Can an Insurer Use the Weather to Deny or Reduce Your Claim?
Statistics show that motor vehicle accident rates generally go up in the winter in New Jersey, often due to snowy or icy road conditions or impaired visibility in winter storms. If yo… [Read more…]
What Precautions Must Drivers Take When Driving on Slippery Roads?
Statistics show that, on average, New Jersey receives between 25 and 30 inches of snowfall every year. Even a light dusting of snow can make traveling by motor vehicle treachero… [Read more…]
Can a Municipality Be Liable for Failing to Keep the Roads Cleared of Snow and Ice?
Though the annual snowfall can vary across the state of New Jersey, many places get more than 20 inches in any given year. The accumulation of that much snow ca… [Read more…]
Protecting Your Rights to Recover Workers’ Compensation Benefits
When you’ve been injured on the job in New Jersey, you have the right to seek benefits under the state’s workers’ compensation laws. There are generally only two requirements for … [Read more…]
Injuries Suffered on a Break | Injuries While Traveling
To qualify for workers’ compensation in New Jersey, you must prove only two elements of a claim: that you were injured and that the injury was “work-related.” There is no need to establish… [Read more…]
Are There Other Legal Remedies Available to You?
The New Jersey workers’ compensation laws were enacted as the “great bargain,” ostensibly to benefit both workers and business owners. The system eliminates the need for a worker to show that his… [Read more…]
Recovering Benefits When You Have Been Hurt in the Workplace
According to statistics collected by the United States Department of Labor, more than three million workers are injured on the job across the United States every year, but less than h… [Read more…]
Ways that You Can Jeopardize Your Full Recovery after a Wreck
Motor vehicle accidents are the most common cause of personal injury in the United States, with National Highway Traffic Safety Administration statistics showing an average of almost… [Read more…]