Archive for April 2014
Pennsville attorney Martin J. Siegel accused of stealing $200K from clients
If You Have Been Misrepresented By Your Attorney Contact Jeffrey Hark Today! (866) 427-5529 Pennsville Police Chief Allen J. Cummings addresses the arrest of township attorney Martin J. Seigel who allegedly stole an estimated $200,000 from clients over the past three years. The press conference was at the township municipal court on Thursday, Jan. 9,…
Read MoreIneffective Assistance Seen in Failure To Raise Diminished-Capacity Defense
Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Originally published in the NJLawJournal Michael Booth, New Jersey Law Journal A woman who pleaded guilty to infanticide was entitled to an evidentiary hearing on her claim that her lawyer should have argued diminished capacity due to her own history of sexual abuse as a child, a…
Read MoreSupreme Court Taking Up Police Searches of Data Troves Known as Cellphones
Resubmitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark Originally published in the New York Times By Adam Liptak APRIL 27, 2014 Photo A phone collected in the George Zimmerman case in Florida. Arguments will be heard this week on whether searches of cellphones require warrants. Credit Gary W. Green/Reuters WASHINGTON — In a major test…
Read MoreDWI Stop After Driver Was “Run Off the Road” | US Supreme Court Ruling
Submitted by New Jersey DWI attorney, Jeffrey Hark. Today the US. Supreme Court upheld a DWI stop based upon a tip that the driver had “been run off the road”. The Court found sufficient reliability in the detail and personal observation of the tip. See case attached. (Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2013 Syllabus NOTE: Where…
Read MoreACECA Report Recommendations to Expedite New Jersey Civil Cases
Submitted by New Jersey Civil Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark The Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Expedited Civil Actions issued a report yesterday that recommends a number of ideas to improve the timeliness of civil cases and suggests a pilot program that would test their proposals. Chief Justice Stuart Rabner formed the committee in May 2013 to…
Read MoreState v. Leone | Second Degree Theft by Deception and Pretrial Intervention
Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffery Hark -2-3382 State v. Leone, App. Div. (per curiam) (13 pp.) Reversal of Pretrial Intervention On the State’s appeal, the appellate panel reverses the Law Division’s order admitting defendant Philip Leone to pretrial intervention (PTI) over the State’s objection. In 2004, Leone approached a longtime friend to solicit…
Read MoreObamaCare Drastically Improves the Health of Qui Tam Suits Under the False Claims Act
Cullen Byrne, Esq. One of the lesser-known sections of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (“Affordable Care Act”), colloquially known as ObamaCare, provides expansive amendments to the False Claims Act (“FCA”).1 While these amendments are not retroactive,2 they will most likely increase the amount of FCA-based claims in the future. The FCA…
Read MoreSidewalk Liability: Slip and Fall | New Jersey Personal Injury
Submitted by New Jersey personal injury attorney, Jeffrey Hark Bell v. Turiello, App. Div. (per curiam) (15 pp.) Plaintiff was working as a mail carrier when she tripped and fell on the public sidewalk in front of defendants’ two-family home. She broke her ankle and injured her foot. She sued defendant-property owners alleging that their…
Read MoreNew Jersey DWI and Aggravated Manslaughter – First Degree Charge
Submitted by New Jersey DWI and Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark 14-2-3474 State v. Liepe, App. Div. (per curiam) (11 pp.) The serious issue presented in this case is the prosecutor’s decision to charge an individual with aggravated manslaughter, a first degree charge exposing the defendant to a possible jail term between 10-20 years in New…
Read MoreThe Importance of Scientific Evidence in Workers’ Compensation | Yanecko v. Waste Management
Submitted by New Jersey Workers Compensation Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. 62-2-3403 Yanecko v. Waste Management, App. Div. (per curiam) (13 pp.) Plaintiff’s employer, Waste Management, appeals the Judge of Worker’s Compensation’s order finding that Yanecko suffered a compensable occupational injury leaving him 25% permanently partially disabled due to “orthopedic residuals of a chronic lumbosacral sprain with findings of disc herniation…
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