Horse-drawn carriages are a relatively common sight throughout New York City, especially near Central Park. However, while riding in a carriage may be a fun diversion, it is not always safe. Earlier this month, a carriage horse bolted when it was spooked by a cement...
Personal Injury
March is Brain Injury Awareness Month
"Brain Injury - Anytime, Anywhere, Anyone," is the theme of this year's Brain Injury Awareness Month. Through increased awareness of the seriousness of traumatic brain injuries, the Brain Injury Association hopes to prevent at least some of the 52,000 fatalities and...
Service Dog Banished After Biting Six-Year-Old Girl
A recent biting incident involving the trained helper dog of a nine-year-old cancer patient and a young neighbor resulted in a six-year-old girl suffering a severe facial laceration and a service dog being banned from the River Vale neighborhood. As young Isabelle...
Pregnant Women Face Serious Risks After Car Accidents
While many precautions are taken to protect the life of a growing fetus, such as regular doctors visits and abstaining from harmful activities, women face serious risks by driving a car while pregnant. That is because if a car accident occurs, the pregnant woman and...
New Jersey Supreme Court to Hear Case on Liability Under Dram Shop Act
A majority of U.S. states, New Jersey included, have "dram shop" laws on their books. These laws create civil liability for establishments that sell alcohol to intoxicated persons who later cause injuries as a result of their intoxication. By allowing bars,...
Any Amount of Alcohol is Too Much to Drive Safely
It's certainly possible that Wilbur Bussey, Jr. wasn't legally drunk when he drove his vehicle into oncoming traffic in Southern New Jersey. Whether he did or did not meet the legal definition of intoxication, there's no doubt that after drinking, he drove and killed...
Drinking, Driving and Consequences
Police cars, ambulances and fire trucks all surrounded the gruesome scene: a head-on car crash. People were trapped inside both cars, screaming for help, while one young man wriggled free and yelled out to his friends asking them why they let him drive drunk. The...
Backlash Against Kyleigh’s Law in New Jersey
New Jersey lawmakers are coming under criticism in the wake of the recently enacted Kyleigh's Law -- which provides driving restrictions targeted toward young people. The law, named after 16-year-old Kyleigh D'Alessio, who was killed in a 2006 motor vehicle accident...
Local Pit Bull Ordinance Leaves Owners Foaming at the Mouth
Dangerous dog laws already exist in New Jersey, but a new ordinance requiring muzzles and stricter licensing laws for pit bulls has been presented in Garfield. Should this ordinance pass, owners of pit bulls will have to keep their dogs leashed and muzzled when out in...
Drunken Sports Fans Causing Injury in New Jersey
Another crash allegedly caused by a hit and run drunken driver leaving Meadowlands has raised anew the discussion of the extent of the sporting complex's liability for the actions of inebriated fans. On May 7, 21-year-old Frank Morocho crashed into nine pedestrians...