What Is Negligence?

Posted on July 13, 2021

What Must You Show to Recover Compensation for a Personal Injury? When the actions of another person cause you to suffer personal injury, you have a right to seek compensation (known as “damages”) for your losses. Though you can always bring a lawsuit for personal injuries intentionally inflicted by another person, most claims for compensation are...

Contributory and Comparative Negligence in New Jersey

Posted on September 18, 2019

When You Share the Responsibility for Injuries You’ve Suffered It’s not unusual, when you’ve suffered injury in an accident, that a court of law will conclude that you contributed, to some degree, to the events that led to your losses. What are your rights and responsibilities when you have some liability for your own injuries? Contributory Negligence...

When There’s More than One Person Responsible for Your Injury

Posted on September 10, 2019

Recovering Full and Fair Compensation for Your Losses When you have been hurt in an accident, one of the first steps toward recovering compensation for your injuries is determining who caused the accident. Often there are a number of factors that combine to bring about an accident or mishap, so there may be a number of parties...

Third Party Liability for Motor Vehicle Accidents

Posted on August 22, 2019

Can Someone Other than the Driver Be Responsible? When you’ve been injured in a motor vehicle accident, the first place you typically look to recover for your losses is the at-fault driver. But what if that person is uninsured or underinsured? Are there other avenues that you can pursue, so that you can get full...

Should You Accept a Settlement from Your Insurance Company?

Posted on July 31, 2019

The Importance of Consulting an Attorney Immediately after an Automobile Accident When you’ve sustained an injury because of the carelessness or negligence of another motorist, it’s customary to contact your insurance provider to help cover your losses. In states like New Jersey, with its no-fault auto insurance laws, you are required to work directly through your own...

What Happens If You Were Partially Responsible for Your Injury?

Posted on June 21, 2019

Understanding Comparative Negligence in New Jersey When you’ve been hurt because of the careless or wrongful acts of another person, you have a right to seek monetary compensation for your losses. But what if you were also negligent or careless? Suppose another person is exceeding the speed limit in a car, but you fail to...

Understanding Negligence: Causation

Posted on October 5, 2017

In an earlier blog, we addressed the first element of a personal injury lawsuit based on negligence—the requirement that you demonstrate a breach of the duty to act as a reasonable person. In addition, you must show that the defendant’s failure to meet the required standard of care caused the accident that resulted in your injuries or losses....