The Lincoln Tunnel to New York was having traffic delays early Monday because of an accident with injuries, according to the Port Authority. Submitted by New Jersey Motor Vehicle Accident Attorney, Jeffrey Hark. The Lincoln Tunnel to New York was having traffic delays early Monday because of an accident with injuries, according to the Port…
Submitted by professional defense lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Schiffman Abraham Kaufman & Ritter P.C. v. Fisher decided May 29th by the Appellate Division is a case that highlights the responsibility of a trial court to explain their findings of fact and application of the law. In other words a trial court must adequately explain their decision, and…
Submitted by New Jersey Motor Vehicle Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. EAST RUTHERFORD – Giants punter Steve Weatherford is expected to participate in today’s OTA (offseason training activity) practice despite being involved in an early-morning car accident on the New Jersey Turnpike. Weatherford, whose wife Laura gave birth to the couple’s fourth child over the weekend,…
Bus collided with a pickup truck at the intersection of East Bay Avenue and Hilliard Boulevard Submitted by New Jersey Bus Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark Two Southern Regional High School students were injured Friday afternoon when their school bus struck a Ford pickup truck at the intersection of East Bay Avenue and Hilliard Boulevard, Capt.…
Submitted by New Jersey School Bus Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Police say a collision between a school bus and a garbage truck in the Hudson Valley has left one person dead and another seriously injured. There were no students on the bus. Details on Fox 5 WNYW.
Submitted by motor vehicle accident attorney, Jeffrey Hark. EAST RUTHERFORD – A 44-year-old Totowa man was killed in a motorcycle crash on Route 3 Friday morning. Joseph Frederick was pronounced dead at 7:41 a.m., Chief Larry Minda said in a statement. Frederick’s motorcycle appears to have struck the highway’s eastbound guardrail near the Route 120…
Submitted by New Jersey Traffic Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. This blog doesn’t address a specific case or complex legal issues. Recently I was reading a case in which a defendant was pulled over mostly due to an air freshener obstructing his windshield (at least that was the reason written in the police report). That case will…
Submitted by New Jersey Drug Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark As mentioned in the last blog concerning State v. Firman, a reversal of a conviction is not an overly common occurrence even when then trial judge has made a mistake. This is because of the concept of harmless error. If at trial, a mistake by the…
Submitted by motor vehicle accident attorney, Jeffrey Hark. OLD BRIDGE — A New York teenager was hospitalized with serious injuries after the car he was traveling in ran a stop sign and collided with another vehicle Tuesday morning, mycentraljersey.com reported. The 18-year-old, a passenger in the car, was thrown from the vehicle in the accident…
Submitted by New Jersey Drug Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark A reversal and remand for new trial is not extremely common. The prejudicial threshold necessary for a judge to reverse a conviction made by the verdict of a jury is high. But that’s just what happened in State v. Firman, decided May 21, 2015, and this…