The dog owner still insists that the dogs did not bite his family member. But the police officer on the scene and the doctor attending the attack victim have a different report of the unprovoked attack. Detective Sgt. Ernie Silagyi said the police officers responding to the scene indicated there “were obvious dog bites.” The attending emergency room doctor said, “this was definitely dog bites, not scratches.”

Giovanni Rivera, a Honduran immigrant, was brutally attacked by a German shepherd named Congo and four of his pups while working at the dog owner’s home. Mr. Rivera received a $250,000 settlement for injuries caused by the attack through the representation of Kevin Riechelson. This case received national and international attention because it raised issues related to immigration. Read more about the Congo case

This includes immunizations for diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, measles, rubella, polio, mumps, chickenpox, the flu and hepatitis B. But 19 states allow a conscientious objection to vaccinations. New Jersey, which altogether prescribes 60 doses by age 6, allows medical and religious exemptions.

People promoting the exemptions question the intensity and frequency of doses as well as what they suspect could be links to autism and other conditions. They also want greater choice.

Debate on immunization law New Jersey

Two other sanctions-related cases will follow the Arizona case to appeals courts, likely later this summer. The resulting opinions will shape a landscape that could guide sanctions laws nationwide, as well as increase pressure on Congress to do something about illegal immigration.

Read more about employer-sanctions law

If you are in the state of New Jersey and believe this may affect you call the law offices of Garces & Grabler.

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On May 21, 2008, President George W. Bush signed into law the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), This is the first and only civil rights legislation that will provide protection against discrimination based on an individual’s genetic information in employment settings and health insurance coverage.

GINA, sponsored by Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY), makes it illegal for health insurers to deny coverage or charge a higher rate or premium to an otherwise healthy individual found to have a potential genetic condition or genetic predisposition towards a disease or disorder. Also under the new law, it is illegal for employers to use an employee’s genetic information when making hiring, firing, placement or promotion decisions.

Sources: Science Daily: President Bush Signs Landmark Genetic Nondiscrimination Information Act Into Law (5/26/08)
Sourcewatch.org

“We will always represent all of our clients with dignity and respect”:

The Congo case, involves a dog bite in the upscale community of Princeton New Jersey and the controversial issue of immigration, and all of the emotions of that argument. Sadly, the law offices of Garces and Grabler in New Jersey received many hateful messages and bigoted remarks against Hispanics in general because of there defense of an individuals human rights rights.

The lawyers and staff of Garces and Grabler hold there ground in the face of these hateful remarks, and are proud of legal representation of all human beings. If you are hard working in this country and playing by the rules, you have rights, and the law offices of Garces and Grabler will defend those rights as your attorney for life!

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