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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
From the boardwalks of Asbury Park to the courtrooms of Freehold, personal injury cases flood New Jersey’s legal system every year — automotive collisions, medical malpractice, premises injuries, and wrongful death claims, each seeking justice for harm suffered. While the circumstances differ, the foundational legal principle is unchanged: if someone else’s negligence caused you harm, you are entitled to compensation. The Epstein Law Firm, P.A. stands at the forefront of personal injury litigation in New Jersey, and every experienced Monmouth County personal injury lawyer at our firm brings that standard to your case.
Our attorneys are deeply familiar with New Jersey’s complex personal injury laws and experienced across a wide range of case types. We have served Monmouth County families since 1973. Call (201) 231-7847 today for a free, no-obligation consultation — you pay nothing unless we win.
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Choosing the right attorney can significantly influence the outcome of your claim. Our Monmouth County personal injury lawyers have litigated in the Monmouth County Superior Court in Freehold for decades — handling cases from Long Branch boardwalk injuries to truck crashes on the Garden State Parkway, and going toe-to-toe with the insurance carriers that defend them.
What sets us apart:
Monmouth County blends shore-town tourism with dense suburban commuter corridors, creating year-round injury risks on roads, rails, and boardwalks. High-risk areas our clients know too well include:
The Monmouth County personal injury lawyers at The Epstein Law Firm, P.A. are proficient in managing an extensive array of cases, including:
From Parkway crashes to boardwalk injuries, our attorneys know how to build Monmouth County injury cases that win. Find out what your claim may be worth.
The steps you take in the hours after an injury can shape your entire case:
Strong cases are built on strong evidence, and most of that evidence is gathered — or lost — in the first days and weeks. Insurance companies scrutinize documentation, and so do juries. After an accident anywhere in the county, the following kinds of proof can make a meaningful difference in the outcome of a claim:
One more point that matters enormously: avoid gaps in treatment. If weeks pass between medical visits with no explanation, the insurance company will argue you must not have been seriously hurt. Follow your doctor’s plan, keep every appointment, and tell each provider about every symptom — even ones that seem minor.
It is essential to recognize that New Jersey enforces a two-year statute of limitations for personal injury cases — your claim must be filed within two years of the injury or from when the injury was discovered. (N.J.S.A. 2A:14-2 (statute of limitations))
If a public entity is involved — a Monmouth County road defect, an NJ Transit train, a municipal boardwalk or beach facility — you must file a Notice of Tort Claim within 90 days. Missing this deadline usually ends your case. (N.J.S.A. 59:8-8 (Tort Claims Act notice))
New Jersey’s modified comparative negligence rule means you can recover even if you were partly at fault — as long as you were not more than 50% responsible. Your recovery is reduced by your percentage of fault. (njcourts.gov)
Many injured people worry that something they did — stepping into the street outside a crosswalk near a boardwalk, glancing at a phone before a rear-end collision on Route 9, not watching their step in a crowded shop — means they have no case at all. In New Jersey, that is usually not true.
New Jersey follows a rule called modified comparative negligence, found at N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.1. In plain language, it works like this: fault for an accident is divided as percentages among everyone involved, and those percentages must add up to 100%. As long as your share of the fault is 50% or less, you can still recover compensation — but your award is reduced by your percentage of fault. If a jury values your case at $100,000 and finds you 20% at fault, you would receive $80,000.
The critical line is 51%. If you are found 51% or more at fault, you are barred from recovering anything at all. Because of that threshold, how fault gets divided is often the most fought-over issue in a case. Consider a common Shore-area scenario: a driver turns across a pedestrian walkway near a beach town without yielding while a pedestrian crosses mid-block. Both sides share blame, and the exact split — 70/30, 50/50, or something else — can determine whether the injured person recovers anything. Note that drivers also have a duty to stop for pedestrians in marked crosswalks under N.J.S.A. 39:4-36.
