Damaged gas lines are often the cause of explosions that harm life and property. Accidents involving dig-ins to underground facilities occur every year. To protect the citizenry,  New Jersey’s legislature has enacted laws that require all operators of underground facilities to participate in a One-Call Damage Prevention System and to require all excavators to notify the One-Call Damage Prevention System prior to excavation or demolition (see New Jersey Statute 48:2-74). Pursuant to New Jersey law…

My lawyer does not return my phone calls. Sadly I hear this all too often from potential clients who have retained another lawyer to represent them in their pending personal injury case. These disgruntled victims have already been injured by the carelessness of a defendant`and now they find themselves in an information blackout because the attorney who they have trusted to champion their cause will not even return a phone call. This behavior on the…

I was recently interviewed by Garden State CLE about dog bite laws in New Jersey. Here, you’ll see highlights of the interview where I discuss victims’ rights, settlements for victims, what is reasonable (and unreasonable) to expect out of a penalty or settlement, and protections for dog owners. I hope you all find the interview informative, and should you have any additional questions on dog bite law, please do not hesitate to contact me.…

Even after tens of thousands of slip and fall injuries nationwide, some commercial property owners insist on using concrete parking bumpers (or wheel stops) in their parking lots. While these devices are intended to block the forward motion of vehicles in parking spaces and prevent accidents, they are a serious danger to pedestrians and serve as the source of countless serious orthopedic and neurologic injuries. Both the Traffic Engineering Handbook and The American Society for…

Tractor Trailers are among the most dangerous vehicles on the road today. They may weigh up to 80,000 pounds fully loaded and often times they are operated by people who do not have the knowledge nor the experience to drive such large and dangerous vehicles.  What makes matters worse is when a tractor-trailer collides with an average car weighing approximately 4,000 pounds. In these instances, the damage caused to the car and its occupants is…

If you are among the thousands of persons injured in a motor vehicle collision in New Jersey each year, chances are that any settlement or jury verdict you receive will be satisfied by the liability insurance company that insured the person who caused the collision. In New Jersey the smallest amount of liability insurance allowed by law is a 15/30 policy. This means that any one person injured in a car accident caused by a…