Posts Tagged ‘personal injury’
What to Do When a Family Member Is Injured in Her Apartment
Submitted by New Jersey Personal Injury Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark Your Legal Options in a Fatal Slip and Fall Accident In this very unfortunate case the plaintiff was a older woman who was allegedly caused to fall down the stairs and became incapacitated and died as a result. The question becomes what is needed to prove…
Read MoreBaez v. Inserra Supermarkets | Legal Ethics in Personal Injury Cases
TORTS | PERSONAL INJURY Submitted by New Jersey Personal Injury Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark Baez v. Inserra Supermarkets, Plaintiff appealed the dismissal of her personal injury complaint, in which she alleged that she fell because of a depression in the sidewalk adjacent to defendant’s supermarket after she exited the market. The panel affirmed substantially for the…
Read MoreThe Importance of Documenting Medical Conditions, Treatment and Expert Witness in Personal Injury – Brown vs Scalzo
Submitted by New Jersey Personal Injury Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Brown v. Scalzo, This case deals with a common yet serious medical injury/complaint arising from a motor vehicle accident. Between the lines of this complaint a skilled attorney can see that the client, plaintiff Laura Brown communicated to her attorney, that she suffered cognitive damage. However, she…
Read MoreGibbs vs. Camillo: Measuring the Value of Pain and Suffering, Disability, Impairment, Loss of Enjoyment of Life
LINDA GIBBS, ET AL. VS. VIJAY CAMILLO, ET AL. (L-6496-09, MIDDLESEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) Submitted by New Jersey Personal Injury Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Evidence Issue: Should the jury be allowed to see the medical records from the doctor’s who testified at the time of trial? In this case, which a jury returned a personal injury…
Read MoreTORTS | PREMISES LIABILITY | PERSONAL INJURY
Submitted by New Jersey Personal Injury Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. 36-2-7498 Wierzbowski v. Sam’s East, Inc., App. Div. Issue: Did Sam’s Club Have Notice of a dangerous condition on their commercial property? Decision: Plaintiff failed to meet his evidentiary burden of proof at the Summary Judgement stage providing facts to support his claim regardless of the fact…
Read MoreMickens vs. Misdom – Use of Jury Verdict Review in Personal Injury Cases
Submitted by Personal Injury lawyer, Jeffrey Hark Use of Jury Verdict Review in Personal Injury Cases The Appellate Division, while reviewing the party’s arguments and submissions, addressed the use of the New Jersey Law Journal’s “Jury Verdict Review” to persuade the court that the $2.5 million dollar verdict should not shock the conscious of the court. The court commented in a footnote, “neither plaintiff nor defendants…
Read MoreMICKENS VS. MISDOM – Judge’s Comments Regarding his “Feel for the Case”
Submitted by Personal Injury lawyer, Jeffrey Hark MICKENS VS. MISDOM – Second of two issues Judge’s Comments Regarding his “Feel for the Case” The second issue in this case is the Judge’s comments regarding his “feel for the case” when he denial of defendant’s Motion for Remittiur and Motion for a New Trial. The judge…
Read MoreDenial of Defendant’s Motion for Remittitur and Motion for a New Trial
Submitted by Personal Injury lawyer, Jeffrey Hark MICKENS VS. MISDOM The issue in this case is the Judge’s denial of defendant’s Motion for Remittitur and Motion for a New Trial as a result of the significant high jury verdict. The judge denied the defendant’s motion and the Appellate Division affirmed the trial court’s deal based…
Read MorePersonal Injury at Little League Game | Torts
Submitted by personal injury attorney, Jeffrey Hark 36-2-5117 Brigante v. Tenafly Board of Education, App. Div. (per curiam) (10 pp.) In this Title 59 matter, plaintiff Linda Brigante appeals from the entry of summary judgment dismissing her complaint against defendant Tenafly Board of Education. Plaintiff went to Tenafly High School to watch her son’s baseball game. As she sat…
Read MorePersonal Injury Case Involoving Preexisting Conditions
Case Review of Bascope v. Kovac, submitted by personal injury attorney, Jeffrey Hark. In this case the issue arose at the time of trial when the plaintiff asked the court to give the jury the aggravation of pre-existing condition jury charge. The court denied plaintiff’s request and the jury returned a verdict of no cause.…
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