Personal Injury
Slip and Falls: Clumsy Patron or Negligent Shopkeeper?
Submitted by New Jersey Personal Injury Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark A slip-and-fall is the classic personal injury scenario. A customer walks into a restaurant, doesn’t see a wet spot on the floor and hurts themselves. That is exactly what happened in Prioleau v. Kentucky Fried Chicken, Inc., et al. which was decided by the Superior Court…
Read MoreSidewalk Liability: Slip and Fall | New Jersey Personal Injury
Submitted by New Jersey personal injury attorney, Jeffrey Hark Bell v. Turiello, App. Div. (per curiam) (15 pp.) Plaintiff was working as a mail carrier when she tripped and fell on the public sidewalk in front of defendants’ two-family home. She broke her ankle and injured her foot. She sued defendant-property owners alleging that their…
Read MoreCredibility in Criminal and Civil Law
Plaintiff in the Federal Court case of Perri v. Resorts International Hotel, Inc., Dist. Ct., filed a motion for a new trial in this matter after a jury returned a small verdict only reflecting the past medical bills that were incurred as a result of an alleged claim for damages for injuries allegedly sustained when…
Read MoreSlip and Fall – Plaintiff's Responsibility to Produce Evidence of the Actual Location
Trompeter v. Hilton Parsippany, Dist. Ct. In a recent line of cases the New Jersey Appellate has reiterated and reaffirmed the plaintiff’s responsibility to produce evidence of the actual location where s/he has called and the nature of the defect that has called them to call. In addition, if expert testimony is required to prove the causal relationship between the defective condition, the defendant’s…
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