New Jersey Imputed Fault Law
Juquanda Bey-Williams v. Bowman Trailer Leasing, LLC, et al.
Newark, New Jersey, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> <br> New Jersey personal injury law requires proving that the defendant acted negligently and that their negligence caused your injuries, but also uses a no-fault system for auto accidents where you first file claims with your own personal injury protection (PIP) insurance. Cases are subject to a two-year statute of limitati... More...
$1 (09-12-2025 - NJ)Chabree Pettiford v. DPL Logistics, LLC, et al.
<h2><br> Camden, New Jersey personal injury truck wreck lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> This case was filed in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Camden County, CAM L 000718 24, and was removed to federal court by the Defendants.<br> <br> DPL Logistics, LLC is an independent air and sea freight forwarder that specializes in international and domestic logistics. They offer a v... More...
$1 (10-11-2024 - NJ)Johnny Epps v. Tony T. Brown
<h2><br> Camden, New Jersey personal injury auto negligence car wreck lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> New Jersey's auto negligence law, also known as the Comparative Negligence Act, is based on modified comparative negligence: <br> <br> Liability<br> The party seeking damages must be less responsible than the party who caused the accident. <br> <br> Fault<br> A jury determi... More...
$1 (10-11-2024 - NJ)Nenad Duric v. Cevilval Williams and Schneider National Carriers, inc.
Newark, New Jersey personal injury truck wreck lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on an auto negligence theory.<br> <br> Under New Jersey's Comparative Negligence law, an individual's fault for the accident cannot be more than the individual from whom damages are sought. Therefore, recovery of damages is permitted when each person in a 2 car accident is 50% at fault, but not if you are mor... More...
$1 (02-26-2024 - NJ)Marlon McCorkell, et al. v. Kerry Dickson, et al.
Camden, New Jersey personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on auto negligence theories.<br> <br> Under New Jersey's Comparative Negligence law, an individual's fault for the accident cannot be more than the individual from whom damages are sought. Therefore, recovery of damages is permitted when each person in a 2 car accident is 50% at fault, but not if you are more at fault tha... More...
$1 (02-22-2024 - NJ)Brian Cherry v. Arcbest Logistics, Inc., et al.
Trenton, New Jersey personal injury truck wreck lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on auto negligence theories.<br> <br> This case was filed in the SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY HUNTERDON COUNTY, HNT-L000461-20, and was removed to federal court by the Defendants.<br> <br> Under New Jersey's Comparative Negligence law, an individual's fault for the accident cannot be more than ... More...
$0 (02-26-2024 - NJ)Roderick Mitchell v. B & JR Services, LLC
Newark, New Jersey personal injury truck wreck lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on auto negligence theories.<br> <br> This case was filed in the Superior Court, Essex County, ESX-L-002553-21, and was removed to federal court by the Defendants.<br> <br> New Jersey auto negligence law follows a comparative negligence system, meaning that both parties involved in an accident c... More...
$1 (12-07-2023 - NJ)Colleen Brown v. Evan Costanza, et al.
Newark, New Jersey personal injury truck wreck lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on auto negligence theories.<br> <br> New Jersey auto negligence law follows a comparative negligence system, meaning that both parties involved in an accident can be partly responsible for the damages. Here are some key points to understand:<br> <br> Duty of Care:<br> <br> Every driver has ... More...
$1 (12-04-2023 - NJ)William Ford and Charice Lilly v. CR England, Inc.
Camden, New Jersey personal injury truck wreck lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants on auto negligence theories.<br> <br> New Jersey auto negligence law follows a comparative negligence system, meaning that both parties involved in an accident can be partly responsible for the damages. Here are some key points to understand:<br> <br> Duty of Care:<br> <br> Every driver has... More...
$1 (12-05-2023 - NJ)Jessica Casey v. Tevin Bukes, et al.
Camden, New Jersey personal injury truck wreck lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on auto neglgience theories.<br> <br> New Jersey auto negligence law follows a comparative negligence system, meaning that both parties involved in an accident can be partly responsible for the damages. Here are some key points to understand:<br> <br> Duty of Care:<br> <br> Every driver has ... More...
$1 (12-01-2023 - NJ)George Dixon v. A.G. Truck Logistics, LLC
Camden, New Jersey personal injury truck wreck lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on auto negligence theories.<br> <br> "New Jersey auto negligence law follows a comparative negligence system, meaning that both parties involved in an accident can be partly responsible for the damages. Here are some key points to understand:<br> <br> Duty of Care:<br> <br> Every driver ha... More...
