Allegations and evidence of sexual harassment and statutory rape have rocked this week’s headlines. Familiar faces, like those of Jerry Sandusky and Herman Cain, have seen a spike in media attention, and not just for their on-field success and political...
Pre-emptive vigilance is one of the primary ways that society as a whole can serve to avoid injury. For example, alert driving is absolutely a crucial part of maintaining road safety, but making sure the vehicles we climb into are...
It’s safe to say that we live in a more advanced, exploratory and innovative world than any of us could have imagined us inhabiting at this point in time. As we look at the iWorld around us, it’s hard to...
As we go about our days, different people see different things. The athletes in our population might look at a field and guess how long it would take them to run from point A to point B. The dentists in...
Picture this scenario: a Honda Civic, on the New Jersey Turnpike, finds itself wedged under an enormous tractor-trailer, owned and operated by a major transportation company. The driver of the Civic is trapped and can’t escape. Then, a dutiful citizen, driving...
Of harmless people, it is often noted that their “bark is worse than their bite.” But as one of our clients experienced first-hand last month, just the opposite was the case of a family friend’s dog. We have recently been...
Voir Dire is a phrase commonly used in the American legal world, but it has its roots, both linguistically and philosophically, in ancient times and societies. It literally means "an oath to tell the truth". Today, the phrase refers to...
All prescription medication that we take comes with a laundry list of side effects that we need to be aware of when taking medication. Manufacturers of all prescribed medications have a duty to appropriately test all drugs and medications before...
We have all listened to the radio and heard some catchy jingle or have seen the thousands of billboards up and down I-95 and the Turnpike telling us that if we get in a car accident, we need to call...
There is a distinction between sponsoring an event and incurring liability for that event. If you are visiting a sporting event or any other type of amusement, then you are entitled to be placed in a reasonably safe condition and...
