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Injured by Fireworks | New Brunswick Personal Injury Lawyers

Mar 24, 2023

What Are Your Rights If You Are Injured by Fireworks? Protecting Your Legal Rights after You Have Been Injured by Fireworks It seems that fireworks are not just for holidays anymore. The ready availability of all types of firecrackers, sparklers and rockets has people using them for birthday celebrations, anniversaries and sometimes purely for entertainment. But they are inherently dangerous items that can cause serious injury if used without reasonable care. If you o...

New Jersey Car Accident Lawyers | Recovering Damages from Uninsured Driver

Mar 24, 2023

New Jersey Car Accident Lawyers: Recovering Damages When the Other Driver is Uninsured When you have been hurt in a motor vehicle accident, the first place you typically look for compensation is from the wrongdoer’s automobile insurance carrier. What happens though, if the other party is driving without insurance (or with only minimal insurance, inadequate to cover your losses)? Are you simply out of luck? The answer is generally no. Under the no-fault insuranc...

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...