Crime and Defense: Clarifying the True Meanings of Aggravated Manslaughter and Self-Defense

June 24, 2015 |

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…

Truck driver ticketed in fatal New Jersey crash

June 24, 2015 |

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…

Liability Dominoes: Summary Judgment Remains a High Standard to Meet

June 23, 2015 |

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…

Two Injured In Car-Dump Truck Crash In Manchester

June 20, 2015 |

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.…

Crossing guard: Truck driver shouted ‘Oh my God’ as boy was fatally struck

June 18, 2015 |

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…

Glassboro man killed when tractor-trailer overturns in Quinton

June 17, 2015 |

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…

Proponents push harder for belts on school buses

June 16, 2015 |

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…

Man killed when truck hits tree in Woodland Township

June 15, 2015 |

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,…

Two Who Fled Parkway Crash Apprehended At Jenkinsons

June 12, 2015 |

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…

I-287 Reopens After Tractor-Trailer Accident

June 11, 2015 |

Submitted by New Jersey Truck Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark Interstate 287 has reopened in Mahwah after an overturned tractor-trailer shut down lanes and created a miles-long backup during the evening rush. Firefighters and emergency responders had to extract the driver of the tractor-trailer near mile marker 67, just south of the New York border. All…