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...
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...
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...
Driving on the freeway gives many drivers anxiety behind the wheel. After all, with several lanes of traffic whizzing by on either side, often at speeds greater than 70 mph, it can make any driver a little uneasy. One wrong move made by another driver can lead to a...
Bobcats are small versions of larger front-end loaders, and they are familiar sights whenever heavy lifting is required in small spaces. The handy little vehicles generally do not travel on highways in New Jersey, and they are seldom involved in motor vehicle...
Yellow school buses are generally regarded as a benign presence on New Jersey's roads and highways, but occasionally they become involved in serious motor vehicle accidents. For example, a wrongful death case out of Monroe Township, Gloucester County, involving a...
Trucks traveling on interstate highways often appear to be invulnerable to people who are driving sedans and SUVs. These trucks travel at high speeds, and their size makes them seem impervious to harm in a collision. Unfortunately, when trucks collide with other...
Many newspaper reports on traffic accidents in New Jersey describe the chronology of the accident in great detail, but many such reports end with the words, "The cause of the accident is under investigation." What is being investigated? Who is doing the investigation?...
Personal injury law in New Jersey and elsewhere is based on the concept of "negligence." The law expects people to use reasonable care in their daily activities. A person who fails to use reasonable care is deemed to have been negligent, and that person is liable for...
