Worldwide and “ChildESIGNS” Drop Side Crib Brands Recalled; Three Infant Deaths Reported.

 Toyota recalls almost 5 Million vehicles for a defect allegedly causing it to accelerate unexpectedly.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a recall of Amby Baby Motion Beds following the deaths of two infants. 

The U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) announced the largest crib recall in U.S. history of more than 2.1 million drop-side cribs made by Stork Craft Manufacturing and distributed throughout the United States and Canada. 

As the US flu vaccination program rolls out, the numbers are also growing for those who have reported adverse consequences from the H1N1 vaccine.

Significant progress has been made by the NJ Division of Workers’ Compensation (NJ-DWC) in carrying out the legislative mandate for the newly enacted emergent medical care motion practice. 

While workers’ compensation was envisioned as a summary and remedial social insurance program, the challenges facing the workers’ compensation system to deliver benefits as promised may be seriously burdened.