When you’ve been hurt in a motor vehicle accident in New Jersey, one of your first steps it typically to look to insurance to cover your losses. But what if you were a passenger in a ride-share, such as Uber or Lyft? Until about a year ago, ther… [Read more…]
Fatal School Crash Raises Questions
The death of a teacher and a student in a school bus crash on a field trip has raised many questions about the liability of a school district in a motor vehicle accident. Experts anticipate that families of t… [Read more…]
When your loved one requires assisted living or nursing home care, you expect that they’ll be well-treated, that their needs will be met and that they won’t suffer needlessly because of carelessness or neglect by caregivers. Unfortunately, the n… [Read more…]
While burns can cause some of the most painful and debilitating injuries that you can suffer, these types of claims can also pose some of the most challenging cases. Whether you are suing and individual, an employer or a manufacturer, you need t… [Read more…]
If you have suffered an injury because of someone else’s wrongful act, you may experience significant pain on a daily or regular basis. Under the law, you may be entitled to compensation for “pain and suffering.” What does that mean, however? Wh… [Read more…]
When you’ve been hurt because of someone else’s carelessness, you can feel the financial impact in many ways. You may be unable to work or face substantial unreimbursed medical bills. You may need to make structural changes in your home to a… [Read more…]
In New Jersey, when you have sustained an injury on the job, your first course of action will typically be to notify your employer and initiate a workers’ compensation claim. The process can seem simple—you just notify your employer and let th… [Read more…]
When you have been injured on the job, you have a right to seek benefits through a workers’ compensation claim. Often, it can seem like an open and shut case, but there can be a number of reasons that your workers’ compensation claim is initiall… [Read more…]
With the advances in science, expectant parents can usually know in advance if a child will be born with serious birth defects. With that knowledge, many parents may choose to terminate the pregnancy, choosing adoption or surrogacy as an alterna… [Read more…]