$1 (12-15-2023 - NJ)Devona Habiburrahman and Mohammed Habiburrahman v. Dorliea H. Wehye, et al.
Tenton, New Jersey personal injury truck wreck lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on auto negligence theories.<br> <br> "New Jersey auto negligence law follows a comparative negligence system, meaning that both parties involved in an accident can be partly responsible for the damages. Here are some key points to understand:<br> <br> Duty of Care:<br> <br> Every driver has... More...
$0 (12-08-2023 - NJ)Lenard Smith v. Brian L. Bennett, Sr. and Innovative Turnaround Controls, Ltd.
Camden, New Jersey personal injury car wreck lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on auto negligence theoriesclaiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in injuries and/or damages as a direct result of an motor vehilce accident.<br> <br> Innovative Turnaround Controls is a US based firm providing technical and personnel solutions to the energy sector for projects, turnarounds, and mai... More...
$1 (10-25-2022 - NJ)Bonay Goldhagen v. Susan Pasmowitz and Bernice Brooks
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Trenton, NJ - Personal Injury lawyer represented plaintiff with a personal_injury charge. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> The Dog Bite Statute, N.J.S.A. 4:19-16, imposes liability on dog owners <br> in personal injury actions arising from dog bites in certain settings, "regardless <br> of the former viciousness of such dog or the o... More...
$0 (03-16-2022 - NJ)STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. ARTHUR L. HOYLE, a/k/a SKINNYMAN HOYLE, and ARTHUR HOYLE <table> <td>
Defendant, who was charged with multiple drug offenses, filed <br> numerous pretrial motions, including a motion to suppress evidence <br> obtained from the use of a global positioning system (GPS) tracker <br> and a motion to recuse the trial court judge. After the court <br> denied the motion to suppress and the motion to recuse, defendant <br> pled guilty to first-degree possession with intent... More...
$0 (01-18-2018 - NJ)James L. Joyce v. Maersk Line, Ltd.
Today we stop swimming against the tide of opinion on an important question of maritime law. Following the lead of several of our sister circuits, we now hold that a union contract freely entered by a seafarer – a contract that includes rates of maintenance, cure, and unearned wages – will not be reviewed piecemeal by courts unless there is evidence of<br> 3<br> unfairness in the collective ba... More...
$0 (12-13-2017 - NJ)Joan Mullin v. Karen Balicki <table> <td>
During the early morning hours of January 17, 2009, New Jersey prisoner Robert Mullin hanged himself with a bedsheet that he had fashioned into a noose. The twentynine-year-old Robert had been in and out of prison for the better part of a decade, in part due to his ongoing struggles with substance abuse. While serving out his latest sentence at a halfway house, Robert was found in possession of ... More...
$0 (12-03-2017 - NJ)Joan Mullin v. Karen Balicki
A little over two years into the civil-rights suit brought by Joan Mullin (“Mullin”) over the tragic prison suicide of her son, Robert Mullin (“Robert”), Mullin’s attorney received a discovery document with the potential to reshape the case. A previously undisclosed investigative report about the night<br> 3<br> Robert died contained statements by fellow New Jersey inmates about a prison... More...
$0 (11-13-2017 - NJ)Mattie Halley v. Honeywell International Inc., PPG Industries, Inc.
This is an appeal from the approval of a settlement of a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(3) class action arising out of hexavalent chromium contamination in Jersey City,<br> 4<br> New Jersey. The class action was brought on behalf of property owners in several neighborhoods in Jersey City whose homes were allegedly contaminated by byproducts disposed of at two chromium chemical manufacturing... More...
$0 (07-03-2017 - NJ)STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. DION E. ROBINSON (a/k/a QUANTAE MASON ALBERT MITCHELL) <table> <td>
Under federal and New Jersey search-and-seizure <br> jurisprudence, a police officer’s warrantless search of the <br> passenger compartment of a vehicle, following a lawful traffic <br> stop, is a constitutional protective sweep when the <br> circumstances give rise to a reasonable suspicion that a driver <br> or passenger “is dangerous and may gain immediate access to <br> weapons.” State ... More...
$0 (05-01-2017 - NJ)<b><h3> Ramon Cuevas v. Wentworth Group </b></h3>
Wentworth is a property-management company, and the <br> Wentworth Group is the parent entity. Michael Mendillo was the <br> president and chief executive officer of Wentworth and the owner <br> of the Wentworth Group. In May 2005, Mendillo hired Ramon to <br> serve as one of Wentworth’s regional vice presidents -- the only <br> one of Hispanic descent. In that role, Ramon managed high-rise <... More...
