New Jersey Personal Injury Law Firm

New Startup Offers Alternative for Personal Injury Plaintiffs

Mar 24, 2023

For many injured people, the single biggest challenge is paying the bills until they get a settlement or a judgment. In fact, legal experts say that many plaintiffs settle for way less than they deserve because they are strapped for cash. Insurance companies, who represent most defendants in personal injury litigation, know this and employ tactics to drag out the legal process. All that may be about to change, thanks to a New York startu...

What is a Deposition? How Does It Affect My Personal Injury Claim?

Mar 24, 2023

If you have been hurt because of someone else’s carelessness or negligence, and you’ve filed a lawsuit to recover damages, chances are good your attorney will notify you that you must be deposed, i.e., have your deposition taken. What is the purpose of a deposition and how will it affect your right to recovery? What is a Deposition? In the American civil justice system, the stage where parties gather evidence is known as the “discovery...

Authorities Consider Ways to Address Truck Driver Fatigue

Mar 24, 2023

Citing statistics that show a gradual increase in fatigue-related truck accidents, officials at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) are considering revisions to the regulations governing how much time drivers may spend on the road, both continuously and over a given period of time. With more than 5,000 deaths annually from truck-related accidents, and with an estimated one-third of truck accident fatalities tied to driver fatigue, the NHTSA is examining new regulations to minimiz...

Reductions in Workers’ Compensation Benefits Lead Claimants to Pursue Other Remedies

Mar 24, 2023

Since the inception of workers’ compensation laws, they have been typically written to provide injured workers with their “exclusive remedy” for any work-related accident. Workers’ compensation statutes generally prohibit injured workers from seeking damages in a court of law, unless they can show that an employer engaged in “gross negligence” or unless they can show that the injuries were caused by the acts of a third party. The workers’ compensation system has been consistently sol...

New Jersey Workers' Compensation Lawyers | Construction Site Injury

Mar 24, 2023

New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Lawyer: Study Shows Falls Are Leading Cause of Injury and Death on Construction Sites According to a study conducted by the Center for the Protection of Worker Rights (CPWR) and The Center for Construction Research and Training, the leading cause of Fatal Construction Site Falls During the 18 year period of the study, nearly 7,000 construction workers died in falls, with an average of about 360 every year...

NHTSA Study Shows Distracted Driving Still a Problem

Mar 24, 2023

If the federal government has a website devoted exclusively to distracted driving, it’s a pretty safe bet that officials consider it a serious problem. According to the site (http://www.distraction.gov), distracted driving contributes to about one in ten traffic fatalities every year. That number decreased slightly for 2012, from 3,360 to 3,328. During the same period, though, there was a 30,000 incident increase in non-fatal traffic accidents where distracted driving played a part. The website define...

Florida Court Upholds Jury Verdict Denying Duty to Trespasser

Mar 24, 2023

A Florida appeals court has upheld a jury verdict against a woman who was shot in the leg at a Naples, Florida, apartment complex, rejecting the woman’s argument that the owners of the residential structure had a duty to provide adequate security that would have prevented the accident. Under the legal theory known as premises liability, it has long been held that property owners have a duty to maintain the premises in such a wa...

Workers' Compensation and PTSD Injuries

Mar 24, 2023

Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, can result from circumstances in almost any work environment, but is more commonplace is certain jobs, including rescue or public safety roles, emergency medical situations, and similar high-stress occupations. Police officers, firefighters, EMTs and ambulance personnel are typically among those most frequently experiencing some form of PTSD related to their jobs. Fortunately, under the right circumstances, a worker who develops PTSD because of a work-related event (or events) may successfull...

The Standard of Care in a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

Mar 24, 2023

When you seek medical attention because of an injury or illness, you expect that, at a minimum, your condition won’t worsen because of the carelessness or negligence of a medical professional. Unfortunately, it happens all too often–a missed diagnosis, a surgical mistake, an error involving medication or anesthesia. When you seek damages for injuries caused by medical malpractice, the lawsuit is almost always based on a legal theory of negligence. The legal concept of negligenc...

Study Shows Increased Injury Rates for Truck Drivers

Mar 24, 2023

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of over-the-road truckers who have filed workers’ compensation claims has been rising over the last few years. In a study completed by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, researchers have concluded that the factor most contributing to the rise is the level (or lack thereof) of experience of many current drivers. Many attribute the influx of inexperienced drivers to recent pay increases for long distance truc...