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Knowledge, experience, and dedication have brought the lawyers of The Epstein Law Firm to the forefront of their profession. From personal injury to civil litigation, they have built a strong record of success in achieving justice for their clients.
Our practice is diverse and well-established. Recognizing that every case is unique, we always begin by listening to you.
The Epstein Law Firm, P.A. has been successfully representing clients throughout New Jersey since 1973
Personal injury guidance for people hurt in Hackensack NJ and throughout Bergen County NJ
An unexpected injury can leave you dealing with pain, medical appointments, missed work, insurance calls, and uncertainty about what comes next. Whether you were hurt in a collision near the I-80 and Route 17 interchange, a fall at a local business, a workplace incident, or another preventable event, your immediate priorities should be your health and the protection of your legal rights.
The Epstein Law Firm, P.A. represents injured people and families throughout New Jersey. The firm has served New Jersey clients since 1973 and brings more than 120 years of combined legal experience to its work. A Hackensack NJ personal injury lawyer can review what happened, identify potentially responsible parties, preserve important evidence, and handle communications with insurers while you focus on recovery.
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A personal injury claim generally requires evidence that another person, company, or entity failed to use reasonable care and that this failure caused an injury and resulting losses. A dangerous act alone is not enough; the evidence must connect the conduct to the harm being claimed.
New Jersey also follows modified comparative negligence. An injured person may generally recover if their share of responsibility is not greater than the combined fault of the parties from whom recovery is sought. Any award is reduced by the injured person’s percentage of fault.
Different rules apply to different cases. Automobile claims can involve Personal Injury Protection, insurance coverage, and lawsuit-threshold questions. A job-related injury may involve workers’ compensation and, in some circumstances, a separate claim against someone other than the employer. Medical malpractice, product liability, wrongful death, and claims involving public entities also have specialized requirements.
Taking a few practical steps can protect your health and make it easier to determine what happened:
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Tell The Epstein Law Firm, P.A. what happened and learn about your possible next steps. Call (201) 231-7847 or request a free case evaluation online.
The right legal strategy depends on how the injury happened. The Epstein Law Firm’s related Hackensack NJ practice pages include:
Related injury information: Shoulder and Rotator Cuff Injuries.
Responsibility depends on who controlled the activity, property, vehicle, product, or decision that caused the injury. Potentially responsible parties may include a careless driver, a driver’s employer, a property owner, a maintenance contractor, a manufacturer, a healthcare provider, a nursing facility, or a public entity.
More than one party may be involved. A commercial crash, for example, can require investigation of both the driver and the company responsible for the vehicle. A fall may involve the property owner and a maintenance company. A workplace injury may support workers’ compensation benefits while also raising a claim against a separate contractor, equipment company, or property owner.
A lawyer’s role is to determine who had relevant control, what duties applied, whether those duties were breached, and whether the evidence connects that conduct to the injury. A police report, code violation, recall, citation, or administrative finding may be useful, but it does not automatically establish civil liability.
The Epstein Law Firm can review the evidence, insurance issues, and next steps that may matter in your personal injury claim.
You do not need to collect every record before speaking with a lawyer. Preserve what is safely available to you, and tell the attorney what may exist. The most useful materials often include:
The firm may seek additional evidence such as surveillance footage, vehicle data, maintenance records, contracts, inspection documents, property records, or expert analysis. Acting promptly can matter because video may be overwritten, physical conditions may change, and witnesses’ memories can fade.
Depending on the type of claim and the available evidence, compensation may address medical expenses, rehabilitation, lost income, reduced earning capacity, pain and suffering, disability, disfigurement, property damage, and future care. Qualifying family members may have additional rights in catastrophic-injury or wrongful-death cases.
A work injury is different. New Jersey workers’ compensation may provide authorized medical treatment, temporary wage-replacement benefits, permanent disability benefits, or dependent death benefits without requiring proof that the employer caused the accident. Workers’ compensation generally does not provide damages for pain and suffering, although a separate third-party claim may do so when someone other than the employer is legally responsible.
New Jersey generally requires a lawsuit for personal injury to be filed within two years after the claim accrues. That period does not control every situation, and questions about discovery, minors, medical malpractice, wrongful death, or other exceptions require individualized analysis.
