Archive for April 2017
7 Killed In 6 New Jersey Highway Crashes This Week
Seven people have died in six different crashes this past week. Submitted by New Jersey Motor Vehicle Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Seven people have been killed in six different crashes on New Jersey highways this past week, just as more drivers has taken to the roads as school spring breaks arrive. All of the accidents…
Read MoreVehicle crashes into tractor-trailer in fatal I-78 accident
Submitted by New Jersey Truck Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark Update: Gary Sliker, 37, of Lopatcong Township, has been identified as the victim of the fatal accident. BETHLEHEM TWP. – A fatal accident involving a tractor-trailer and a Ford Focus closed the eastbound side of Interstate 78 approaching exit 7 (Route 173) on Monday morning, according…
Read MoreWhen Seeking a Graves Act Waiver, Can I See the Prosecutor’s Files from Other Waivers?
State v. Kassey Benjamin (A-43-15) (076612) (April 5, 2017) Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. New Jersey’s Supreme Court recently decided a case in which the defendant brandished a firearm during a verbal altercation. Although the gun was unloaded and the defendant did not point the gun at anyone, the defendant was still…
Read MoreWhat If a Police Officer Pats Me Down for Weapons but Finds Drugs?
Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. New Jersey’s Appellate Division has recently decided a case regarding a warrantless pat-down of the defendant’s person and seizure of heroin. In the case, a police officer heading home from work in an unmarked vehicle witnessed the defendant driving his car on the shoulder of the road…
Read MoreCriminal Expert Witnesses, Child Pornography Distribution, and the Doctrine of Merger
Submitted by New Jersey Sex Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. 14-2-2945 State v. Michael D. Miller, N.J. Super. App. Div. (Carroll, J.A.D.) (21pp) New Jersey’s Appellate Division has recently decided a case in which defendant was charged and convicted of fourth-degree child endangerment by possessing child pornography, N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4b(5)(b) (Count One) and second-degree child endangerment for…
Read MoreCan I Sue the Land Owner if I am Injured by a Third Party?
Submitted by New Jersey Civil Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. 31-2-2943 Higgins v. Holiday Inn and Conference Ctr., N.J. Super. App. Div. (per curiam) (11 pp.) New Jersey’s Appellate Division has recently decided a case where individuals (plaintiffs) attending a party at a Holiday Inn were shot while smoking outside by an unknown assailant. The plaintiffs sued…
Read MoreSerious crash on Garden State Parkway causes massive delays
Submitted by Motor Vehicle Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. CRANFORD – A crash on the northbound Garden State Parkway in Cranford has jammed traffic for at least eight miles into Middlesex County, according to state transportation officials. The crash occurred near milepost 138 around 6 a.m. and has the two right lanes and shoulder blocked as of 7:45 a.m.…
Read MoreMy Lawyer Denied My Request to Appeal My Criminal Conviction, Now What?
Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In a recent case decided by New Jersey’s Appellate Division, a jury convicted the defendant of: the lesser-included offense of first-degree aggravated manslaughter, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(a) first-degree felony-murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(3) first-degree armed robbery, N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1 fourth-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5(d) third-degree hindering apprehension or prosecution,…
Read MoreTanker truck overturns, closes AC Expressway EB lanes
Submitted by New Jersey Truck Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark HAMILTON TWP., N.J. (WPVI) — It’s been a long night for drivers heading eastbound on the Atlantic City Expressway. Their trips were rerouted and they had to find their way around a gasoline tanker that flipped over on the eastbound lanes around 1 p.m. Sunday. It…
Read MoreCan I Sue My Friend if I am Injured as a House Guest?
Submitted by New Jersey Personal Injury Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. New Jersey’s Appellate Division recently produced an unpublished opinion regarding a house guest that was injured as a result of tripping and falling on the threshold of the front door. The plaintiff was a guest at the defendants’ home. The parties had been friends for eight…
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