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Judges Reverse $10 Million Verdict In Tort Claim Case The judges reverse $10 million verdicts in tort claim case. Say jury might have been influenced by testimony about an improper emotional distress claim. A tort claim generally means a claim against someone based upon that someone’s wrongful act. More specifically, New Jersey has a tort claim Read More

An auto accident attorney represents all kinds of people. Even doctors. Often, physicians are not particularly enamored of attorneys. Many doctors resent being held accountable by lawyers for medical errors. Indeed, the physician’s lobby has often argued for tort reform. By tort reform, they really mean denying compensation to victims of medical malpractice. But how do Read More

Slip & Fall Attorney Can Get Compensation For Victim From A Bank A Slip & Fall attorney can get compensation for victim injured while viewing foreclosure property. The bank may be held responsible. A slip and fall attorney normally sues careless property owners. But what is that slip and fall attorney to do if his Read More

How A Product Liability Lawyer Helps Victims Of Unsafe Products A product liability lawyer represents victims injured by defective or unsafe products. Every year, such items injure thousands of people. What are the legal rights of a victim of a defective product in New Jersey? The Legislature has passed the Products Liability Act. Under that law, a Read More

Mesothelioma Attorney Obtains $7.5 Million Verdict A mesothelioma attorney obtains $7.5 million verdict for New Jersey man exposed to asbestos at work. It isn’t every day that a mesothelioma attorney sues a company whose president himself was a mesothelioma victim. And where that company continued to use asbestos in its products for years after its Read More

College Student Shot At Fraternity Files Premises Liability Suit Premises liability is a legal doctrine. It allows a victim injured on someone else’s property to obtain compensation. However, a victim cannot obtain compensation just because he was injured on someone else’s property. He has to prove something more. One of the things that he has to prove Read More

Sexual Abuse Victim May Have More Time To Sue If Psychologically Disabled Sexual abuse is a particularly vicious crime. A person who perpetrates sexual abuse is subject to criminal punishment. The victim also may have a right to sue the perpetrator in a civil court for money damages. As in any case, there is a Read More

Slip Fall Lawyer Sues City For Plowing Snow Into Driveway You hired a slip and fall lawyer. You fell while you were walking. There was a snow pile in a driveway sidewalk. The snow pile caused you to slip. The snow had been plowed onto the driveway by the city. Can your slip and fall lawyer Read More

Verdict Upheld as Not Excessive A blameless driver is severely injured in an accident. He hires an auto accident lawyer. A year passes. The driver receives medical treatment. But he is not the same as before the accident. He still has pain. The insurance company for the at-fault driver refuses to pay fair compensation. Now the auto Read More

Car Accident Attorney U: Police Sometimes Immune from Suit You are seeing a car accident attorney. You were a pedestrian struck by a speeding police car. Therefore, you suffered severe injuries. Accordingly, you would like to be compensated. Can the car accident attorney help you? According to a recent court decision, the answer is “probably not.” In Read More