Expect the insurance adjuster to push hard to assign you as much fault as possible. Adjusters may ask what shoes you were wearing after a fall, whether you were looking at your phone, or whether you saw a warning sign — every percentage point shifted onto you reduces what they pay, and reaching 51% eliminates their obligation entirely. This is why evidence matters so much: police reports, witness statements, and surveillance footage are what keep the fault allocation honest. Do not give a recorded statement to the other side’s insurer before speaking with a lawyer.
An injury can have more than one responsible party, and identifying all of them matters — each additional defendant is another potential source of compensation. Depending on what happened, liability may fall on:
Sorting out who is responsible often requires investigation beyond what is obvious at the scene, which is why early legal help makes a difference.
Our Monmouth County personal injury lawyers aim for holistic recoveries that go beyond the obvious medical bills, including:
Claims against the government play by different — and much stricter — rules than claims against private parties. If your injury involved a public entity or public employee, the New Jersey Tort Claims Act controls your case, and its deadlines are unforgiving.
The most important rule: under N.J.S.A. 59:8-8, you must serve a written notice of claim on the public entity no later than 90 days after the injury. The notice must describe what happened, when and where, and the nature of your injuries and damages. If you miss the 90-day deadline, the statute says you “shall be forever barred from recovering” against the public entity or employee. Courts enforce this strictly — cases have been dismissed over missed notices no matter how serious the injury.
If the 90 days have already passed, all is not necessarily lost: N.J.S.A. 59:8-9 allows a motion for permission to file a late notice, but it must be made within one year of the injury, and you must show extraordinary circumstances for the delay plus that the public entity was not substantially prejudiced. After a timely notice is filed, you generally must wait six months before filing a lawsuit, and the lawsuit itself must be filed within two years.
In a county like this one, public-entity claims come up more often than people expect. Examples include:
Because more than one public entity can be involved — municipality, county, state agency, transit authority — notice must go to each potentially responsible entity. Identifying every entity and calendaring every deadline is one of the first things an attorney does, which is why contacting a lawyer quickly after this kind of accident is especially important.
Personal injury lawsuits arising in Monmouth County are generally filed in the Monmouth County Courthouse, 71 Monument Street, Freehold, NJ 07728. (NJ Courts — Monmouth Vicinage) Our attorneys have litigated there for decades.
Prompt treatment creates the medical records your case depends on. Major facilities serving Monmouth County include Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, and CentraState Medical Center in Freehold. Keep copies of every visit, prescription, and therapy session.
What happens in the first weeks after an accident often determines the strength of the case months later. When the firm takes on an injury case here, the investigation starts immediately — before skid marks fade, before surveillance video is overwritten, and before witnesses scatter.
The process typically includes returning to the scene to photograph and measure conditions exactly as they were: sight lines at the intersection, the state of a sidewalk or boardwalk, lighting, signage, and traffic patterns at the same time of day the crash occurred. In Shore towns, that may mean visiting at the same hour on a comparable summer weekend to document the true conditions. Witnesses identified in the police report — and others found through canvassing nearby businesses — are interviewed while memories are fresh, which is especially urgent with seasonal visitors who leave after the summer. Where cameras may have captured the incident, the firm sends written preservation demands to store owners, building managers, and agencies such as NJ Transit so footage is not routinely deleted.
In serious cases, accident reconstruction experts are brought in to analyze vehicle damage, download electronic data, and model how the collision occurred. Medical evidence gets the same rigor: the firm works with treating physicians to document the full extent of injuries, obtains complete records and imaging, and where needed consults medical experts to explain causation and future care needs to an insurer or jury.
The Epstein Law Firm, P.A. has represented injured New Jersey clients since 1973, handling cases from its three offices in Rochelle Park, Englewood Cliffs, and Montclair. Every case starts with a free consultation — call (201) 231-7847 to discuss what happened and what the investigation of your claim would involve.
