Personal injury news for the New Jersey area. See some of the latest news about personal injury cases and other useful information about what you should do if you have been injured and are looking to seek legal representation.
PATERSON INJURY LAWYER SUES CITY FOR MAN’S FALL INTO POTHOLE An interesting case brought by a Paterson injury lawyer was decided recently. On September 30, 2011, at 9:30 PM, Rene Alicea exited a parked car. He walked around to the driver’s door to bid his daughter goodbye. Then he fell into a pothole located near the center Read More
A bus accident lawyer hired by Ms. Johnson filed a court complaint. The court papers sought compensation for injuries Ms. Johnson claimed to have sustained in an accident. According to Ms. Johnson, she was sitting in the driver’s seat of her husband’s parked car. A bus, owned by Red and Tan, struck the side of the car. Ms. Read More
SLIP AND FALL ATTORNEY SUES CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION A slip and fall attorney sues a condominium association for a condominium owner’s fall on ice. A slip and fall attorney hired by Jessica Carmona appealed a Judge’s order. The order dismissed Jessica’s lawsuit against a condominium association, Woodlands Community Association (Woodlands). Carmona is an owner of a Read More
CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER SUES NEWARK A civil rights lawyer sues Newark for a police car chase that injured an innocent third party. Here are excerpts from an appeals court ruling in ongoing lawsuit brought by a civil rights lawyer. Lennox A. Chunkoo hired the civil rights lawyer to sue Newark, its police department, and two Read More
NEGLIGENT HIRING BY AN EMPLOYER IS GROUNDS TO SUE Negligent hiring by an employer is grounds to sue for someone injured by a dangerous worker. Negligent hiring occurs when a company hires a dangerous, incompetent or unfit person. Later, that person injures someone. Clearly, negligent hiring affects people who don’t even work for the company. Read More
TRAFFIC LAWYERS CAN HELP CLIENTS OVERCOME INACCURATE POLICE REPORTS Traffic lawyers do not have the luxury of creating the facts of their cases. Traffic lawyers have to deal with the facts as they arise. One place traffic lawyers look to determine what the facts were in a given car accident is the police report. Many Read More
EVEN A DRIVER PROCEEDING THROUGH A GREEN LIGHT MUST EXERCISE SOME CARE A traffic lawyer rule is that even a driver proceeding through a green light must exercise some care to avoid responsibility for an accident. A traffic lawyer has a client come to his office. The client tells the traffic lawyer that she was Read More
A tort attorney who handles personal injury cases in New Jersey usually has two years from the date his client suffers injury to file a lawsuit. But there are exceptions. One exception occurs when the party that injured the victim was the government. For example, if the client of the tort attorney suffers injury because of a Read More
AUTO INSURANCE BUYER MUST LIVE WITH THE TERMS OF HIS POLICY An auto insurance buyer is under a duty to examine his insurance documents and to notify the insurer if there is a discrepancy between what he requested and what the insurer provided. So ruled an appeals court in a recent court case. In the Read More
CAR INSURANCE BUYERS MUST MAKE SURE TO PURCHASE ENOUGH UIM Car insurance buyers must make sure to purchase enough underinsured motorist coverage. Otherwise, you may not be compensated for accident injuries. Car insurance purchasers have many coverage options to select. Below is a brief guide to underinsured motorist UIM coverage. The guide is culled in part from a recent Read More
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