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What Three Decades in the Courtroom Have Taught Me: Your Old Injury Doesn't Give Someone Else a Free Pass

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By Donald Bedell
| New Jersey Law Journal Verified
Donald W. Bedell, with Bedell & Stripto. Courtesy photo Over the years, I've had more conversations than I can count that begin almost exactly the same way. "I probably don't have a case." When I ask why, the answer is usually one of two things. "I already had a bad back." or... "I've had neck problems for years." Sometimes it's a knee. Sometimes a shoulder. Occasionally it's a hip that was already causing problems before the accident happened.
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What Three Decades in the Courtroom Have Taught Me: Your Old Injury Doesn't Give Someone Else a Free Pass

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By Donald Bedell, Lamb McErlane
| Win the Inbox Podcast
Law.com CompassLaw.com RadarVerdict SearchScholar .China Law & PracticeLegal Dictionary Click to enter your existing username and password or create a new account. Click to purchase an individual user subscription with your credit card. Related information Topics Expert OpinionPersonal Injury The law doesn't require you to be in perfect physical condition before someone else's negligence causes additional harm. 4 minute read September 29, 2026 at 10:00 AM Donald W. Bedell, with Bedell & Stripto.
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Ocean County Reality Check: We Keep Calling Them "Accidents." Are They?

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By Donald Bedell
| New Jersey Law Journal Verified
Donald W. Bedell, with Bedell & Stripto. Courtesy photo There is a word we use so often that we rarely stop to think about it. Accident. It's on the evening news. It's in police reports. It's how we talk to friends and neighbors. "There was an accident on Route 37." "I got into an accident." "It was just an accident." The word feels harmless. But I've often wondered whether it quietly shapes the way we think about what happened. An accident sounds like something that simply couldn't be avoided. Bad luck.
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Donald Bedell of Belleville Obituary

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By Donald Bedell
| River Bender Verified
Donald Paul Bedell, Ph.D., 92, of Belleville, IL, born October 9, 1932, in Belleville, IL, died Thursday, June 12, 2025, at Dammert Care Center, Belleville, IL. Donald attended St. Luke Grade School and graduated from Cathedral High School. After high school, he earned two initial degrees: a Bachelor and Master of Science (1954, 1955) in Chemical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, and he then began his career as a chemical engineer at Shell Oil Refinery.
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