Archive for May 2015
Two Students Injured In Southern Regional School Bus Accident
Bus collided with a pickup truck at the intersection of East Bay Avenue and Hilliard Boulevard Submitted by New Jersey Bus Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark Two Southern Regional High School students were injured Friday afternoon when their school bus struck a Ford pickup truck at the intersection of East Bay Avenue and Hilliard Boulevard, Capt.…
Read More1 dead, 1 hurt in school bus accident; no students on board
Submitted by New Jersey School Bus Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Police say a collision between a school bus and a garbage truck in the Hudson Valley has left one person dead and another seriously injured. There were no students on the bus. Details on Fox 5 WNYW.
Read MoreTotowa man killed in crash on Route 3 eastbound in East Rutherford
Submitted by motor vehicle accident attorney, Jeffrey Hark. EAST RUTHERFORD – A 44-year-old Totowa man was killed in a motorcycle crash on Route 3 Friday morning. Joseph Frederick was pronounced dead at 7:41 a.m., Chief Larry Minda said in a statement. Frederick’s motorcycle appears to have struck the highway’s eastbound guardrail near the Route 120…
Read MoreHow Not to Get Pulled Over by Police for Minor Infractions (or at least know the law when you do)
Submitted by New Jersey Traffic Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. This blog doesn’t address a specific case or complex legal issues. Recently I was reading a case in which a defendant was pulled over mostly due to an air freshener obstructing his windshield (at least that was the reason written in the police report). That case will…
Read MoreNo Harm No Foul–Harmless Error
Submitted by New Jersey Drug Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark As mentioned in the last blog concerning State v. Firman, a reversal of a conviction is not an overly common occurrence even when then trial judge has made a mistake. This is because of the concept of harmless error. If at trial, a mistake by the…
Read MoreNew York teen seriously injured in Old Bridge accident, report says
Submitted by motor vehicle accident attorney, Jeffrey Hark. OLD BRIDGE — A New York teenager was hospitalized with serious injuries after the car he was traveling in ran a stop sign and collided with another vehicle Tuesday morning, mycentraljersey.com reported. The 18-year-old, a passenger in the car, was thrown from the vehicle in the accident…
Read MoreThe Distinction between What You Saw and What You Think You Saw in Testimony
Submitted by New Jersey Drug Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark A reversal and remand for new trial is not extremely common. The prejudicial threshold necessary for a judge to reverse a conviction made by the verdict of a jury is high. But that’s just what happened in State v. Firman, decided May 21, 2015, and this…
Read MoreDriver in crash that killed John Nash had only been a cabbie for 2 weeks, report says
Submitted by New Jersey Motor Vehicle Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark The taxi driver who lost control of his vehicle — causing the crash that killed famed mathematician John Nash Jr. and wife Alicia — had only been on the job for two weeks, the New York Post reports. It quotes cab driver Tarek Girgis’s 19-year-old…
Read MoreN.J. traffic roundup: Areas to avoid on your Memorial Day drive
New Jersey Vehicle Accident News – submitted by Jeffrey Hark, motor vehicle accident attorney. JERSEY CITY—The drive to Memorial Day festivities seems to be relatively clear as of Monday morning, with a few exceptions. New Jersey State Police Sgt. First Class Gregory Williams told NJ Advance Media just before 8:30 a.m. that there were no…
Read MoreUPDATE: Waretown Man Airlifted To Jersey Shore After Lacey Road Accident
The other driver reportedly was looking at cell phone when accident occurred, police chief says. Submitted by New Jersey Truck Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. A Waretown man whose Ford F250 was sideswiped by by a Ford Explorer Sunday morning on Lacey Road had to be airlifted to Jersey Shore University Medical Center with back and…
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