The co-creators of the 1984 film This is Spinal Tap are suing their distribution company for hundreds of millions of dollars following an alleged breach of contract. Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Rob Reiner said that StudioCanal neglected...
As a New York motorist, you may be familiar with traffic jams, slow drivers and being stuck behind the aftermath of a car accident. You may have had feelings of anger and road rage as you are in a rush to get to an important appointment or make it home from a long day...
Any New Jersey resident who has ever lost a loved one knows that, no matter what the circumstances, it is not easy. However, in the event that your loved one died due to the negligence of a third party, that pain and suffering is easily compounded. Not only do you...
Making the decision to put your parent in a nursing home can be a difficult time, especially when you do not have any control over what happens within the home after you leave. Even with well-managed homes, employees leave and new management steps in, which can change...
Some business lawsuits may be relatively insignificant, at least when it comes to the overall health and future of a company. On the other hand, some can be very significant, to the extent that they completely change the direction of one’s life. There are a lot of...
Under the laws of New Jersey and all other states, when a commercial vehicle driver causes an accident through negligence, and someone else is injured as result, the driver's employer as well as the driver may be held liable for the damages suffered by the injured....
Negligent entrustment is a legal theory that allows the injured to hold car owners responsible for damages caused by someone who was borrowing the owner's car at the time of the accident. To explain why this is important, first let's discuss negligence in general. Put...
In the past few years, the news media have reported on a number of wage-and-hour lawsuits against prominent business, including Walmart and Amazon. Meanwhile, the ride-sharing service Uber is in litigation over accusations that its drivers should be classified as...
A failure by one side to honor the terms of an agreement can spell disaster for a business, and so breach of contract is one of the most common claims in business litigation. But once a business has proven the other side breached contract, what can it do? What...
Accidents involving large trucks can be much more deadly than typical collisions between two cars. Commercial truck crashes also raise legal issues that are different from the usual issues in motor vehicle accident cases. Recently in New Jersey, three members of a...