Monmouth County stretches from the Raritan Bay shoreline south along the Jersey Shore and west into horse country — one of the most varied counties in the state. The county seat is Freehold, while the coast is lined with beach towns and historic downtowns like Asbury Park, Long Branch, Red Bank, and Manasquan. Inland, communities such as Middletown, Holmdel, Marlboro, Howell, and Manalapan blend dense suburban neighborhoods with office parks, retail corridors, and remaining farmland.
That variety shapes the local economy and its injury risks. The Shore drives a summer tourism economy — boardwalks, beaches, bars, and restaurants — while year-round, the county’s highways carry heavy commuter and commercial traffic: the Garden State Parkway runs the length of the county, Route 9 funnels through Freehold and the western townships, and Routes 34, 35, and 33 and I-195 move shoppers, truck traffic, and Shore-bound drivers every day. Beach-town nightlife, congested retail corridors, construction along a constantly redeveloping coast, and the simple density of Shore traffic in season all feed the steady flow of serious injury cases.
Understanding this local landscape — where people drive, walk, shop, and spend their summers, and which agencies patrol each road and beach — is part of what allows an injury claim here to be investigated and presented effectively.
The Epstein Law Firm, P.A. has long served clients across Monmouth County, including:
We are available for comprehensive, no-cost consultations for Monmouth County injury victims. Call (201) 231-7847 today.
New Jersey’s two-year deadline — and 90-day notice for public-entity claims — means time matters. Talk to a Monmouth County injury lawyer today, free.
The Epstein Law Firm serves clients from three New Jersey locations:
Call (201) 231-7847 for a free consultation.
Below are answers to common questions about personal injury claims in Monmouth County, New Jersey. This information is general and not legal advice — contact our office for guidance about your specific situation.
New Jersey applies the doctrine of modified comparative negligence. If you share some degree of fault for the accident, your recoverable damages are reduced in proportion to your percentage of fault.
However, if you are found to be more than 50% at fault, you become ineligible for compensation. Because fault percentages are often disputed, having an attorney develop the evidence on your side is critical.
Sources: N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.1 — comparative negligence statute; NJ Courts — Model Civil Jury Charges.
Every injury case is inherently unique, so claim values vary widely. The key factors are the severity of your injuries, your medical costs, lost income, any lasting disability, and the strength of the evidence proving the other party’s fault.
For an accurate, personalized assessment, consult a Monmouth County personal injury lawyer at The Epstein Law Firm, P.A. We evaluate the full scope of your losses — including future care — before advising you on what your claim may be worth.
Sources: N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.2 — damages in personal injury actions; NJ Courts — Civil Division overview.
New Jersey’s statute of limitations generally requires personal injury lawsuits to be filed within two years of the injury, or from when the injury was discovered. Missing this deadline will almost certainly bar your claim.
Claims against public entities — such as NJ Transit or a county or municipal agency — are even more urgent: a Notice of Tort Claim is due within 90 days. Do not wait to get legal advice.
Sources: N.J.S.A. 2A:14-2 — two-year personal injury limitations period; N.J.S.A. 59:8-8 — 90-day tort claim notice requirement; NJ Courts — Civil Division overview.
Under New Jersey’s no-fault system, your own Personal Injury Protection (PIP) coverage generally pays your initial medical bills after a crash, regardless of who caused it. PIP is required on standard New Jersey auto insurance policies.
When injuries are serious, you may also pursue additional compensation from the at-fault driver’s insurance. We help you coordinate PIP and liability benefits so bills are covered.
Sources: N.J.S.A. 39:6A-4 — personal injury protection benefits; NJ Department of Banking and Insurance — auto insurance guide.
Accidents involving NJ Transit trains or buses, county roads, or municipal boardwalks and beach facilities fall under the New Jersey Tort Claims Act. You must file a formal Notice of Tort Claim within 90 days of the incident.
That deadline arrives quickly, and missing it usually ends the case. Contact us right away if any public entity may share responsibility for your injury.
Sources: N.J.S.A. 59:8-8 — Tort Claims Act notice requirement; NJ Transit — customer claims information.
