When you've been hurt because of the carelessness or negligence of another person, you have the right to seek monetary compensation for a wide range of losses, from the wages and income you cannot earn to any medical expenses not covered by insurance. You can also...
THE CAUSES AND TREATMENT OF BURN INJURIES
When you've suffered a serious personal injury, it can bring your life to a standstill. There's nothing, however, that compares to the pain and suffering that comes with a serious burn injury. Not only can you experience excruciating physical pain from the burn...
NEGLIGENT INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS–BYSTANDER CLAIMS
If you've ever witnessed a serious accident, seen someone hurt in a car accident or a work-related accident, you know that the emotional impact can be devastating. You can relive the event for months or years, and experience significant emotional trauma, particularly...
HOW DO YOU CALCULATE PAIN AND SUFFERING IN A PERSONAL INJURY CLAIM?
After an accident caused by someone else's carelessness, you may lose wages or income because you can't work, and you may have unreimbursed medical expenses. Those damages are easy to determine, though, because they are easily measured. You are also entitled to...
Workers’ Compensation in New Jersey–Part One
In the state of New Jersey, as in all other states, when you have been injured on the job, your first recourse is often to file a workers' compensation claim. In many situations, this will be your only recourse-what the law calls your "exclusive remedy." The New...
STATE AND ALLSTATE WIN MULTIMILLION DOLLAR PIP FRAUD CLAIM
New Jersey is one of a number of states that have a law allowing PIP, or personal injury protection, as an extension of car insurance coverage, designed to provide benefits fro medical expenses, lost wages and other damages. Sometimes known as "no-fault" insurance,...
COURT ALLOWS PUNITIVE DAMAGE CLAIM TO PROCEED IN CHILD ARROW INJURY CASE
More than six years after the incident that caused the injury, a young New Jersey girl's claim for punitive damages against Dick's Sporting Goods has been allowed to move forward.In July, 2010, Ariana McGuire and her twin sister, then seven years old, were at a...
AMUSEMENT PARK INJURIES LEAD TO CALLS FOR GREATER REGULATION
In Kansas City earlier this month, the 10-year-old son of a state legislator died on what is billed as "the world's tallest water slide," the Verruckt raft ride (Verruckt is German for "insane.") In Greene County, Tennessee, on August 8, three girls fell to the ground...
LAWYERS PREPARE FOR ONSLAUGHT OF POKEMON GO INJURY CLAIMS
You've probably seen them-individuals walking down the sidewalk, across a field or in a parking lot, eyes alternating between their devices and the landscape in front of them. What are they doing-playing Pokemon Go, the "augmented reality" game from Niantic, where...
NEW JERSEY CONSIDERING LAW TO BAN TEXTING AND WALKING
A New Jersey assemblywoman has introduced legislation that would make it illegal to send and receive text messages or to otherwise use a handheld device while in a crosswalk or walking along a public street.Paula Lampitt, a Democrat from Voorhees and Deputy Speaker...
