Are you being watched by someone because you made a workers compensation claim or were involved in a car crash?

October 6, 2018 |

Submitted by New Jersey Workers Compensation Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. When you make a claim against an insurance company from a workers compensation case and/or file suit against a driver as a result of a car crash and you are claiming personal injuries you become the target of surveillance.  Why?  Because insurance companies are not your…

Proposed law would expand NJ’s DUI ignition lock program

October 3, 2018 |

Submitted by New Jersey DUI Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark TRENTON – A bill endorsed by the New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee would expand the state’s DUI ignition interlock program. The device acts like a breathalyzer and won’t allow a car to start if the driver’s blood alcohol content is too high. Under current law, only repeat…

Summary Judgement & Qualified Immunity: Shooting or Self Defense

October 2, 2018 |

Baskin v. Martinez and the City of Camden In considering plaintiff’s appeal, we must adhere to well-settled principles applicable to summary judgment motions. A court must “consider whether the competent evidential materials presented, when viewed in the light most favorable to the non-moving party, are sufficient to permit a rational factfinder to resolve the alleged disputed…

Condo Association Liability in Snowstorms: Sidewalk Slip and Fall

October 2, 2018 |

Submitted by New Jersey Slip and Fall Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Here is another case where a business invitee comes to a property and is injured. The question in this case was whether or not the condo association had a duty to clear a sidewalk for pedestrians and invitees in the middle of a snowstorm. The…

Don’t let Jersey drivers make other states’ roads more dangerous

September 15, 2018 |

Submitted by Motor Vehicle Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Getty Images Gov. Murphy has been working on getting five states and Puerto Rico to share crime gun information.  Meanwhile,  a pair of New Jersey legislators want to hide information about another deadly weapon, the motor vehicle. That’s both ironic and misguided. State Sens. Nicholas Scutari (D., Union) and Nicholas Sacco…

Teacher Charged with Luring – September 15, 2018

September 15, 2018 |

Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Jonathan Liano, 38, of Sicklerville in Winslow Township, believed he was chatting with a 14-year-old girl he met online. However, the fifth-grade teacher had actually been sending sexually explicit messages to an undercover detective working with the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office High-Tech Crimes Unit (HTCU). The investigation…

Legalize marijuana New Jersey – News flash: Prior Conviction Expungements

September 13, 2018 |

Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark This month’s recent modified proposed legislation for marijuana legalization in New Jersey has included the automatic right for every person with a prior possession of marijuana charge to obtain an expungement. However the key Provision in the most recent proposed legislation is the fact that the defendant,…

STATE V. OGDEN DECISION SEPTEMBER 9, 2018 DWI FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENT APPEAL ARGUMENT

September 9, 2018 |

Submitted by New Jersey DWI Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In this DWI appeal the defendant attempted to argue that the state’s failure to introduce the State Trooper’s Alcotest operating card at the time of trial was a violation of  the NJ Supreme Court mandate of State v. Chun and as a result of state’s failure to comply with…

Appealing an Administrative Agency Decision

September 9, 2018 |

Submitted by Medical License Defense Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Today we are reviewing a physcian’s appeal of NJ State department/administrative decision.  In this case the Board of Medical Examiners (BME), after significant factual record was developed through testimony, affidavits, records admitted, and hearings, rendered a decision revoking a doctor’s license. The doctor appeal the agency decision…

As a Passenger, Did the Police Get You Out of the Car Without Any Reason?

September 4, 2018 |

Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Were you ever a passenger in a motor vehicle the with the police conducting a motor vehicle stop. Did the police get you out of the car without any reason? Have you been threatened or harassed during a motor vehicle stop by law-enforcement?  Was there absolutely no…