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Injured by an e-cigarette explosion in NJ? Learn your legal rights, how to prove battery defects, and pursue compensation before the 2-year deadline runs out.

Injured by a delivery drone in NJ? Learn who’s liable—operator, business, or manufacturer—and how to secure compensation under state and federal drone laws.

Understand who’s liable in NJ dooring accidents involving ride-shares. Learn passenger, driver, and corporate responsibilities to maximize your compensation.

Protect yourself from uninsured "ghost cars" on Uber and Lyft in NJ. Learn how to navigate insurance gaps, secure evidence, and maximize your compensation.

Protect your rights as a NJ ride-share driver injured on the job. Learn how to navigate insurance gaps, secure compensation, and hold Uber or Lyft accountable.

Decode NJ's insurance maze after an Uber or Lyft accident to leverage PIP, UM/UIM, and third-party claims, maximizing your compensation and legal advantage.

Discover why federal trucking regulations matter after a semi-truck accident in NJ. FMCSA violations can strengthen your case and maximize compensation.

Injured in an Amazon truck accident in New Jersey? Learn how courts are holding Amazon accountable and how to maximize your compensation. Free consultation!

Overloaded trucks and HOS violations can prove negligence and boost compensation. Learn why weight limits and logbooks matter—contact us for a free consultation.

Commercial vehicle accidents can involve multiple liable parties—learn how to prove negligence, hold them accountable, and maximize compensation.

Multi-vehicle truck accidents can be catastrophic—learn how liability works, including fault distribution and regulations. Contact us for a free consultation.

Some car accident injuries appear later—learn why whiplash, concussions, and more can be delayed. Protect your rights; contact us for a free consultation. ​

New Jersey’s no-fault insurance system impacts car accident claims. Discover how PIP works, when to sue for damages, and reach out for a free consult.

Car accident injuries may not show immediately—learn 10 critical post-crash steps to protect your rights and compensation. Contact our firm for a free consult.

Dashcam footage can be a game-changer in NJ car accident claims: learn how it proves liability, boosts injury cases, and contact our firm for a free consult.

Facing a Tesla Autopilot crash in New Jersey? Uncover complex liability, examine real case studies, and contact our law firm to safeguard your rights. ​

Nobody expects to get involved in a car wreck; that’s why they’re called “accidents.” Even though drivers don’t intend for a car accident to happen, the reality is that usually bad driving behavior by at least one motorist was to blame for most of New Jersey’s 278,413 annual collisions.

Most people believe their insurance company has their best interests at heart and will treat them fairly if they’re hurt in an accident. After all, drivers and others in the State of New Jersey pay hefty sums to comply with state law mandating they carry insurance at all times.

Even the most cautious drivers have moments where they end up disregarding the posted speed limit. Whether it happens just for a few seconds on the New Jersey Turn pike because a driver inadvertently sped up, for a few minutes while someone hurries to get to work on time after oversleeping, or on a daily basis as a habit, speeding is illegal and dangerous.

Whiplash is one of the most common injuries people suffer following a car or truck accident in New Jersey. But many victims don’t realize just how varied this soft tissue injury can be and often ignore important signs and symptoms. Generally speaking, whiplash occurs when a sudden impact causes your head to overly and unnaturally extend forward and back, straining the muscles and tendons.

Whiplash is one of the most common injuries people suffer following a car or truck accident in New Jersey. But many victims don’t realize just how varied this soft tissue injury can be and often ignore important signs and symptoms. Generally speaking, whiplash occurs when a sudden impact causes your head to overly and unnaturally extend forward and back, straining the muscles and tendons.

Like most New Jersey personal injury law firms, we take on all our personal injury clients on a contingency fee arrangement, but there can be a lot of confusion about what this legal payment structure means and whether you end up paying more than you thought at the end of your case. When you hire us as your New Jersey personal injury lawyers, you don’t pay us unless we win, and our fees are fair, and our service is outstanding.

Slip, trip, or fall accidents can take place anywhere, such as the local grocery store, neighbor’s patio, or public buildings. But who is responsible if you fall and suffer a serious injury? Determining premise liability depends on the place where you fell; and the liability owed by property owners for a slip and fall accident in New Jersey depends on the type of property.

Despite criticism from those who have never been on a motorcycle, motorcycle riders are generally careful and courteous on the road. Even exercising this caution, many innocent motorcyclists find themselves in accidents due to negligence of motorists.

If you have a child’s treehouse structure erected in your backyard, it no doubt allows for hours and hours of playtime for your children. But it is also a major hazard for anyone using the structure, because young children can fall out of treehouses and sustain injuries.

Rideshare companies provide a service today that assists us in getting from Point A to Point B and beyond, for a reasonable price and usually on time. If you have been injured in a rideshare vehicle, it is not unusual for you to wonder what to do next, based on the structure and setup of the rideshare agreement. It’s confusing!

Construction sites and construction venues are inherently dangerous. There are major rules, procedures and protocols when a person is working on a construction site. These rules are all meant to preserve the safety of all workers at the site, and must be followed at all times. There are times that you can suffer an injury at a construction site because of the use of explosives at the construction venue.

