Category: New Jersey Personal Injury Claims

When you have been hurt in any type of accident caused by the carelessness or wrongful act of another person, you have a right to pursue compensation to cover your injuries and losses. Ideally, you can recover full and fair compensation from an insurance company, or negotiate a settlement that meets your needs. You may,...

Selecting and Instructing the Jury In this series, we have looked more closely at the legal process during a personal injury lawsuit, from the filing of the original complaint through the gathering of evidence, from the pre-trial rulings on admissibility of evidence to the process for dismissing certain claims. In this last installment, we look at two...

The Details that Need to Be Addressed before Trial In the earlier blogs in this series, we looked first at the details of how a lawsuit originates, and then at the discovery process, where the parties gather, evaluate and protect evidence to support their claims. We’re not quite ready to go to trial, though—there are other...

The Discovery Process You’ve been hurt in an accident because of someone else’s carelessness or negligence. You’ve hired an experienced attorney, who has filed a personal injury complaint on your behalf, and the defendant has replied, denying the allegations. What happens next? The Discovery Process Typically, once the parties have timely filed a complaint and an answer,...

What Can I Expect Immediately After Filing a Personal Injury Claim? In New Jersey, when you’re hurt because of the wrongful conduct of another person, you have a right to seek compensation for your losses in a court of law. What does the process look like? How do you get from the act of contacting...

What Must I Prove to Recover Compensation? You’ve been in a car accident or suffered an injury in a slip-and-fall on someone else’s property. How do you go about getting compensation for unreimbursed medical expenses, lost wages and income, physical pain and suffering, loss of companionship or consortium, or the inability to do the things...