Posts by George T. Baxter, Esq.

George T. Baxter, Esq. Named To Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum The Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum announced that George T. Baxter, Esq., has been certified as a life member in both the Million-Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. George Baxter has won more than twenty-five million dollars in jury verdicts and settlements as an…

So you managed to build a business and create a comfortable life for your family. However, more and more aggressive lawyers and plaintiffs are suing the business owners individually in business related lawsuits, which threatens your life-style. In my 35 years of practicing business & partnership law I have represented business owners in arbitrations, mediations…

UPDATE: NEW JERSEY RESTRICTIVE COVENANT & NON-COMPETE CLAUSES. On June 6, 2019 the Hackensack, New Jersey, jury returned a favorable verdict for Mr. Baxter’s clients and against Cole Schotz’s clients. In the 7-0 verdict the entire jury agreed with Mr. Baxter and rejected Cole Scholtz’s arguement. The honorable Robert C. Wilson, J.S.C. presided over the…

BERGEN COUNTY HISTORIC JURY VERDICT  It all starts with a retired Anheuser-Busch factory worker, named William (Bill) Snyder from Fairlawn, New Jersey. He is supposed to fade away and quietly die after getting AIDS contaminated platelets during heart surgery. But Bill has other plans. He has two handicapped boys that he wants to know will…

DENTAL PROCEDURES AND STROKE: Did you know that dental procedures can cause you to suffer a stroke or put you at increased risk of heart attack? Seemingly minor trauma, such as prolonged extension of the neck during dental procedures, may cause arterial dissections and ischemic strokes. This is the conclusion of a team of researchers…

HOW DO I CHOOSE THE RIGHT ATTORNEY? TEN TIPS ON HOW TO FIND THE RIGHT LAWYER. The purpose of this article is to provide some helpful tips on how to choose an attorney. Finding the right attorney is often an emotional experience because most people try to avoid them, until they need one. Then, it…

Medical Errors Raise As Lawsuits Fall In New Jersey As we reported in our recent blog, “Medical Malpractice Crisis in the United States” deaths from avoidable physician and hospital error has reached the level of being the third leading cause of death in the United States, right behind cancer and heart disease. Preventable medical errors…

WHAT ARE THE MOST PREVENTABLE CHILD BIRTH INJURIES? The United States Centers for Disease Control reports that the top childbirth injuries caused by preventable medical error or OBGYN are brachial palsy injuries, facial paralysis, brain injuries, fractures, and cephalohematoma and caput succedaneum. Brachial Palsy Injuries, including Erb’s palsy, occurs when the nerves that cause the…

ACTOS DRUG SETTLEMENT After several years of litigation, the japanese pharmaceutical company, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, has agreed to pay $2.37 billion in claims to plaintiffs who used their diabetes drug, Actos (pioglitzone), which gave them bladder cancer. It is one of the largest drug company payouts to plaintiffs in U.S. history. The settlement follows several years…