Claims against a government agency or public employee can be subject to the New Jersey Tort Claims Act, which generally requires notice within 90 days after accrual. Because missing a deadline can affect an otherwise valid claim, it is prudent to have the specific facts reviewed promptly.
People who need local hospital care can find facility and service information through Hackensack University Medical Center. Call 911 rather than attempting to travel independently when symptoms suggest an emergency.
A personal injury investigation may require much more than submitting bills to an insurance adjuster. The Epstein Law Firm can examine the circumstances, identify available insurance, request records, preserve evidence, consult appropriate experts, calculate present and future losses, negotiate with insurers, and prepare a lawsuit when necessary.
The firm also considers how an injury affects the person behind the claim—not only the diagnosis, but the ability to work, care for family, live independently, and participate in everyday activities. No lawyer can guarantee a result, and every recovery depends on the facts, applicable law, available insurance, and supporting evidence.
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The Epstein Law Firm, P.A. offers a free case evaluation. Call (201) 231-7847 or contact the firm online.
If you or a family member was injured because another person, business, or entity may have acted carelessly, The Epstein Law Firm, P.A. can review the circumstances and explain your options. The firm has offices in Bergen County NJ, including its Rochelle Park office at 340 West Passaic Street.
Call (201) 231-7847 or contact The Epstein Law Firm online for a free case evaluation. The consultation is an opportunity to explain what happened, ask questions, and learn what further investigation may be appropriate.
These answers provide general information about New Jersey personal injury claims. The facts, parties, insurance coverage, and applicable exceptions can change the analysis; this information is not individualized legal or medical advice.
You may have a personal injury case if another person or entity failed to use legally required care, that failure caused your injury, and you experienced compensable losses. The presence of pain or a dangerous condition does not by itself establish a claim. The evidence must show both fault and a causal connection between the wrongful conduct and your harm.
An evaluation should consider how the incident occurred, who controlled the relevant vehicle, property, product, or activity, what records are available, and whether another explanation exists for the injury. Medical documentation, witness information, photographs, reports, and expert analysis may be important depending on the claim.
Sources: NJ Courts: Negligence and Ordinary Care; NJ Courts: Proximate Cause.
Get appropriate medical care, report the incident, and preserve information that is safely available. Call 911 for an emergency. If police respond to a crash, obtain the report number. For an incident at a business, workplace, or residential property, notify the appropriate manager or owner and request a copy of the written report.
Take photographs if you can do so without entering a dangerous area, and save witness information, damaged property, insurance documents, and relevant communications. Do not ignore new or worsening symptoms. Concussion symptoms can be delayed, and the CDC recommends emergency care for danger signs such as worsening headache, repeated vomiting, seizures, severe confusion, weakness, or inability to wake.
Sources: CDC: Concussion Symptoms and Danger Signs; MedlinePlus: When to Use the Emergency Room; HHS: Access to Your Medical Records.
Most New Jersey personal injury lawsuits must be filed within two years after the claim accrues. The exact accrual date and any applicable exception can depend on the type of claim, when the injury was or reasonably should have been discovered, and whether the injured person was a minor or lacked legal capacity.
A much shorter rule may apply when a public entity or public employee is involved. The New Jersey Tort Claims Act generally requires a notice of claim within 90 days after accrual, although courts may permit a late notice in limited circumstances. Medical malpractice, wrongful death, sexual-abuse, and other specialized claims may have different rules, so the deadline should be reviewed individually.
Sources: N.J.S.A. 2A:14-2: Personal Injury Filing Period; NJ Treasury: Tort and Liability Notice Requirements; N.J.S.A. 59:8-9: Late Notice of Claim.
You may still recover under New Jersey’s modified comparative-negligence law if your negligence was not greater than the combined negligence of the parties from whom you seek damages. In a typical two-party case, that generally means the injured person cannot be more than 50% responsible. Compensation is reduced by the percentage of fault assigned to that person.
Fault is determined from the circumstances rather than from one person’s accusation or an insurer’s initial position. Physical evidence, witness accounts, video, photographs, applicable safety rules, and expert analysis can affect how responsibility is allocated. Because insurers may attempt to shift blame, avoid guessing about fault in a recorded statement.
