The e-cigarette or vaping industry has exploded over the past few years—in more ways than one. While sales of electronic cigarettes are expected to top $10 billion in 2017, the number of lawsuits claiming injuries caused by the products ha… [Read more…]
If you’ve been hurt as a result of someone else’s negligence and you seek compensation in a personal injury action, you’ll be required to show that the defendant, or wrongdoer, failed under the circumstances to act as a reasonable person would, … [Read more…]
The future of a popular television show on the Science Channel may be in jeopardy after the producer of the segment was nearly killed in an explosion. The accident occurred during the 2016 World Championship Punkin Chunkin, an event where contes… [Read more…]
In today’s consumer culture, companies aggressively compete to be the first to market with the latest convenience. Ideally, those products would be tested and vetted to ascertain and address the potential risk of injury, but shortcuts happen all… [Read more…]
A Vernon man was awarded $2 million by a Morristown jury for injuries he received when the car he was riding flipped over and hit a tree. Brian Birchenough, 20 years old at the time of the accident, was a passenger in a car driven by Matthew Hur… [Read more…]
In mid-July, two hikers had to be rescued after falling off a cliff near the Pacific Ocean. How did it happen? They were playing Pokemon Go and not watching where they were going!
The immense popularity of the game has, unfortunately, been acco… [Read more…]
A lawsuit filed by a 52-year-old Voorhees man against the operators of a Berlin water park can proceed, pursuant to an opinion by the New Jersey Supreme Court. Roy Steinberg alleges in his complaint that he was seriously injured in 2010 at Sahar… [Read more…]
On July 20, 2010, seven-year-old Ariana McGuire and her twin sister were at the home of family friends when she was struck in the head with a metal-tipped arrow at close range. The arrow was shot by the nine-year-old son of the family friends. A… [Read more…]
The Point Pleasant Beach restaurant that lost its liquor license for a month last year in the aftermath of a fatal motor vehicle accident says it’s taking no chances anymore, imposing a strict policy of checking and validating IDs.
Martell’s Ti… [Read more…]
As sales of electronic cigarettes have skyrocketed—analysts project that by 2017, vaping and e-cigarettes will be a $10 billion industry—so have the number of injuries reported by users. Most of the concerns thus far have been tied to defect… [Read more…]