Category: Litigation
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Black Box in Your Car Tells a Tale
Cars Are Now Equipped With A Black Box That Records Data Cars are now equipped with a black box that records data. This data can be used to prove who was at fault in an accident. We all know that a commercial airplane is equipped with a black box. The black box records data about…
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No Seat Belt May Mean No Case
Failing To Wear A Seat Belt Failing to wear a seat belt is not only unsafe, it may sink your personal injury case. Drivers and passengers in cars, vans, pick-up trucks and SUVs are required by New Jersey Law to use seat belts. At least those sitting in front. But say someone who wasn’t wearing…
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Courthouse Visitors Must Sign Contracts
Want To Check Your Email In A Courtroom? When visiting a state courthouse in New Jersey and you want to check your email in a courtroom, you have to sign a contract first. Courthouse visitors may need to use their smartphones and tablets. Up to now, it was not clear whether they could, legally. And,…
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Cystoscopy Causes Bathroom Fall
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Cystoscopy In Doctor’S Office Leads To Fall In Bathroom A cystoscopy is a medical procedure. Doctors use it to diagnose problems in the urinary system. The doctor inserts a tube into the urethra. (The urethra is the duct through which urine passes from the bladder. In a man, the urethra ends at the head of the…
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Wrongful Birth Explained
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Wrongful Birth Claims-What Are They? What is a wrongful birth claim? You may have read that a woman received a jury award for the wrongful birth of her baby. How could the birth of a baby be “wrongful”? What exactly is the woman receiving compensation for? It really goes back to a doctor’s duty of…
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Lady Gaga Producer Must Pay $7.3M
Lady Gaga Producer Gets Hit With $7.3 Million Verdict Lady Gaga producer gets hit with a $7.3 million verdict and must pay the songwriter for welshing on promise to share part of income. Lady Gaga is no stranger to controversy. Recently, some of that controversy has been resolved in a New Jersey courtroom. A federal…
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Al Sharpton Dodges Defamation Lawsuit
Rev. Al Sharpton Wins Defamation Lawsuit Filed Too Late Defamation means making untrue statements about another, damaging his reputation. If someone defames you, you have a relatively short time frame to take legal action. If you are involved, say, in a car accident, you generally have two years to sue for your injuries. However, in…
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Boy Not Liable for Causing Sports Injury
Sports Injury: 11-Year-Old Not Liable For Breaking Opponent’s Arm A child inflicts a sports injury on another child. Must he or his family pay the victim compensation? An appeals court in New Jersey recently decided the question. In the court case, a boy we’ll call George and a boy we’ll call Chuck were lacrosse players…
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30 Day Limit to Void Arbitration Award
Court Ordered Arbitration Award Can Be Voided Within 30 Days You received an arbitration award in your court case. But you are dissatisfied with the amount. Or, maybe, the arbitrator awarded you zero. Is there anything that you can do? Was the arbitration award made pursuant to court-ordered arbitration under the New Jersey Court Rules?…
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Act of God as a Defense to Negligence
Is An Act Of God A Defense To A Personal Injury Lawsuit For Negligence? An act of God is defined by the law as an extraordinary and unexpected manifestation of the forces of nature. Or, as an inevitable necessity that could not be prevented by reasonable human foresight and care. Can an act of God…