Negligence is an important factor of personal injury. But what is it? We hear about it a lot with many different kinds of incidents: negligence by a boat captain who didn’t realize that the water was too rough to go...
Negligence is an important factor of personal injury. But what is it? We hear about it a lot with many different kinds of incidents: negligence by a boat captain who didn’t realize that the water was too rough to go...
We want to make you aware of a few stories that have come up in the legal news over the past few days that might affect you or be of interest to you. They have to do with motorcycle safety,...
Apple’s iPad 2 has strategically formed an alliance with today’s legal world. We have commented before on the many helpful apps that Apple offers to attorneys both in the court room and when compiling research. The iPad 2 has been...
We all remember the game “Seven Minutes in Heaven” from when we were children. Well, now we’ve got “Seven Hours in Hell.” More than one hundred people recently found out what that was like. Last month, because of an unexpected...
As humans, and Americans in particular, we have come a long way in protecting ourselves from self-inflicted harm. The process of human development has been characterized by trial (no pun intended) and error means by which to achieve a goal....
What did F. Scott Fitzgerald, George Harrison, Babe Ruth, my grandfather and my grandmother all have in common? At first glance, not much. The first three were world-renowned champions of their instruments; Fitzgerald of the pen, Harrison of the guitar...
Despite the fact that the vast majority of personal injury cases stem from accidents that occur on the ground, there are still other places where torts are committed. As various other modes of transportation (and related machinery) develop, we have...
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...
There are times when text messages prove to be beneficial in today’s society. In a place where staying connected has transformed from available to required, text messages allow us to communicate almost instantaneously without the formalities of long phone conversations....
To experience a rite of passage is to graduate to a new level of maturity and responsibility in the eyes of your community. That’s especially true of the New Jersey Graduated Driver’s License program. In New Jersey, during your first...