Truck drivers share the road with every other driver. Oftentimes, there are notices on the back of the big rigs that warn drivers not to pass the trucks in their blind spots. But just how dangerous is it to pass a truck in the blind spot, and why would this result in an accident?

Generally speaking, a weapons offense is a violation of the laws that control who can and cannot own and operate deadly weapons. Depending on your situation and whether you have a criminal record or not, it can be a serious charge to have possessed a weapon unlawfully in the State of New Jersey.

As the weather warms up outside, many more motorcyclists will be out on the open roads and byways. It is important for everyone to be aware of everyone else on the roads, but that is not always the case. Many New Jersey motorcycle-related accidents occur this time of the year in the United States. There can be major injuries reported when a car collides with a person on a motorcycle.

Truck drivers drive on long haul runs across the country and this makes them susceptible to falling asleep at the wheel. What this means is that a sleepy (or asleep) truck driver at the wheel is in or out of control of a very dangerous heavy vehicle.

Rideshare companies such as Lyft or Uber are all over the country, taking passengers where they need to go for an affordable price. These drivers are not screened as carefully as a taxi driver might have been, and some go “rogue” when it comes to obeying traffic laws.

There is a myth that teenage boys are the most dangerous drivers on the roads today. Well, the myth is a fact, because the fatal rates of car accidents for drivers 16-19 years old is almost three times the rate for drivers who are 20 years old and older. Two decades ago, all of the states had restrictions on new young male drivers. But today, young drivers are permitted to be out at all hours of the night, which prevent interventions that used to be aimed to keep them a safer demographic on the road.

Loss of consortium is a claim that is made by a spouse, when the other spouse is injured in an accident and cannot continue sexual relations in the marriage. It is based on the wrongful conduct of one party to another, and is put into use when one spouse is feeling the effects of pain and suffering, and the marriage is affected.

Summer isn’t quite over yet, and it seems that more and more people are out and about on the road. Summertime is also when more young drivers will come out onto the roads to practice. Many drivers who are underage need to be practicing several hours before even getting into the driver’s education vehicle.

After last year and the pandemic crisis, many people have suddenly become more health conscious, or are interested to get back to their own personal health routines. Jogging is a good way to exercise, and help keep you in the fit form you need to feel better about your health as summer comes to an end and the winter months start to move in.

Yes, there can be a case for loss of consortium that is related to personal injures as the result of a New Jersey car accident. After a car accident, a person can experience personal injuries that are painful, difficult to heal from, or that are permanent in nature causing a disability.

People often wonder how someone could slip and fall at an eatery or restaurant, but it is very easy to have this type of accident. When the owner of the restaurant establishment does not patrol the cleanliness of the floors throughout the day when the eatery is open, there can be the chance to have customers slip and fall on the floor.

The vaping craze is in full swing, with many new people trying vaping just to see what it is like. Other people are using vaping to stop smoking, but have no idea that the vaping products often and usually contain more nicotine than a regular cigarette. There is a myth that a vaping e-cigarette is less dangerous than smoking a full-bodied cigarette. But in fact, vaping products cause explosions, fires and electronic burns.

Many people go out for a night on the town, and never realize that they can be injured seriously for trying to have a good time. You can have a personal injury when you fall in a bar, because of a slippery floor or from someone spilling a drink and you slip unawares on the flooring. The owners and managers of the bar are tasked with checking the floor, bar areas and outside areas for safety hazards, obstacles and violations to keep the area safe for the patrons.

f you have been injured in an accident and experienced personal injuries, it is difficult to recover from that. You will need time to heal from your loss, and may not have considered initiating a lawsuit. But you should consider starting a claim legally, to get the money back that you need to recover completely.

People are going to shopping malls more now, as they want to get out of the house after pandemic restrictions. Although there are options to buy merchandise and products online, many shoppers still prefer to go to a store and touch and feel the purchases first. But the malls are at lowered personnel and operating at skeleton staffing, because of the lowered participation in the public visiting them in the last few years. This means that the shopping malls are not as maintained as they used to be, and there will be more hazards for you to be injured by as a result.

There are instances where a simple dog bite can cause a serious enough skin infection, that the person has to have a limb amputated. How can a dog bite result in such drastic measures? Well, a dog bite is never simple, because the dog’s saliva might contain microorganisms that are filled with highly infectious bacteria. These bacteria are Pasteurella and Bacteroides, which are found in common dog bites. An infection that has a deeply toxic bacteria in it will prevent the infection site from healing…..

We know that this is the season for ice and snow in our region, and of course it is a nuisance to have to continually clean off the sidewalk areas after a major or even a minor storm. But has anyone stopped to consider the dangers of slipping on ice on an uncleared sidewalk? You can fall backwards and suffer a serious injury. When you slip and fall backwards unexpectedly, you can be taken off guard. In that time, you will be likely to become seriously injured, and succumb to a traumatic brain injury or TBI. This type of injury is serious indeed, because it can cause permanent damage to your brain…..