Truck Accidents
Worst of the worst: Readers ID treacherous Hunterdon roads
Submitted by New Jersey Truck Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark Originally published here. One person was entrapped in an accident involving a Honda Accord and a Ram pickup truck at the intersection of Route 31 and Country Club Drive in Clinton Township on Jan. 28, 2015. (Rich Maxwell | for Hunterdon County Democrat) There are plenty…
Read MorePolice Immunity from Personal Injury
Wilson v. Podeia, App. Div. – submitted by vehicle accident lawyer, Jeffrey Hark This case addresses a very important issue regarding police injuring plaintiffs while they are in the course of responding, in good faith, to emergencies. There is a specific code section, N.J.S.A. 59:3-3 which give the officers immunity, so long as they are:…
Read MoreDrowsy Drivers, Dangerous Highways
The Trucking Industry Wants to Weaken Safety Rules Days before an accident in which an allegedly drowsy truck driver crashed into a van carrying the actor Tracy Morgan, critically injuring him and killing another passenger, a Senate committee voted to roll back regulations meant to keep fatigued truckers off the nation’s highways. In a display…
Read MoreTracy Morgan in Intensive Care After 6-Vehicle Crash
The actor and comedian Tracy Morgan was critically injured early on Saturday after the limousine bus in which he was riding was hit by a tractor-trailer in a six-vehicle accident on the New Jersey Turnpike, the State Police said. At least one person was killed in the crash, which occurred about 1 a.m., the State…
Read MoreAttorney Handling Truck and Passenger Vehicle Accident Newsflash
Attorneys have to have specific knowledge and skill of the Federal motor carrier safety regulations as well as the Federal passenger transportation regulation for commercial passenger vehicles. The knowledge and skill needed to handle these cases is very specific in addition to access to accident reconstruction professionals and experts to assist in determining the nature…
Read MoreDiGerolamo v. Gale | Personal Injury from Tractor-Trailer Accident
TORTS | MOTOR VEHICLES – submitted by truck crash attorney, Jeffrey Hark. 36-7-3005 DiGerolamo v. Gale , Dist. Ct. (Kugler, U.S.D.J.) (12 pp.) In this personal injury action arising out of a collision between the vehicle driven by plaintiff and the tractor-trailer driven by defendant Gale, defendant Cheyenne’s Pilot Cars Inc., which contracted with the tractor-trailer’s owner…
Read MoreTorts, Personal Injury and Commercial Truck Accidents
36-2-1575 Cokerline v. Clark, App. Div. (Simonelli, J.A.D.) (28 pp.) One of the many issues that is of import to plaintiffs in this case is the fact that the judge precluded the plaintiff’s expert from testifying on the theory of causation regarding defendant’s UPS truck pushing a car into decedent in a manner that caused…
Read MoreTruck overturns on parkway near Somers Point, driver injured
By ANJALEE KHEMLANI, Staff Writer. Article originally posted by pressofatlanticcity SOMERS POINT – A northbound accident on the Garden State Parkway injured the driver of an overturned dump truck, police said. Both lanes of the roadway were blocked and the traffic was being directed onto the shoulder to bypass the accident scene. State Police advised…
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