Sources: NJ Courts: Comparative Negligence and Ultimate Outcome; NJDOBI: Comparative Negligence Settlement FAQs.
Personal Injury Protection may pay qualifying medical expenses after a New Jersey automobile accident without regard to who caused the crash. Which policy applies, the available limits, deductibles, and whether health insurance is primary depend on the injured person’s status and the insurance selections made before the accident.
PIP is separate from a liability claim against the person who caused the collision. A liability claim may address losses not fully covered by PIP, but some insured people are subject to New Jersey’s limitation-on-lawsuit option for noneconomic damages. Review the applicable policies before assuming that a particular insurer or coverage must pay.
Sources: NJDOBI: 2026 Auto Insurance Buyer’s Guide; NJDOBI: Standard Auto Insurance Policy.
Preserve the records and items already in your possession, including photographs, videos, reports, witness information, insurance correspondence, medical instructions, bills, receipts, and proof of missed work. Keep damaged property or product packaging when it belongs to you, but do not repair, alter, or dispose of potentially important items before obtaining guidance.
You generally have a HIPAA right to request medical and billing records from covered providers and health plans. A lawyer may separately request surveillance footage, maintenance files, contracts, vehicle data, inspection records, or public records. Prompt action can be important because private video may be overwritten and accident scenes can change.
Sources: HHS: Access to Your Medical Records; New Jersey State Police: Crash Report Requests; NJ Courts: Proximate Cause.
A job-related injury is generally handled first through New Jersey workers’ compensation, which is a no-fault system. It may provide authorized medical treatment, temporary disability payments, permanent disability benefits, or dependent death benefits. In exchange, an employee ordinarily cannot sue the employer for pain and suffering except in limited intentional-wrong circumstances.
A separate personal injury claim may exist if someone other than the employer or a protected co-worker contributed to the accident. Examples may include a negligent driver, property owner, contractor, equipment manufacturer, or another company at the worksite. The same incident can therefore require analysis of both workers’ compensation and third-party liability.
Sources: NJ Labor: Injured Worker Protections; NJ Labor: Workers’ Compensation FAQs and Third-Party Recoveries.
Compensation may address reasonable medical expenses, rehabilitation, lost earnings, reduced future earning capacity, pain and suffering, disability, disfigurement, property damage, and future care. The recoverable categories depend on the claim, available insurance, supporting evidence, and how the injury has affected the person’s work and daily life.
Not every claimant qualifies for every category. Automobile lawsuit thresholds, workers’ compensation rules, public-entity immunities, insurance limits, and comparative fault can affect recovery. Wrongful-death and survival claims involve additional rules concerning the losses of the estate and qualifying family members. Punitive damages are not routine and require facts beyond ordinary negligence.
Sources: NJ Courts: Medical Expenses in Non-Auto Claims; NJ Courts: Loss of Earnings; NJ Courts: Disability, Pain, and Loss of Enjoyment of Life; NJDOBI: 2026 Auto Insurance Buyer’s Guide.
There is no reliable universal settlement value for a personal injury claim. Value depends on the severity and duration of the injury, the cost of past and future care, lost income, long-term limitations, available insurance, strength of the liability evidence, and whether the injured person shares responsibility.
An early offer may arrive before the medical outlook and future needs are clear. Accepting a settlement generally requires releasing the claim, so the offer should be evaluated against documented losses and likely future consequences. Prior results can demonstrate a firm’s experience, but they do not predict what another client will recover.
The firm offers a free case evaluation in which you can explain how the injury occurred, describe your medical treatment, identify the people or companies involved, and ask questions about possible next steps. Calling does not obligate you to file a lawsuit or accept representation.
If the firm accepts the matter, the fee arrangement and responsibilities should be explained in a written agreement. The Epstein Law Firm states that personal injury matters are handled without attorney fees unless compensation is recovered. Call (201) 231-7847 or use the firm’s contact form to request an evaluation; no outcome can be guaranteed.
Sources: The Epstein Law Firm: Free Case Evaluation; NJ Court Rule 1:21-7: Contingent Fees; NJ Rules of Professional Conduct: Client Decisions and Fees.
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