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Union County Skincare Specialist Performed Unlicensed Procedures: State AG Union County Skincare Specialist Performed Unlicensed Procedures: State AG
Union County Skincare Specialist Performed Unlicensed Procedures: State AG A skincare specialist in Union City is paying a $22,500 fine for allegedly performing unlicensed procedures, Matthew Platkin, the state attorney general announced. Carolina Nunez, who owned and operated Carolina Nunez Skincare Salon, allegedly offered and performed numerous services that she was not licensed to do, including  dermal filler injections, Botox injections, cosmetic tattooing, platelet rich plasma treatments  and the using a hyaluronic pen, Platkin said.  The salon was not licensed by the New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling, Platkin said. As part…

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by Sam Barron
Legal
$2.25M Settlement Reached For Botched Hernia Surgery That Perforated Passaic County Man's Bowel $2.25M Settlement Reached For Botched Hernia Surgery That Perforated Passaic County Man's Bowel
$2.25M Settlement Reached For Botched Hernia Surgery That Perforated Passaic County Man's Bowel UPDATE: A Passaic County man whose bowel was perforated during hernia surgery, leading to severe and permanent complications, has reportedly reached a $2.25 million settlement of his medical malpractice suit. Vincent Dominianni, 54, of Totowa had the elective surgery in January 2019, the New Jersey Law Journal reports. He returned to the hospital the next day complaining of pain, constipation and a bloated abdomen, it says. The surgeon, Dr. Melissa Warta, ordered a CT scan and prescribed pain medications for what lawyers said she described as “normal post-operative findings" after an evalu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Jersey City Pedestrian Left With Limp Gets $675,000 Crash Settlement Jersey City Pedestrian Left With Limp Gets $675,000 Crash Settlement
Jersey City Pedestrian Left With Limp Gets $675,000 Crash Settlement A pedestrian who had several bones broken when he was hit by a Bergen County manufacturing company's vehicle while crossing a Jersey City street has accepted $675,000 to settle a lawsuit. Jose Rojas, 33, was crossing Barrow Street in a crosswalk when he was knocked down by a vehicle owned by a Moonachie company when its driver turned from York Street on Nov. 19, 2018, according to the NJ Law Journal. Rojas suffered right leg and ankle fractures requiring surgery and leaving him with what his attorney said will be a permanent limp. Rojas claimed that the driver, Guido Openner, disregarded a…

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by Jerry DeMarco