The Christmas weekend started off with a horrific accident on a New Jersey freeway. Ultimately, two people died and six others were injured after a total of seven vehicles ended up in a pileup on the morning of Dec. 22, 2017. The entire freeway was shut down for miles...
Year: 2017
How does the statute of limitations work?
Every potential lawsuit has an expiration date.That expiration date, which is called a case's "statute of limitations" sets the time limit within which you have to file a claim if you've been injured. If you don't assert your legal rights within that time limit, you...
How you avoid becoming part of trucking’s accident statistics
Most people have no idea how much the average truck accident costs in terms of financial losses for those injured or killed. Frankly, the statistics are really dismal to acknowledge: The average victim injured in an accident with a truck will sustain $62,000 worth of...
Second New Jersey pelvic mesh claim goes to court
The second New Jersey personal injury claim against Johnson & Johnson for its defective vaginal mesh implants is now moving forward.The plastic devices were used to treat urinary incontinence, an issue many women suffer with after childbirth or due to age. At...
How can a brain-damaged client get the most from an attorney?
Attorneys have a difficult task ahead of them when they're dealing with a brain-damaged client. If an attorney has never handled a case involving a brain-damaged client, he or she may not realize how carefully he or she needs to go over each step of the claims...
Avoiding car accidents from holiday travel fatigue
Every step you take to reduce your odds of being in a car accident over the holidays is a step in the right direction.Given that AAA estimates almost 51 million people will be on the roads during the 2017 Thanksgiving weekend, one of the big things to be concerned...
Former all-star tennis player settles medical malpractice case
A young woman, aged 22, suffered a life-altering injury due to malpractice when she was still only in high school. Now, a New Jersey jury has handed down a $1.2 million malpractice award to compensate her.At the time of her injury, the high school student was a...
Holiday fatigue and accidents: How to avoid being a statistic
Increasingly, Christmas cheer is being brought to our doorsteps by deliverymen. The Post Office, for example, expects to handle roughly 750 million packages. Add in what UPS, FedEx and other delivery services are carrying, and that amounts to one thing: a lot of tired...
Know the dangers of sharing a road with a commercial truck
Would it surprise you to learn that the No. 1 predictor of a fatal trucking accident is simply the number of commercial trucks that are on the road?On one hand, that makes sense; however, it stops making so much sense when you find out that while commercial trucks...
Don’t trust insurance companies to play fair when making claims
Auto accident insurance is mandatory in every state if you want to be on the road -- but that doesn't stop some people from driving without it.If you end up being injured by an uninsured driver on the road, you may decide to file a lawsuit against your own insurance...