Woman injured in crash where driver was on heroin reportedly gets $1.3M

June 5, 2017 |

Submitted by Jeffrey Hark, New Jersey Truck Crash Lawyer. UPPER DEERFIELD TWP. —  A woman who was seriously hurt when her boyfriend struck another vehicle head-on in Cumberland County has been awarded a $1.3 million, a report says. Brittany Dean, 37, was a passenger in a pickup truck driven by her boyfriend, David Uhland, when the…

Driver Killed In Accident On Deadly N.J. Highway

June 5, 2017 |

Submitted by New Jersey Motor Vehicle Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. A deadly New Jersey highway has claimed yet another life. One person is dead after crashing his car into a tree on Route 55 north at mile marker 21.3 in Maurice River Township just before 8 a.m. Friday morning, state police said. The driver, 31-year-old…

High school class president killed by truck after prom, officials say

June 5, 2017 |

Submitted by New Jersey Truck Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. NEWARK — A 17-year-old high school senior was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer after returning from prom, a day before he was set to receive an award at his Newark school, officials said Friday. Christopher Gibbs, who attended Barringer Academy of Arts and Humanities and was senior…

Truck driver charged in crash with bus that injured 32

June 5, 2017 |

Submitted by New Jersey Bus Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. WEST DEPTFORD TWP. — State police have charged a tractor trailer driver in connection with a crash with a tour bus that injured 32 people last week. The truck and bus collided on the New Jersey Turnpike shortly after midnight on March 26. The PandaNY Bus, traveling…

Anonymous Tips and Warrant-less Search | New Jersey Criminal Law

June 2, 2017 |

Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Defense Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark 14-2-3345 State v. Hunter, N.J. Super. App. Div. (per curiam) (10 pp.) Defendant appealed the denial of his motion to suppress evidence seized during a motor vehicle stop. Police received an anonymous call stating that a man was waiving a handgun in front of bystanders while…

Dump Truck Rolls off Elevated Highway Ramp in NJ, Crushes Car Below

June 1, 2017 |

Submitted by New Jersey Dump Truck Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. A car was crushed after a dump truck rolled off an elevated highway ramp in New Jersey and fell on top of it. (Published Thursday, June 1, 2017) A dump truck rolled off an elevated highway ramp and plummeted onto at least one car below,…

23-year-old man dies in Memorial Day crash on Parkway

May 31, 2017 |

Submitted by New Jersey Motor Vehicle Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. LITTLE EGG HARBOR — A 23-year-old man was killed early Monday morning when his car crashed into a tree on the side of the Garden State Parkway, police said. Robert Kappus, of Hillsborough, was driving northbound on the Parkway when his Toyota Camry drifted off the…

Dozens hurt after bus crash on N.J. Turnpike in Gloucester Co.

May 30, 2017 |

Submitted by New Jersey Bus Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark Dozens hurt after bus crash on NJ Turnpike. Vernon Odom reports during Action News at 4pm on May 26, 2017. WEST DEPTFORD, N.J. (WPVI) — Dozens of tour bus passengers were hurt after an overnight crash between a tour bus and a tractor-trailer on the southbound…

Expert Opinion Must be Based on Fact and Not Speculation

May 23, 2017 |

Submitted by New Jersey Civil Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. 32-7-3233 Horan v. Dilbet, Inc. , D.N.J. (Bumb, U.S.D.J.) (12 pp.) The District Court of New Jersey recently decided a case regarding shellfish food poisoning.  The Plaintiffs got sick after consuming clams and sued the restaurant for negligence.  In order to prove the restaurant was responsible for feeding the…

When Do Criminal Witness Statements Have to be Produced to the State?

May 23, 2017 |

Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. 14-1-3174 State v. Brian Tier, N.J. Sup. Ct. (Timpone, J.) (13 pp.) New Jersey’s Supreme Court recently decided a case regarding criminal witness statements.  In the case, the defendant was charged with first-degree kidnapping, N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1, and first-degree criminal attempt to commit murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3 and N.J.S.A. 2C:5-1,…