TORTS | WORKERS’ COMPENSATION 36-2-8576 Louis v. Burger King Corp ., Submitted by New Jersey Workers Compensation Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark Plaintiffs alleged she was sexually assaulted and harassed at her employer’s work place. As a result, she filed a law suit in the Superior Court based on common-law claims based on theories of negligence and vicarious liability for injuries…
State v. Antoine D. Watts (A-21-14) (074556) Argued September 17, 2015 — Decided December 2, 2015 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Defense Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark New Jersey Supreme Court decision: The issue in this case is whether the second search of a defendant for 6 minutes after he was initially detained on a street corner…
Issue: Fraudulently misrepresenting your business on a workers comp policy will risk voiding any and all coverage! Submitted by New Jersey Workers Compensation Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In this case, in 2007, petitioner Roman started a business, Treeminator Tree Service, Inc. He and his girlfriend, Sandra Flores, were both employees of the business and by 2012…
The two people who were in a Volkswagen Passat that collided head-on with the school bus were identified Wednesday morning. Submitted by New Jersey Bus Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. The victims in Tuesday night’s deadly school bus crash involving the Lenape Regional High School girls swim team have been identified. The driver of the Volkswagen…
Submitted by New Jersey Truck Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark WASHINGTON — Federal lawmakers want a study on truck drivers’ hours in the wake of the New Jersey Turnpike crash that seriously injured comedian Tracy Morgan and killed his friend. The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, which renews federal surface transportation programs through 2020, requires a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration…
Submitted by New Jersey Truck Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark BERNARDS TOWNSHIP, N.J. (WABC) — Three people were killed and a dozen were injured in a tragic, chain-reaction crash involving a livestock trailer on I-287 in New Jersey over the weekend. It happened at about 10:30 p.m. Saturday in the eastbound lanes in Bernards Township, located…
Submitted by New Jersey Motor Vehicle Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. WINSLOW TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A two-car accident on the Atlantic City Expressway has left three people hospitalized. But authorities say none of the injuries are considered life-threatening. The accident occurred around 12:30 a.m. Sunday in the highway’s eastbound lanes in Winslow Township. Authorities say…
Submitted by New Jersey Workers Compensation Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Fitzgerald v. Walmart Can you file a Workers Compensation case for suffering an injury of you are merely ‘walking down the hall way or aisle and you become injured. In other words, with no actual ‘acute trauma’, such as slipping on water, falling down a step, picking up a heavy…
Submitted by New Jersey Workers Compensation Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Fitzgerald v. Walmart What is the Standard of Review for a Appellate Court of a Workers Compensation Judge’s Decision. In this case the Appellate Division affirmed the dismissal of a Workers Compensation petitioner after a hearing took place in the Workers Compensation court. The facts are…
Submitted by New Jersey Truck Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark Interstate 80 east from Pennsylvania into New Jersey was closed three hours early Thursday evening because of a tractor-trailer crash 1 mile east of the Delaware River, police said. State police at Swiftwater said the 4 p.m. tractor-trailer crash, which spilled fuel, had forced the shutdown…