Category: Personal Injury News

VICTIM COMPENSATION CASES MAY TURN ON AVAILABILITY OF INSURANCE COVERAGE. Crime victim compensation is sometimes provided through the criminal justice system. But, to fully compensate a victim, it may be necessary to bring a civil lawsuit against responsible parties. Sometimes, it is not only the fault of the criminal that the victim was harmed. In such situations, victim compensation Read More

Accident lawyers obtain compensation for injury victims. In some cases, parties at fault will have enough insurance or assets to fully compensate the clients of accident lawyers. But not always. What then? A 2015 court decision illustrates what all accident lawyers should be telling their clients. Melissa Payor lived in her father’s household. However, her Read More

An NJ fall lawyer represents victims who have sustained injuries as a result of a slip and fall accident.  An interesting case brought by an NJ fall lawyer was decided on appeal recently. A home decorator was working at a client’s house. At some point, it started to rain. The decorator had left her car Read More

Tree Falls On Car, Injuring Passenger. Was Driver Responsible? An unusual negligence lawyer case: On April 16, 2011, at about 7:00 p.m., Louise Gorrie was a passenger in a car driven by Mary Allen. As Allen was slowing down to allow Gorrie to exit, a tree fell on the car’s roof and windshield. Gorrie claimed she suffered permanent Read More

Surgeon Seemingly Makes Admission But the judge doesn’t let the jury hear about it and a medical attorney in New Jersey wins the new trial. An actual medical attorney case in New Jersey that was recently decided: Mrs. Frances Parker sued her late husband’s surgeon, John W. Poole, M.D., for medical malpractice. Mr. Parker was diagnosed with colon Read More

Newark cop driving police cruiser can’t avoid liability for hitting a boy on a bicycle. NJ Accident Attorney Obtains $2.4 Million Jury Verdict Under New Jersey law, a public official is not responsible for an accident if he acts in good faith in the execution or enforcement of any law. A Newark, New Jersey police Read More

Generally, an injury attorney representing a car accident victim sues the other driver. Occasionally, though, there may be other responsible parties. In fact, a recent New Jersey Supreme Court decision arose from such a case. Alvin Townsend was riding a motorcycle in Willingboro. He approached an intersection. At the same time, Noah Pierre was driving a Read More

Medical Lawyer Must Consider Type Of Hospital Being Sued Damages are limited if a hospital is a non-profit. No such limit applies to for-profit facilities. A medical lawyer bringing a case against a hospital must consider the type of hospital involved. Is it a for-profit hospital? Is it a nonprofit? Or is it a charity? You see, Read More

Judge Extends Nj Statute Of Limitations A judge extends NJ statute of limitations for a man who fell asleep for 70 years in his lawyer’s office. The NJ statute of limitations for personal injury cases is normally two years. That means that an injured victim normally has two years from the date of the accident Read More

An NJ injury lawyer sees many different types of cases. Unfortunately, some of these involve amputation injuries. Usually, the amputation is the result of a car accident. Or sometimes a machine malfunction. But a recent case involved an amputation caused by human teeth! Police Officer Dooley was on duty. A man named Rafael was in a Read More