$0 (09-21-2016 - NJ)STATE OF NEW MEXICO v. ERIC MARQUEZ
In this case we again address whether shooting at or from a motor vehicle can<br> 4 serve as a predicate for felony murder. We recognize that the collateral-felony rule<br> 5 has generated confusion and hope to clarify its application in this opinion. Following<br> 6 trial, the jury found Defendant Eric Marquez guilty of first-degree felony murder<br> 7 contrary to NMSA 1978, Section 30-2-1(A)(2... More...
$0 (06-30-2016 - NJ)STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. BINH THACH
Defendant Binh Thach appeals from the dismissal of his <br> petition for post-conviction relief (PCR) following an <br> evidentiary hearing. He contends his plea counsel was <br> constitutionally deficient by failing to discover readily <br> available medical records suggesting defendant suffered from a <br> serious mental condition at the time he committed his crimes and <br> by failing to secur... More...
$0 (06-30-2016 - NJ)STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. J.C.
Defendant J.C. was convicted by a jury of first-degree <br> aggravated sexual assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2(a)(1), two counts of <br> second-degree sexual assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2(b), and three <br> counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, <br> N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(a). The charges stem from defendant's <br> admission, during a telephone call with his daughter, A.C., that <br> he had s... More...
$0 (06-10-2016 - NJ)STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. ANTHONY M. FERNANDEZ
A jury convicted defendant Anthony M. Fernandez of second<br> degree conspiracy to distribute cocaine, N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2, <br> 2C:35-5(a)(1), and 2C:35-5(b)(1) (count one); first-degree <br> possession with intent to distribute cocaine, N.J.S.A. 2C:35<br> 5(a)(1) and 2C:35-5(b)(1) (count three); third-degree possession <br> with intent to distribute marijuana, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5(a)(1) and <br> 2C:35-5... More...
$0 (05-23-2016 - NJ)STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. PETER M. SHANLEY
A jury convicted defendant Peter Shanley of the murder of <br> his wife, as well as two weapons offenses, and a judge sentenced <br> him to prison for life. Defendant appeals from the judgment of <br> conviction and makes these arguments: first, the trial judge <br> May 13, 2016 <br> A-1468-13T1 2 <br> erred by not dismissing the murder charge because of a <br> prosecutor's misstatements and prej... More...
$0 (05-14-2016 - NJ)GINAMARIE GOMES v. THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH and CORRECT CARE SOLUTIONS, LLC
This appeal raises in part the novel issue of whether a <br> plaintiff, who was treated by a private medical provider under <br> contract to provide care to inmates at a county jail, must serve <br> that private entity with a tort claims notice before she can sue <br> the company for negligence. We hold that the Tort Claims Act <br> (the "TCA" or the "Act"), N.J.S.A. 59:1-1 to :14-4, does not <br... More...
$0 (04-24-2016 - NJ)STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. DEMETRIUS MIDDLETON
In 1999, defendant Demetrius Middleton was tried by a jury <br> and convicted of murder and weapons offenses.1 The judge <br> sentenced him to a fifty-year term of imprisonment, with an 85% <br> period of parole ineligibility under the No Early Release Act <br> (NERA), N.J.S.A. 2C:43-7.2. We affirmed defendant's convictions <br> on appeal, but remanded for re-sentencing because, at the time, <br... More...
$0 (04-16-2016 - NJ)STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. EDELBARTO PADILLA, a/k/a LEO DEL MONTE
In the early morning hours of October 24, 2002, Carlos <br> Freitas was shot and killed in the Ugha Ugha Social Club, an <br> after-hours bar in Newark. The shooter fled from the scene and <br> remained unapprehended for several years. In 2008, the Essex <br> County grand jury returned Indictment No. 08-01-0114, charging <br> defendant Edelbarto Padilla with first-degree murder, N.J.S.A. <br> 2C... More...
$0 (04-08-2016 - NJ)STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. BRIAN S. GUNDY
The State of New Jersey appeals from the Law Division's <br> order admitting defendant Brian S. Gundy into pretrial <br> intervention (PTI) over the prosecutor's objection. We affirm. <br> The facts surrounding defendant's arrest and his <br> application for PTI are generally not in dispute. They can be <br> summarized as follows. <br> A New Jersey State Trooper stopped defendant while he was <b... More...
