State v Hicks & Rice – Do You Have to Cooperate when Police Approach You?

February 1, 2018 |

Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark What is the state of the law and can the police come up to you and talk to you.  Do you have to cooperate?  NO!!! The police can keep you, and ‘not allow you to leave’ only if they have a particularized suspicion that there is criminal…

Rothblat v. ABC Door Company

February 1, 2018 |

Submitted by New Jersey Personal Injury Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark My son was hurt at private school and I want to make a claim against the school. My son was injured at a basketball game and I want to sue the athletic association. My child was injured at religious school and I want to make a…

Charitable Immunity and Personal Injury – What You Need to Know

February 1, 2018 |

My son was hurt at private school and I want to make a claim against the school. My son was injured at a basketball game and I want to sue the athletic association. My child was injured at religious school and I want to make a claim against the school. Submitted by New Jersey Personal…

Can you sue for personal injuries when you slip on snow that has not been shoveled from a commercial neighbor’s property?

January 20, 2018 |

Have you slipped on the snow and or ice walking into work? Have you slipped sow and ice on a commercial property? Did you slip on the snow at your friends house?   Can you sue? Submitted by New Jersey Personal Injury Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark On January 19 in New Jersey Appellate Division decided in the…

Appealing your Workers Compensation Decision

January 19, 2018 |

Did you lose your comp case? Are you worried about your workers compensation hearing coming up? Do you have to testify in your own workers compensation case? What do you need to communicate to the judge? How to successfully testify in your workers compensation case? What is the judge looking for in my workers compensation…

Do you need new treatment and an increase in your disability award?

January 18, 2018 |

Do you want to reopen your workers compensation case? Did your attorney preserve your right to reopen your case in the future? Submitted by New Jersey Workers Compensation Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In this case the worker/petitioner wanted to reopen his old workers compensation case and seek additional psychiatric disability for depression and other related issues.…

What you need to know if you’re charged with domestic violence and a restraining order in New Jersey

January 13, 2018 |

14-2-5643 L.M.W. v. A.P. , N.J. Super. App. Div. January 12, 2018 Have you been charged with domestic violence? Have you been criminally charged with harassment under NJSA 2C:33-4(c)? Did the court enter a final restraining order based on texts you sent your wife or girlfriend? Submitted by New Jersey Domestic Violence Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In this…

Was a final domestic violence restraining order entered against you? Do you want to appeal the judge’s findings?

January 7, 2018 |

Did the judge ordered a restraining order even though there were no act of domestic violence? MC vs. GT Submitted by New Jersey Domestic Violence Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. If you answer “yes” to any of these questions call my office so we can represent you on appeal. If you are worried about the judge finalizing…

If the judge said the plaintiff did not satisfy the New Jersey domestic violence act evidentiary burdens, then how can she impose the restraining order against me anyway?

January 3, 2018 |

MC vs. GT Submitted by New Jersey Domestic Violence Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. If the court makes a ruling that the evidence has failed to prove a violation of the act, and the parties are not credible, the court then cannot impose the restraints authorized by law regardless of the evidence. In this New Jersey Appellate…

I was injured on a New Jersey Transit bus. Can I sue? How do I prove my case?

January 3, 2018 |

Dawkins v. One Bus, Decided December 29, 2017 Submitted by New Jersey Personal Injury Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. The facts of this case are very straight forward.  The plaintiff-bus passenger was injured when several unruly passengers came onto the bus and assaulted the plaintiff when she was about to exit the bus, striking her and throwing…