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New Jersey Personal Injury Law.
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If you’ve been injured, we know how to help. Since 1990. New Jersey Personal Injury Law.
Legal news articles from around the New Jersey area from the Berman Law Office.
Get lots of information about topics such as personal injury law, and tips and tricks about what to do for people who have just suffered an injury or had an accident.
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A woman in a long-term marriage who has been supported by her husband is usually entitled to receive alimony after a divorce. (The same goes for the less typical situation of a man supported by his wife.) Ideally, the amount…
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Parent Using Cocaine And Marijuana Before Visitation Time With Child
A father was recently charged with child neglect. As is often the case in this type of litigation, the names of the parties involved were not released to the public. All we know are the father’s initials, R.S. Let’s call…
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No Federal Civil Rights Remedy Against Public Drunkenness Laws
In 1977, New Jersey passed a law that prohibited municipalities from making public drunkenness a punishable offense. Even so, many towns kept local ordinances that made public intoxication illegal. Maple Shade is one such place. Actually, the township didn’t even…
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The Case of the Tilting Swimming Pool
One of the main reasons that business owners form corporations is to protect their personal assets. If the business is then sued, and loses, the business owner can, at worst, only lose the assets of the business. He or she…
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State Court Will Not Force Husband To Give Wife Religious Divorce
Marriage is a unique institution. It is regulated by state law. But it also can be a religious sacrament. Secular courts normally don’t get involved in religious matters. However, when a marriage goes bad, this dual aspect of marriage can…
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Former Employer Not Liable For Giving A Negative Reference
A South Jersey physician’s assistant recently sued his former employer over a bad job reference. The man accused the employer, a hospital, of defaming him. In 1999, the physician’s assistant received a poor performance review. He was fired in early…
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Police Chief Can’t Sue Borough For First Amendment Violation
The Borough of Duryea (in Pennsylvania) fired its police chief. He then filed a complaint with the police union that got him his job back. Later, he filed another complaint that led to changes in some of the demands the…
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Special Jury Instruction If God Told You To Do It
A New Jersey man was convicted at trial of murdering his pregnant girlfriend after God told him to do it. Not surprisingly, the defendant pled insanity. An appeals court recently reversed the conviction. The appellate court ruled that the trial…
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Judge Rotation
The New Jersey court system rotates judicial assignments. Every summer the New Jersey Supreme Court Chief Justice issues an order that transfers some trial judges to new assignments, where they preside over different types of cases than previously. This year,…
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HOLIDAY POSTING
Hi everyone, Since so many people will be busy and traveling to be with their families, I won’t be posting any new content today or Friday. But fear not, normal posting will resume Monday. I wish all a happy Thanksgiving.