Blog: Slip And Fall Accidents

The open house has long been a favorite tactic of real estate agents to sell a home. An open house involves inviting members of the public into a home for the purpose of enticing them to make a purchase. But sometimes New Jersey homeowners fail to consider their liability in bringing strangers into their home. […]

Our Hackensack readers may be interested in a recent appeal out of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Atlanta. The case demonstrates something of the evidentiary issues that can arise when a slip and fall case is taken to trial. The Eleventh Circuit Court ruled last week that a plaintiff who […]

On this blog, we try from time to time to inform our readers about news related to slip and fall, or premises liability accidents. Because such accidents can result in serious injuries, there is often a need for compensation to pay for medical bills and other costs associated with the accident. Slip and fall accidents […]

What are slip and fall accidents? As the name suggests, somebody sues somebody else after they fall and get hurt. Slip and fall accidents belong to a class of accidents called premises liability accidents. They encompass a wide variety of injuries that occur on another person’s property. And that property is usually commercial property. Slip […]

Premises liability can be costly matters for a business to deal with. They can also be debilitating for those who are injured. Businesses wishing to avoid dealing with the costs and trouble of slip-and-falls do well to take a proactive approach to preventing accidents. On the other hand, victims do well to be aware of […]

Solving murders, establishing fault in car accidents, proving negligence in premises liability matters and otherwise being a valued member of an investigating team is probably not what most aspiring meteorologists think about when they first head off to weather school. Forensic meteorology is, well, hot these days, though, and a few practiced meteorologists are plying […]

After almost seven years, Raymond Marcinczyk’s law suit against the Somerset Police Academy, Raritan Valley Community College, Somerset County and academy administrators is still alive, and has now been ordered by the New Jersey Supreme Court to be reconsidered by the state’s Appellate Division. Marcinczyk was a recruit in the academy’s training program at the […]