$0 (04-01-2016 - NJ)STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. SCOTT M. CAIN
In State v. Odom, 116 N.J. 65, 80-81 (1989), we held that <br> an expert witness in a drug-distribution case could testify to <br> the ultimate issue of fact -- whether a defendant possessed <br> drugs with the intent to distribute. We cautioned, however, <br> that the expert’s testimony should not amount to a pronouncement <br> of guilt. Allowing an expert to offer an opinion on a <br> defen... More...
$0 (03-16-2016 - NJ)STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. HECTOR FELICIANO (a/k/a HECTOR FELECIANO
This case raises a novel question about the <br> constitutionality of the roving wiretap provision of the State’s <br> wiretap law. As a general rule, law enforcement officials must <br> follow a strict set of procedures and get court approval before <br> they may intercept communications over a telephone facility. <br> Among other requirements, the State must identify in advance the <br> spec... More...
$0 (03-09-2016 - NJ)Kirk Lory v. Concord Equity Group Advisors, LLC
This action's relevant procedural history is not complex. <br> One month after Loury's nearly two-year employment as a Concord <br> executive ended, he filed a four-count complaint against <br> Concord. Three of the counts were dismissed for failure to <br> state a claim upon which relief could be granted. The surviving <br> count alleged Concord breached the parties' employment <br> agreement.... More...
$0 (02-26-2016 - NJ)STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. KARRIEM A. ROYSTER, a/k/a RAHEEM JENKINS, PHILLIP MAURO, STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. EARL MARSHALL
An Ocean County grand jury returned Indictment No. 09-07<br> 1184, charging defendants Karriem A. Royster, Earl Marshall and <br> eleven others with various crimes involving the distribution of <br> controlled dangerous substances (CDS). Marshall was charged <br> with being the leader of a cocaine trafficking network, N.J.S.A. <br> 2C:35-3 (count one); conspiracy to possess cocaine and marijuana ... More...
$0 (02-19-2016 - NJ)Rudolph Laidlow v. Hariton Machinery Company, Inc.
The Workers' Compensation system has been described as an historic "trade-off" whereby employees relinquish their right to pursue common-law remedies in exchange for prompt and automatic entitlement to benefits for work-related injuries. Millison v. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 101 N.J. 161, 174, 501 A.2d 505 (1985). That characterization is only broadly accurate. In fact, not every worker inj... More...
$0 (02-25-2002 - NJ)Kakstys vs Stevens
This case presents a significant legal issue regarding the <br> effective date for the retroactive establishment of an initial <br> child support obligation in a divorce proceeding. Specifically, <br> the question is whether the court may retroactively set an <br> obligor’s child support obligation (a) only as of the filing date <br> of an actual child support motion (pendente lite or otherwise... More...
$0 (12-01-2015 - NJ)Thomas DeMarco v. Sean Robert Stoddard, D.P.M
In this appeal, we consider whether the Rhode Island <br> Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriting Association (RIJUA) must <br> defend and indemnify a podiatrist in a medical malpractice <br> action pending in New Jersey following rescission of the <br> podiatrist’s medical malpractice liability policy. The policy <br> had been rescinded due to material misrepresentations concerning <br> the sta... More...
$0 (12-01-2015 - NJ)Lincoln Benefit Life Co v. AEI Life LLC
Lincoln Benefit Life Company filed a federal complaint seeking a declaratory judgment voiding two $6.65 million life insurance policies. Lincoln Benefit alleges that these policies were procured by fraud and for the benefit of third-party investors who have no prior relationship to the individual whose life is the subject of the policies. According to the complaint, this sort of “stranger origin... More...
$0 (09-05-2015 - NJ)Dr. Neville M, Mirza, M.D. v. Insurance Administrator of America, Inc.
The regulations implementing the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., provide that when a plan administrator denies a request for benefits, it must set forth a “description of the plan’s review procedures and the time limits applicable to such procedures, including a statement of the claimant’s right to bring a civil action.” 29 C.F.R. �... More...
$0 (08-26-2015 - NJ)State Of New Jersey v. Thomas Shannon
This matter comes before us based on the record developed <br> in defendant’s motion to suppress. On March 26, 2009, Municipal <br> Court Judge Daniel J. DiBenedetto issued a warrant for the <br> arrest of defendant for non-payment of fines owed to the City of <br> 3 <br> Asbury Park. Defendant learned of that warrant while <br> incarcerated in Bayside State Prison on an unrelated charge. He... More...
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