Category: Personal Injury News

Deemer Law Foils Case Of New Jersey Auto Accident Victim According to the urban dictionary, a deemer is an idiot. Someone who messes up all the time and never succeeds in life. Deemer’s generally fail at life, over and over again, yet never realize it. (The dictionary actually uses a different word than messes. But Read More

Cars Are Now Equipped With A Black Box That Records Data Cars are now equipped with a black box that records data. This data can be used to prove who was at fault in an accident. We all know that a commercial airplane is equipped with a black box. The black box records data about Read More

Baseball is not considered a violent sport. But injuries do happen. Sometimes the baseball hits a spectator. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean that the injured spectator has a personal injury claim. A Tenafly, New Jersey mom recently learned this the hard way. Mom’s son was a freshman at Tenafly High School. She went to see Read More

Failing To Wear A Seat Belt Failing to wear a seat belt is not only unsafe, it may sink your personal injury case. Drivers and passengers in cars, vans, pick-up trucks and SUVs are required by New Jersey Law to use seat belts.  At least those sitting in front. But say someone who wasn’t wearing Read More

The statute of limitations. That’s a term that strikes fear in many a personal injury attorney. And for good reason. A statute of limitations is a law that restricts the time during which a lawsuit can be brought. Let’s say you were stopped at a red light. You were then hit from behind. In no Read More

Cystoscopy In Doctor’S Office Leads To Fall In Bathroom A cystoscopy is a medical procedure. Doctors use it to diagnose problems in the urinary system. The doctor inserts a tube into the urethra. (The urethra is the duct through which urine passes from the bladder. In a man, the urethra ends at the head of the Read More

Wrongful Birth Claims-What Are They? What is a wrongful birth claim? You may have read that a woman received a jury award for the wrongful birth of her baby. How could the birth of a baby be “wrongful”? What exactly is the woman receiving compensation for? It really goes back to a doctor’s duty of Read More

Rev. Al Sharpton Wins Defamation Lawsuit Filed Too Late Defamation means making untrue statements about another, damaging his reputation. If someone defames you, you have a relatively short time frame to take legal action. If you are involved, say, in a car accident, you generally have two years to sue for your injuries. However, in Read More

Sports Injury: 11-Year-Old Not Liable For Breaking Opponent’s Arm A child inflicts a sports injury on another child. Must he or his family pay the victim compensation? An appeals court in New Jersey recently decided the question. In the court case, a boy we’ll call George and a boy we’ll call Chuck were lacrosse players Read More

Court Ordered Arbitration Award Can Be Voided Within 30 Days You received an arbitration award in your court case. But you are dissatisfied with the amount. Or, maybe, the arbitrator awarded you zero. Is there anything that you can do? Was the arbitration award made pursuant to court-ordered arbitration under the New Jersey Court Rules? Read More