Tag: car accidents

You probably are familiar with the term police report. However, unless you’ve had a traffic accident, you may have never seen one. When a car crash occurs, the drivers by law must usually remain at the scene and notify the police. This applies to any car crash in New Jersey, whether it occurs in North Jersey, Read More

You are driving to work one day and are injured in a car crash. An ambulance takes you to the nearest hospital. Not only did you never get to work that day, you will have to miss several weeks of work because of your injuries. Accordingly, you will lose wages. Doctors will send you medical bills. Of Read More

CAN PASSENGERS BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CAR ACCIDENTS? Normally, passengers are not legally responsible, even partially, for car accidents. However, there are rare exceptions. A passenger in a car must act with a reasonable amount of care for his own safety. The passenger may assume that the driver will exercise proper care and caution in driving. Until a passenger knows Read More

A car crash attorney made an interesting motion at a trial of an auto accident case. Ms. Kuldeep K. Saini hired the car crash attorney to sue a driver who struck her while she was walking. Here are selections from the appeals court ruling: One February night, at about 4:45 a.m., Saini was walking to work, northbound on 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