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When speaking about premises liability, the greatest areas of concern include companies, apartments, schools and other buildings that expose occupants to asbestos. A New Jersey electrical worker was exposed to asbestos at his workplace. What was worse that his wife, who did not work at the same place, is suffering from mesothelioma, an irreversible type […]

A New Jersey car accident claimed the life of a father of three. Almost a year after the accident, the family of the car accident victim has filed a wrongful death lawsuit related to the accident. The fatal car accident occurred on a New Jersey highway at approximately 5:00 a.m. The victim of the car […]

Metro-North Railroad, with ties to New Jersey, was on the wrong side of a jury verdict that awarded an injured man more than $1 million in punitive damages. There were actually two components to this lawsuit: (1) the worker was injured in a workplace accident when a rail tie fell on his foot and broke […]

The New Jersey Turnpike is a highly traveled roadway for trucks and commercial vehicles. The busy route was recently the scene of another fatal truck accident. The accident involved a dump truck and a semi-truck also commonly referred to as a tractor trailer. The truck accident happed on the New Jersey Turnpike at approximately 1:34 […]

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health is seeking testimony on ways of preventing and treating traumatic brain injury (TBI). One of the witnesses to testify is the Director of the New Jersey TBI Division of the New Jersey Department of Health. The federal government had previously passed legislation as early 1996, and several […]

A 15-year old New Jersey girl’s paralysis that resulted from a road rage accident a number of years ago is now the motivating factor behind a proposed piece of legislation. The legislation is named for Jessica Rogers and would escalate any road rage assault causing a bodily injury to a third-degree offense. The young girl […]

In our prior post we touched on the issue of employment discrimination and how some employers in the current economy are discriminating against the unemployed, especially those who have been out of work for a matter of months. “What they don’t consider is that these are not normal times,” said an applicant about employers who […]

When it comes to employment discrimination, there are some kinds of discrimination that are set in stone. That is that they are specifically protected against under either state or federal laws. Employees in New Jersey who suffer discrimination due to things such as religion, race or sex have recourse under the law. What about employment […]

There is as large a range of products liability suits as there are products on the New Jersey market. Recently, a 14-year old girl drank two 24-ounce energy drinks and then the next day went into cardiac arrest before dying six days later. Apparently there is such a thing as “caffeine toxicity” as this was […]

Distracted driving can lead to car accidents. This is not a new a new topic or occurrence in New Jersey. A New Jersey county has acknowledged this ongoing issue and is implementing a new approach to reduce the amount of distracted driving and related car accidents. Local authorities have created a novel approach to engage […]