Hiring the Right Expert Requires the Right Attorney

Submitted by New Jersey Civil Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In spring of 2010 a vehicle next to an apartment building caught fire. Nobody knows the cause but there are suspicions an unattended grill may have been the cause. The fire spread to the building owned by defendant Emma Gavidia and then onto a neighboring building owned…

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Graves Act Release Valve Not a Break Free from Prison Card

Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In State v. Holloway, the defendant found a handgun but did not turn it over to authorities because he had pending charges in Somerset County. He then proceeded to accidentally shoot himself in the foot at the home of his girlfriend and the gun was found during…

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On-duty NJ state trooper charged with DWI after crashing police cruiser

Submitted by New Jersey DWI Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark A New Jersey state trooper was charged with drunk driving after rear-ending an Audi at a Garden State Parkway service area, State Police said. Sfc. Michael Roadside, who has been with the State Police for 28 years, was suspended without pay after the incident on Monday afternoon…

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Even Lawyers Use Lawyers: The Risk of Self-Representation at Trial

Submitted by New Jersey Civil Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. We have all heard the cliché, “He who represents himself has a fool for a client.” Nevertheless, there are those who find the prospect of representing themselves appealing to save them money or make them look more genuine to a jury. Obviously, we would not perform our…

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L.I. School Bus Driver Says He Was Fired After Pointing Out Safety Hazard

Submitted by New Jersey Bus Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. EAST PATCHOGUE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — A school bus driver said he saw danger and spoke up, and while parents applauded him, his bus company also fired him. As CBS2’s Carolyn Gusoff reported, Long Island school bus driver Willie Toohey claimed he got fired because he brought…

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Offers of Judgment Applicable to Defendants but Not Parties

Submitted by NJ motor vehicle accident lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In Hennessey v. Newby, decided October 20, 2015 by the Appellate Division, a motorcycle (driven by Newby) hit Hennessey’s car. Hennessey then put GEICO on notice of an underinsured motorist claim and GEICO intervened. Hennessey filed an offer to take judgment against Newby for $39,000 without…

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School Bus Driver Injured In Crash With Tractor-Trailer In Middletown

Submitted by New Jersey School Bus Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark MIDDLETOWN, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — A school bus driver was hospitalized late Friday, after a crash involving a semi-trailer truck in Middletown, New Jersey. As CBS2’s Christine Sloan reported, an army of firefighters rushed to the scene to free the driver — 65-year-old Beverly Cerbone — from…

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Woman crashes into dump truck in Stafford, police say

Submitted by dump truck accident lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. STAFFORD TWP. — A Tuckerton woman was hospitalized after she rear-ended a dump truck on Tuesday, police said. Stafford police responded at around 3:30 p.m. to a motor-vehicle crash involving a sedan and dump truck at milepost 68.6 on Route 9 south, Officer Christopher Fritz said in a…

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Kearny man, 25, killed in Parkway crash

Submitted by New Jersey Motor Vehicle Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – A Hudson County man was killed early Monday morning after the car he was driving crashed into a tree off the Garden State Parkway, New Jersey State Police said. Shortly before 3:15 a.m., a Chevrolet Cavalier being driven by Ryan Steel,…

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