Archive for November 2015
Multiple injuries reported in crash involving school bus in Bridgewater, NJ
Submitted by New Jersey School Bus Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (WABC) — Multiple injuries have been reported in a crash involving a school bus in Bridgewater, New Jersey. The crash happened just after 3:30 p.m. on U.S. 22 near Grove Street, in front of the AAA Bridgewater store. The crash is involving a…
Read MoreDump truck crash hospitalizes 4, including infant
Submitted by New Jersey dump truck accident lawyer, Jeffrey Hark STAFFORD TOWNSHIP – Four people, including an infant, were hospitalized Monday following a crash involving a dump truck on Route 72. On Monday, a tri-axle dump truck loaded with gravel – which was being operated by Craig VanVliet, 51 of Holland, Pennsylvania – was traveling east…
Read MoreNHTSA Leader Pushes for Seat Belts on School Buses
Submitted by New Jersey Bus Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. The Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced at a conference during the weekend that he’s making the push for 3-point seat belts on every school bus in the country. “The position of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is that seat belts save…
Read MoreLegal Partnership Disputes: Reasonable If Not Clean Cut
Submitted by New Jersey Civil Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. This blog is important for any lawyer who splits fees with another lawyer and any client who is thinking of switching attorneys, especially if they previously worked together. In Weininger v. Fritzen, decided November 2, the Appellate Division was forced to decide a fee dispute between two…
Read MoreThe Final Word on Seat Belts?
Submitted by New Jersey Bus Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark For months, the school bus industry has been abuzz about what the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration would do about three-point seat belts in school buses, and the verdict may soon be in as NHTSA Administrator Mark Rosekind takes the stage on Sunday at the 2015 NAPT…
Read MoreRoute 287 a giant mess Wednesday because of tractor-trailer crash
Submitted by truck crash attorney, Jeffrey Hark. An overturned tractor trailer on Route 287 made a mess of the morning drive on Wednesday. New Jersey State Police Sgt. 1st Class Gregory Williams said a truck turned over on the northbound side north of Exist 26 for Mt. Airy Road in Bernards Township around 6:40 a.m., initially blocking…
Read More3 reported injured in Philadelphia bus, truck crash
Submitted by truck crash attorney, Jeffrey Hark. PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Authorities say several people were reported in an accident involving a city bus in northeast Philadelphia, but the injuries aren’t considered life-threatening Police said the 12:30 p.m. Monday crash in the Fox Chase section of the city involved a Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority bus and…
Read MoreDrug Court Special Probation – What You Need to Know
Submitted by New Jersey Drug Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In the recent case of State v. Bishop and State v. Torres defendants appealed much harsher extended terms of periods of state prison sentences when they violated their special conditions of probation which allow them to enter drug court. After violating the terms of the drug…
Read MoreCell Phone Texts as Proof of Evidence in Domestic Violence Hearings
Submitted by New Jersey Domestic Violence Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In early October 2015 the Superior Court New Jersey Family Part Law Division Ocean County addressed the introduction of texts existing on cell phones as proof of evidence in a domestic violence hearing. In the modern context of harassment many courts have had to wrestle with…
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