Submitted by New Jersey Truck Accident Attorney, Jeffrey Hark. For additional information on the Tracy Morgan crash, look here. WASHINGTON — The driver of the tractor-trailer that slammed into a limo bus carrying actor and comedian Tracy Morgan hadn’t slept for 28 hours before the accident on the New Jersey Turnpike in Cranbury. And it was all perfectly…
Submitted by New Jersey Truck Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark WASHINGTON — Federal lawmakers want a study on truck drivers’ hours in the wake of the New Jersey Turnpike crash that seriously injured comedian Tracy Morgan and killed his friend. The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, which renews federal surface transportation programs through 2020, requires a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration…
Submitted by New Jersey Truck Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. ACCIDENTS like the one that critically injured the comedian Tracy Morgan, killed his friend and fellow comedian James McNair, known as Jimmy Mack, and hurt eight others on the New Jersey Turnpike last year are going to continue to happen unless Congress stops coddling the trucking…
Submitted by New Jersey Truck Crash Attorney, Jeffrey Hark. Federal transportation regulators on Tuesday cited a Walmart truck driver’s fatigue as the chief cause of a crash last year that killed the comedian James McNair and critically injured Tracy Morgan, a star of the television series “30 Rock.” National Transportation Safety Board investigators, presenting their…
Submitted by New Jersey Truck Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Court papers show that the children of the comedian who was killed in the crash that injured Tracy Morgan won a $10 million settlement from Wal-Mart. The amount was disclosed in documents filed in New York’s Westchester County, where comedian James McNair…
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New Jersey Survivors Justice Act: Sentencing Reform for Abuse Victims
Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark In January 2026, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law a pair of bills known as the Survivors Justice Act (S-4870/A-5968 and S-4871/A-5969). This landmark legislation, championed by Senator Angela V. McKnight, Senator M. Teresa Ruiz, and other lawmakers, amends the state’s criminal code to allow courts…