How much of my car can the police search if they pull me over and smell marijuana?

December 18, 2017 |

How much of my car can the police search when they pull me over and smell weed?  Can they rip my car apart??? Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. The appellate division answer this question on December 12, 2017 in State v. Houston.The issue: did the search of your car once you were…

Can my car be searched if I am out of the car, arrested, handcuffed, and placed in the back of a police cruiser?

December 18, 2017 |

State v. Houston   New Jersey Appellate Division Decision December 12, 2017 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Can my car be searched if I am out of the car, arrested, handcuffed, and placed in the back of a trooper/police cruiser?  Why can the police search my car?  The questions can be answered…

Have you recently been denied PTI by your county prosecutor’s office?

December 16, 2017 |

Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Have you recently been denied PTI by your county prosecutor’s office? Send Hark & Hark your prosecutor’s PTI denial letter and we will see how we can help you!  Were are you summarily denied PTI without any explanation from the county prosecutors office or criminal case management?…

Slip and Fall – Broken Leg at Children’s Birthday Party

December 14, 2017 |

Osie-Amoake v. Staffers FEC This is a very straightforward slip and fall case when the plaintiff fractured her leg at her son’s four-year-old birthday party. The plaintiff and her family went to the “Foam Frenzy” amusement attraction at a FunPlex owned by defendants. Defendant asked the court, on summary judgment to dismiss the case because…

Slip and Fall Primern – Osie-Amoake v. Staffers FEC

December 14, 2017 |

Submitted by New Jersey Slip and Fall Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Appellate review of a ruling on a motion for summary judgment is de novo, applying the same standard governing the trial court. Davis v. Brickman Landscaping, Ltd., 219 N.J. 395, 405 (2014). Thus, we consider, as the motion judge did, “whether the competent evidential materials…

Can Injured Volunteer Firefighters or Police Officers Get Disability Benefits?

December 12, 2017 |

Submitted by New Jersey Workers Compensation Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. If I am a volunteer firefighter or police officer and I am injured during a official call I am I able to obtain temporary disability benefits? As a volunteer firefighter can I can’t temporary disability benefits if I am injured during a call? What is “Cunningham”…

Do you want to appeal your unemployment compensation denial, disability pension denial, or any other decision from one of New Jersey’s many Administrative Agencies?

December 6, 2017 |

What evidence do I need to prove my case against a New Jersey Administrative Agency or Board line the Board of Nursing, Department of Labor? Do you want to appeal your unemployment compensation denial, disability pension denial, or any other decision from one of New Jersey’s many Administrative Agencies? How can you win against an…

Can I get into PTI for selling weed?

November 30, 2017 |

Did my lawyer do enough to try to get me into PTI? What are the factors to be considered to get me into PTI? If the prosecutor’s office rejects my application can I go before the Judge and ask him to allow me to get into PTI?   Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey…

Driving While Suspended with Prior DUI? What you need to know…

November 30, 2017 |

Have you been charged with driving while suspended as a result of a DUI? How many prior DWIs have you been convicted of? Do you have two or more prior DWI conviction? Did you print guilty to a DUI with or without an attorney representing? Submitted by New Jersey DWI Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. All of…

Know the questions that need to be asked if you are injured on the job!!

November 27, 2017 |

JOHN DUTCHER,  v. PEDRO PEDEIRO and BLACK ROCK ENTERPRISES, LLC,SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY, APPELLATE DIVISION, DOCKET NO. A-1088-16T3 Were you injured on your job? Who were you working for at the time? Who’s employee injured you? Were you injured by a co-worker? Do you know who your co-worker was at the time you were…