Archive for October 2014
Highway Guardrail May Be Deadly, States Say
Submitted by Personal Injury lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Originally published here by the New York Times. The guardrail that Darius Williams’s car struck in February should have curled safely away. Instead, it became a spear. By last month, state transportation officials in Missouri said they had seen enough. Federal highway officials had long insisted that guardrails…
Read MoreHigh School Football Players Charged in N.J. Hazing Case
Originally published here by the New York Times. Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Sayreville War Memorial High School in New Jersey. Credit Mel Evans/Associated Press Seven New Jersey teenagers were charged on Friday in connection with a series of sexual assaults in a hazing scandal that prompted a high school to cancel…
Read MoreWrongful Death and the Workers Compensation Act
Submitted by New Jersey Civil Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark This blog concerns Blackshear v. Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. which was decided by the Appellate Division on October 6, 2014. The plaintiff, wife of Mr. Blackshear brought a wrongful death claim against his former employer and several pesticide manufacturers when he died of brain cancer. The trial…
Read MorePersonal Injury in Closed City Park
Submitted by personal injury lawyer, Jeffrey Hark Personal Injury and Summary Judgement 36-2-4472 Soberal v. City of Millville , App. Div. (per curiam) (10 pp.) Plaintiff filed this personal injury negligence action after he was injured when, while walking in a city park, his leg went into a hole that had been hidden by grass…
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