Archive for September 2016
Hoboken Train Crash Leaves at Least One Dead and Dozens Injured
Submitted by New Jersey Personal Injury Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark HOBOKEN, N.J. — A commuter train crashed at a station in New Jersey during the Thursday morning rush, killing at least one person and injuring about 100 others, a number of them seriously, the authorities said. “There are fatalities,” said a senior transportation official who did…
Read MoreVideo of deadly bus crash released; driver, passenger killed
Submitted by New Jersey Bus Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Transit agency has released video of a bus crash that claimed the lives of a driver and a passenger on her way to work. The crash occurred Aug. 19 at around 6 a.m. in downtown Newark. Authorities have said…
Read More2 killed in I-287 motorcycle crash are from Hamburg, police say
Submitted by New Jersey Motor Vehicle Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. PARSIPPANY — The driver and a passenger who were killed Sunday in a motorcycle accident on Interstate 287 were from Hamburg, officials said. James Ruggiero Jr., 56, was driving a 1994 Kawasaki motorcycle around 11 a.m. when he veered right for unknown reasons and drove off the road, according to…
Read MoreHow the Use of Experts in Criminal Cases is Different from Experts in Civil Cases
Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. State vs. Green Earlier this week we wrote a blog addressing the requirement for experts in civil cases to provide testimony regarding a defendant’s duty, breach of that duty, and the causal relationship to a plaintiff’s damage. These are civil burdens of proof the plaintiff is obligated…
Read MoreWhen and Why Expert Opinion is Needed in Negligence Cases
Submitted by New Jersey Personal Injury Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Bomtempo v. Six Flags Great Adventure LLC, N.J. Super. App. Div. (September 2016). In this case plaintiff alleged to have been injured at Six Flags Great Adventure Amusement Park. Plaintiff ‘s attorney failed to obtain an expert to provide an ‘expert’ opinion addressing the alleged negligence…
Read MoreElmer man injured when truck crashes into tree, police say
Submitted by New Jersey Truck Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. PILESGROVE TWP. — A Salem County man was injured after his truck went off the road and struck a tree in Pilesgrove Township, according to New Jersey State Police. The Elmer man was traveling down U.S. Route 40 when his 2002 Chevy truck veered off the…
Read MoreOfficials release name of dump truck driver killed in crash
Submitted by New Jersey Dump Truck Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark MILLSTONE TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — State police have released the name of a man killed when the dump truck he was driving overturned on an interstate highway in New Jersey. Charles Markley was eastbound on I-195 when the accident occurred around 10:30 a.m. Saturday near…
Read MoreHeading south? Turn off the NJ Turnpike by Exit 4
Submitted by New Jersey Truck Crash Attorney, Jeffrey Hark. MT. LAUREL, N.J. (WTXF) – A serious accident has one of two southbound lanes closed on the New Jersey Turnpike. It happened at about 1am, just south of Exit 4 (Route 73, Mt. Laurel), where three southbound lanes become two. The left lane is getting by,…
Read MoreTractor-trailer crashes on Garden State Parkway
Submitted by New Jersey Truck Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark EGG HARBOR TWP., N.J. (WPVI) — A tractor-trailer crash is causing delays on the Garden State Parkway in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. The crash occurred around 5 a.m. Wednesday in the northbound lanes near exit 40. Police say the truck driver lost control, and went…
Read MoreMan killed by train near Otisville station identified
Submitted by New Jersey Motor Vehicle Accident Attorney, Jeffrey Hark. OTISVILLE – The man struck and killed Monday night on the tracks near the Otisville train station has been identified by Metropolitan Transportation Authority police as Lewis Thomas Roemer, 19, of Hyde Park. MTA spokeswoman Nancy Gamerman said Roemer was trespassing on the tracks east…
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