Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Previously a blog concerning urbina case discussed what constitutes the crime of aggravated manslaughter and the defense of self-defense. Today’s blog will explain waiver of a defense of self-defense, and briefly discuss the process of appeal after a plea agreement. As discussed in the last blog, the basic…
Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. State v. Urbina, decided June 16 by the New Jersey Supreme Court is a case that brings up a lot of issues that may be of importance to our readers and will be written about over the course of two blogs. Today’s blog concerns a crime and…
Submitted by New Jersey Truck Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Police have issued four tickets to a truck driver who hit an overpass in northern New Jersey, dropping the trailer on a car and killing a motorist. Fifty-year-old Ali Mutakabbir of Clifton was headed west of Route 3 when the container hit…
Submitted by New Jersey Civil Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In Vivas v. Tango, decided by the Appellate division on June 18th, the defendant thought he had a simple case for summary judgment. The plaintiff was in front of his vehicle at a red light, when he himself was rear ended by a third vehicle. He moved…
The crash caused the dump truck, belonging to Bil-Jim Construction, to overturn. Submitted by New Jersey Dump Truck Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. A Jackson Township man and a Little Egg Harbor Township woman both were injured in a car-dump truck collision on Route 539 Thursday morning that caused the dump truck to overturn, police said.…
Submitted by New Jersey Truck Accident Attorney, Jeffrey Hark CRESSKILL — At first, it looked like the tractor-trailer couldn’t make the turn onto the quiet suburban road. Then, there was screaming. “Oh my God, oh my God,” a nearby crossing guard heard the driver scream. The truck had struck 13-year-old Young Rok Lee, who had been riding his bicycle down Grant…
Submitted by New Jersey Truck Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark QUINTON TWP. — A Glassboro man was killed when he apparently lost control of the tractor-trailer he was driving and the vehicle overturned early Monday morning, state police said. The accident occurred around 6:39 a.m. on Telegraph Road, also known as County Route 540, between Cool…
Submitted by New Jersey Bus Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. BOSTON — Raising cost and compliance concerns, the group representing school-bus contractors in Massachusetts recently told lawmakers it’s not convinced that bills calling for seat belts on buses will achieve intended results. But the opinions of School Transportation Association of Massachusetts officials have not dissuaded lawmakers…
Submitted by New Jersey Truck Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. A man was killed on N.J. route 72 near mile marker 2 in Woodland Township, Burlington County, Sunday morning when his pick-up truck struck a tree, according to New Jersey State Police. Upon arriving at the scene, police reported the man, who has not been identified,…
Accident happened on Garden State Parkway in Tinton Falls, nearby schools end up on lockdown. Submitted by New Jersey Lawyer Motor Vehicle Accident, Jeffrey Hark TINTON FALLS – It started with a collision on the Garden State Parkway Thursday, and soon, five borough schools were in lockdown mode. Schoolchildren were holed up in their classrooms…