Legal Partnership Disputes: Reasonable If Not Clean Cut

November 5, 2015 |

Submitted by New Jersey Civil Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. This blog is important for any lawyer who splits fees with another lawyer and any client who is thinking of switching attorneys, especially if they previously worked together. In Weininger v. Fritzen, decided November 2, the Appellate Division was forced to decide a fee dispute between two…

The Final Word on Seat Belts?

November 5, 2015 |

Submitted by New Jersey Bus Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark For months, the school bus industry has been abuzz about what the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration would do about three-point seat belts in school buses, and the verdict may soon be in as NHTSA Administrator Mark Rosekind takes the stage on Sunday at the 2015 NAPT…

Route 287 a giant mess Wednesday because of tractor-trailer crash

November 4, 2015 |

Submitted by truck crash attorney, Jeffrey Hark. An overturned tractor trailer on Route 287 made a mess of the morning drive on Wednesday. New Jersey State Police Sgt. 1st Class Gregory Williams said a truck turned over on the northbound side north of Exist 26 for Mt. Airy Road in Bernards Township around 6:40 a.m., initially blocking…

3 reported injured in Philadelphia bus, truck crash

November 3, 2015 |

Submitted by truck crash attorney, Jeffrey Hark. PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Authorities say several people were reported in an accident involving a city bus in northeast Philadelphia, but the injuries aren’t considered life-threatening Police said the 12:30 p.m. Monday crash in the Fox Chase section of the city involved a Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority bus and…

Drug Court Special Probation – What You Need to Know

November 1, 2015 |

Submitted by New Jersey Drug Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In the recent case of State v. Bishop and State v. Torres defendants appealed much harsher extended terms of periods of state prison sentences when they violated their special conditions of probation which allow them to enter drug court. After violating the terms of the drug…

Cell Phone Texts as Proof of Evidence in Domestic Violence Hearings

November 1, 2015 |

Submitted by New Jersey Domestic Violence Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In early October 2015 the Superior Court New Jersey Family Part Law Division Ocean County addressed the introduction of texts existing on cell phones as proof of evidence in a domestic violence hearing. In the modern context of harassment many courts have had to wrestle with…

Hiring the Right Expert Requires the Right Attorney

October 30, 2015 |

Submitted by New Jersey Civil Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In spring of 2010 a vehicle next to an apartment building caught fire. Nobody knows the cause but there are suspicions an unattended grill may have been the cause. The fire spread to the building owned by defendant Emma Gavidia and then onto a neighboring building owned…

Graves Act Release Valve Not a Break Free from Prison Card

October 30, 2015 |

Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In State v. Holloway, the defendant found a handgun but did not turn it over to authorities because he had pending charges in Somerset County. He then proceeded to accidentally shoot himself in the foot at the home of his girlfriend and the gun was found during…

WATCH: Jersey Shore School Bus Driver Texting, Speeding At 80 MPH While Driving With Child

October 29, 2015 |

Submitted by New Jersey School Bus Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark See YouTube video below: “Every muscle in body went weak. How could she take my child’s life into her hands…?” the child’s mother said. Brick, NJ A N.J. school bus driver is now out-of-work after a video published on social media caught her texting and…

On-duty NJ state trooper charged with DWI after crashing police cruiser

October 28, 2015 |

Submitted by New Jersey DWI Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark A New Jersey state trooper was charged with drunk driving after rear-ending an Audi at a Garden State Parkway service area, State Police said. Sfc. Michael Roadside, who has been with the State Police for 28 years, was suspended without pay after the incident on Monday afternoon…