Archive for March 2014
Implementation of Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Laws | New Jersey Megan’s Law
Submitted by New Jersey Sex Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark In response to the public’s demand for greater information regarding the identity and whereabouts of previously convicted sex offenders who might prove a threat to the safety of those in the community, the Governor and Legislature passed the Registration and Community Notification Laws (RCNL), N.J.S.A. 2C:7-1…
Read MoreWorker’s Compensation: Who do the courts believe? | New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Fraud
The Workers’ Compensation Act (N.J.S.A. 34:15) is mandatory social legislation that is designed to balance concern over employee rights and health with financial burdens on employers. The act ensures employees will be paid when they are injured on the job and provided medical treatment and therapy until the employee is ‘cured’, regardless of fault. However,…
Read MoreN.J. Takes Up Bill To Decriminalize Small-Scale Adult Use of Marijuana
Michael Booth, New Jersey Law Journal Re-published by New Jersey Drug Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark Legislation introduced in New Jersey Monday would legalize possession, cultivation and sale of small amounts of marijuana—if the bill isn’t snuffed out by the governor’s promised veto. The measure’s sponsor says New Jersey should join Colorado and Washington State in…
Read MoreSupreme Court Committee Calls for Major Changes to Criminal Justice Process | Bail Administration
Supreme Court Committee Calls for Major Changes to Criminal Justice Process The Supreme Court today released the report of the Joint Committee on Criminal Justice. The report calls for significant changes in the way bail is administered and for the enactment of a speedy trial law. The committee, established in June 2013 by Chief Justice Stuart…
Read MoreWorkers Compensation Death Benefits for Common Law Marriages
In the recent appellate division case of Kehoe v. Ultralum the court outlined New Jersey worker compensation death benefits for common law marriages. The Judge of Compensation denied petitioner’s application for benefits as decedent’s surviving spouse under N.J.S.A. 34:15-13(f), because she was not lawfully married to decedent at the time of his death through a…
Read MoreBOBBIE KEHOE vs. ULTRALUM ENTERPRISES, INC. | Workers Compensation Appeal
In the recent appellate division case of Kehoe v. Ultralum the court outlined its limited ability to review and or overturn the workers compensation trial court’s decisions. “Our review of decisions made by a Judge of Compensation is limited. We must determine ‘whether the findings made could reasonably have been reached on sufficient credible evidence present…
Read MoreA Dragnet at Dewey & LeBoeuf Snares a Minnow
Originally published by the New York Times “You’ve been indicted,” an assistant Manhattan district attorney, Peirce Moser, told Zachary Warren, a 29-year-old magna cum laude graduate of Georgetown Law School with a prestigious clerkship on the Federal Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Memphis. “Can you say that again?” a stunned Mr.…
Read MoreWhy Not to Accept a Plea Bargain
Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Attorney, Jeffrey Hark DEFENDANTS WHO ARE INNOCENT OR HAVE BEEN DENIED THEIR RIGHTS OF DUE PROCESS SHOULD REFRAIN FROM ACCEPTING PLEA BARGAINS This article will discuss why it is rarely in your interest to plead guilty or accept a plea bargain in a criminal case if you are innocent of…
Read MoreGraham v. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey | Workers Comp and Determinations of Credibility
In the following statement from the appellate division a petitioner can read and review the exact standard (a) the appellate court employees to evaluate a workers compensations judge’s decision making process and how the appellate court must give deference to the judge of compensation’s determinations of credibility of the witnesses. It is a key standard of review that applies to many appellate reviews of trial…
Read MoreGraham v. Silver Care Nursing Center |
39-2-3115 Graham v. Silver Care Nursing Center, App. Div. (per curiam) (10 pp.) Submitted by New Jersey Workers Compensation Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark Defendant appeals from the order of the Workers’ Compensation Court awarding petitioner medical and temporary disability benefits for injuries caused by an admittedly compensable accident, arguing that the record lacked sufficient credible evidence to…
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