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Slip and Fall Accidents -10 Commandments
Ten Commandments After a Slip and Fall Accident Slip and fall accidents can cause severe injury. What you do after the accident can make or break your case. Accordingly, here’s what you should do right after a slip and fall: 1. REPORT THE SLIP AND FALL ACCIDENT to the police, and to the store manager, landlord,…
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Fall At The Mall
Lillie was shopping at Westfield Garden State Plaza Mall in Paramus, New Jersey. She slipped on clear liquid on the floor of the mall and sustained injuries. She was unable to see the liquid or determine for how long it had been present. There is a food court in the mall one level below from…
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What to Do After A Dog Bite
Ten Commandments: Things to Do After a Dog Bite What to do after a dog bite? What you do can make or break your legal case for compensation. Accordingly, here is a detailed list of the ten things you should do immmediately after a dog bite. Report the incident to the police while still at…
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Ten Things To Do After A Car Accident
Ten Commandments: Things to Do After a Car Accident What you do after a car accident can determine whether you will later receive compensation for your injuries. Therefore, here’s a list of what you should do after a car crash. Report the accident to the police. Do so while still at the scene. Obtain the…
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Duty of Citizens to Serve as Jurors
Standard Charge For Civil Juries In New Jersey The standard charge that New Jersey Judges give to all civil juries “I recognize that serving as a juror is inconvenient, but jury service is an important duty of citizenship. Having jurors available to decide the facts in lawsuits is fundamental to our entire system of justice.…
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Consumer Fraud Law Applies to Bad Mortgage Loans
Many people associate consumer fraud laws with the sale of defective merchandise, or with home contractors who don’t finish their work. However, the reach of the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act is much broader. For example, a New Jersey Superior Court judge has recently found that a mortgage lender was responsible under the New Jersey…
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Delay in Jury Trials in Bergen County: What to Do?
As we Tweeted earlier, according to press reports, no civil trials that are expected to last two weeks or longer will take place in Bergen County for the time being. This new policy was necessitated by a flood of judges who have recently retired. These retirements will leave Bergen County with only 27 of 36 of…
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Law Book Company Must Pay $3M for Sending Junk Faxes
Gann Law Books of Newark has agreed to pay $3 million in cash and services, to settle a class-action lawsuit. Lawyers in New Jersey are required to take periodic continuing legal education (CLE) courses. Besides selling law books, Gann also provides CLE courses. The federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act and the New Jersey Anti-Fax Statute restrict the…
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Wife Forges Husband’s Signature On Marriage License
In 2012, Joyce filed for divorce, from the man she had lived with for 28 years. They even had a 27-year-old son together. “Wait a minute,” cried “hubby.” He proceeded to inform the judge that, in 1984, he discovered that Joyce had, in fact, forged his signature on the supposed marriage license application, the year before. And…
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Recent Tweets
Here are some of our recent Tweets on various topics. Please follow us at #NJLawsuitLawyer: 440K lawyer’s fee awarded against 2nd wife for fraud & “scorched earth campaign” in suit over 330K estate: ow.ly/xSIQS #NJ Court Upholds $3M Age-Bias Award To Fired Passaic County, #NJ Prosecutor’s Investigators: ow.ly/xNswU Father’s prison term when baby was 6…