If You Are Convicted of a DUI/DWI You Cannot Bring a Claim For Personal Injury as a Result of an Accident

George Castano v. Wendell Augustine, et al. Docket No.:    A-3925-21 Decided March 6, 2023 Submitted by New Jersey Personal Injury Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In a recent published decision, the Appellate Division affirmed the denial of defendant’s motion for summary judgment of plaintiff’s personal injury complaint stemming from a motor vehicle accident in which plaintiff admitted…

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Glenn Hughes v. Jason Worthington: Determined Whether Injuries Were Permanent and Causally Related to the Accident

Glenn Hughes v. Jason Worthington Docket No. A-0854-21 Decided December 30, 2022 Submitted by New Jersey Personal Injury Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In a recent unpublished opinion, the Appellate Court of New Jersey decided plaintiff’s appeal from an order dismissing his personal injury complaint with prejudice. In October 2017, plaintiff rear-ended defendant’s vehicle in an automobile accident.…

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O’Keefe v. Marcovici: Premises Liability in Slip-And-Fall Personal Injury

O’Keefe v. Marcovici Docket No. A-0010-21 Decided December 13, 2022 Submitted by New Jersey Personal Injury Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In a recent unpublished opinion, the Appellate Court of New Jersey decided plaintiffs’ appeal from an order granting defendant’s motion for summary judgment and dismissing their complaint with prejudice. Plaintiffs also appealed the trial court’s order denying…

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Fritzy Rivera v. Cherry Hill Towers, LLC.: Liability of Property Managers in Personal Injury Cases

Fritzy Rivera v. Cherry Hill Towers, LLC. Docket No. A-2394-21 Decided December 12, 2022 Submitted by New Jersey Personal Injury Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In a recent published opinion, the Appellate Court of New Jersey decided defendant’s appeal from an order denying the property manager, Vikco’s, motion for summary judgment to dismiss plaintiff’s complaint. Cherry Hill Towers…

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Premises Liability in Personal Injury Cases

Adel Hanna v. Woodland Cmty. Ass’n Docket No. A-0277-21 Decided November 17, 2022 Submitted by New Jersey Personal Injury Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In a recent unpublished opinion, the Appellate Court of New Jersey decided plaintiff’s appeal of an Order granting summary judgment to all defendants pursuant to the “ongoing storm rule”. Plaintiff fell in the parking…

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Plaintiff Failed to Explain the Untimeliness of His Demand for Trial De Novo

Michael Torres v. T.U.C.S. Cleaning Serv. Docket No. A-0682-20                                                                                                                Decided September 19, 2022 Submitted by New Jersey Personal Injury Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In a recent unpublished opinion, the Appellate Court of New Jersey affirmed the trial court’s ruling and reasoned that the plaintiff had failed to explain the untimeliness of his demand for trial…

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Plaintiff’s Complaint Was Almost Dismissed with Prejudice Because the Attorney Did Not Arrange for Plaintiff to Receive Adequate Treatment and Reporting

Jinu Krishnankutty v. Elliot Kolb Docket No.:    A-3510-20 Decided July 8, 2022 Submitted by New Jersey Personal Injury Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In a recent unpublished decision, the Appellate Division overturned a dismissal of a personal injury complaint because the plaintiff’s expert report was sufficient to overcome summary judgment, albeit without clarity. In Krishnankutty v. Kolb,…

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