Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. TRENTON – A 2014 law requiring all New Jersey municipalities to outfit new police patrol cars with dashboard cameras is unconstitutional because it does not provide an adequate funding source, a state board ruled Wednesday. The ruling by the Council on Local Mandates on a challenge brought…
Submitted by New Jersey Motor Vehicle Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark FLEMINGTON — A multi-phase project to realign the entrance and exit ramps for Interstate 78 at exit 15 in Clinton is nearing its last stage. Hunterdon County Freeholders on Tuesday night authorized applying for a state Department of Transportation grant to fund the purchase of rights-of-way that…
Submitted by New Jersey Motor Vehicle Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark Update: On Tuesday, State Police confirmed the accident involved only one vehicle. A tractor-trailer next to the vehicle was not involved in the crash. Update: 3 in critical condition following Monday’s accident. UNION TWP. – A serious accident involving one vehicle closed both sides of…
Submitted by New Jersey Motor Vehicle Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. SOUTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. (WPVI) — Four soldiers were injured Thursday when their Humvee overturned on the New Jersey Turnpike in South Brunswick. The Humvee was part of a two-vehicle caravan traveling southbound. The other vehicle was not involved in the crash, and the servicemen in…
Submitted by New Jersey Motor Vehicle Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey JHark. UPDATE: All lanes of the highway have since reopened. More information is available here. A fatal accident on the Garden State Parkway closed the road in Ocean County at the start of the Wednesday morning commute. The road reopened around 9:15 a.m. on Wednesday morning.…
Submitted by New Jersey School Bus Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark One person was killed in an accident involving a school bus in Cabarrus County, officials said. CABARRUS COUNTY, N.C. – At least one person is dead after a head-on collision involving a school bus in Cabarrus County, officials said. According to North Carolina Highway Patrol,…
Submitted by New Jersey Motor Vehicle Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. UPDATE: Elderly man confirmed killed in Interstate 287 accident. FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP – Several lanes on the northbound side of Interstate 287 have been closed following an accident involving a pedestrian, according to the New Jersey Department of Transportation. The accident has closed the right and center…
Submitted by New Jersey Personal Injury Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark Your Legal Options in a Fatal Slip and Fall Accident In this very unfortunate case the plaintiff was a older woman who was allegedly caused to fall down the stairs and became incapacitated and died as a result. The question becomes what is needed to prove…
Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Pretrial Intervention is, prior to these modifications, a first time offenders alternative disposition program aimed at non-violent non-weapons offense first time offenders that enabled defendants access to a non-jail probationary period up to 36 months. If a defendant successfully completes the probationary period without any new…
Appealing an Administrative Decision Standard of Review Submitted by New Jersey Workers Compensation Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. We generally review a tribunal’s evidentiary determinations for abuse of discretion, and here we conclude that the appeals examiner mistakenly exercised her discretion. See Verdicchio v. Ricca, 179 N.J. 1, 34 (2004); N.J. Div. of Youth & Family Servs.…