Most Monmouth County personal injury lawsuits are filed in the Monmouth County Courthouse at 71 Monument Street in Freehold, where the county’s civil cases are heard.
Our attorneys have practiced in this courthouse for decades and know its procedures and jury pools — an advantage we put to work for every client.
Sources: NJ Courts — vicinage court locations; NJ Courts — Rules Governing the Courts.
Probably not. The majority of personal injury claims settle through negotiation without a trial. We pursue efficient settlements that deliver the compensation you need as quickly as possible.
Still, we prepare every case as if it will go before a jury. That trial-ready posture is often what convinces insurers to offer a fair settlement.
Sources: NJ Courts — Civil Division overview; N.J.S.A. 2A:14-2 — limitations of actions.
Report the incident immediately — to lifeguards or beach patrol for ocean injuries, or to the property owner or manager for boardwalk slip-and-falls — and get the names of any witnesses. Photograph the exact hazard, whether it is a broken board, an unmarked drop-off, or an unsafe condition.
Seek medical care the same day, even if you feel okay; some injuries surface later. Then call us before speaking with any insurer or signing anything.
Nothing up front. We handle personal injury cases on a contingency fee basis, so you pay no legal fees unless we recover compensation for you. Your consultation is free and carries no obligation.
This arrangement lets injured people and their families get experienced legal help immediately, regardless of their financial situation.
Sources: N.J. Court Rule 1:21-7 — contingent fees in personal injury cases; NJ Courts — self-help center.
Bring police or incident reports, photos of the scene and your injuries, medical records and bills, your auto insurance information, and any correspondence from insurance companies. If you missed work, bring pay records as well.
Incomplete paperwork is fine — we can gather records for you. The priority is reaching out early, while evidence is fresh and deadlines are safe.
Sources: NJ Courts — self-help center; N.J. Court Rules — professional conduct.
“We want to express our deepest gratitude for the exceptional work you did to insure that our father’s unfortunate accident did not go unrecognized; my dear dad would have appreciated your professionalism, unstoppable work ethic and most of all your compassion every step of the way. Please know we have the highest regard and the utmost respect for you.”— Deb & Joe
“We want to express our deepest gratitude for the exceptional work you did to insure that our father’s unfortunate accident did not go unrecognized; my dear dad would have appreciated your professionalism, unstoppable work ethic and most of all your compassion every step of the way. Please know we have the highest regard and the utmost respect for you.”
“Thank you again for all of your help, support and advice. You’ve made a trying and difficult time much easier to deal with for my family and myself. You will never have any idea how much your efforts were, and will forever be appreciated.”— F. D.
“Thank you again for all of your help, support and advice. You’ve made a trying and difficult time much easier to deal with for my family and myself. You will never have any idea how much your efforts were, and will forever be appreciated.”
The Epstein Law Firm, P.A. has recovered significant verdicts and settlements for injured clients, including:
Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court.
New Jersey law and court sources cited on this page:
In New Jersey, the legal doctrine of ‘modified comparative negligence’ applies. If you share some degree of fault for the accident, your recoverable damages will be reduced proportionately. However, if you are more than 50% at fault, you become ineligible for compensation.
Every injury case is inherently unique, and therefore the value of claims varies widely. To obtain an accurate and personalized assessment, consult a Monmouth County personal injury lawyer at The Epstein Law Firm, P.A.
For a detailed discussion about your personal injury case in Monmouth County, reach out to The Epstein Law Firm, P.A. today.
We want to express our deepest gratitude for the exceptional work you did to insure that our father’s unfortunate accident did not go unrecognized; my dear dad would have appreciated your professionalism, unstoppable work ethic and most of all your compassion every step of the way. Please know we have the highest regard and the utmost respect for you.
Thank you again for all of your help, support and advice. You’ve made a trying and difficult time much easier to deal with for my family and myself. You will never have any idea how much your efforts were, and will forever be appreciated.
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