Never backing down from your fight
On June 5, 2013, debris from a nearby building undergoing demolition hit a neighboring Salvation Army store, resulting in seven deaths and leaving twelve people with severe injuries. In early 2017, a jury held both the Salvation Army and the developer liable and awarded the injured plaintiffs and families $227 million, the largest personal injury award on record in a…
In January 2017, New Jersey enacted one of the most sweeping bail reforms in the United States. Instead of making cash bail the norm, the new system requires courts to use a rubric to evaluate a defendant’s risk to the community and the risk that the defendant will fail to show up for trial. The result has been a greater…
A driver in New Jersey who carries only the $15,000 minimum in personal injury protection (PIP) auto insurance benefits may seek compensation for medical expenses above and beyond that amount if they are injured by another’s negligence, according to a recent ruling from the New Jersey Appellate Division. New Jersey law contains rules that limit “minor medical expenses,” like copayments…
An Ocean County woman was charged with burglary recently. She allegedly stole a pair of horses she once owned from their new owners in Howell and Jackson townships and took the horses to Pennsylvania. Authorities safely recovered the animals. She has been charged with criminal trespass, criminal mischief, and burglary. The woman is accused of cutting through fencing in a…
A Bound Brook man was recently charged with first-degree attempted murder. He is alleged to have shot another person two within a five-day period. The alleged offender, age 25, shot a 38-year-old man in the right leg on June 8th. On June 12, he returned to shoot the man’s left leg. Police were unable to arrest to shooter after the first…
A truck accident in Woodbridge Township caused the death of a New Jersey man. Every day, cargo trucks transport all kinds of goods on New Jersey’s roads and highways. These trucks may be particularly dangerous when a truck collides with another vehicle. The truck driver was in the process of hauling construction site trash when the accident happened. Investigators at…
A frontal collision between two minivans in South Amboy traveling on Route 35 killed both drivers and caused serious injuries to three passengers. One of the vehicles, a 2002 Nissan Quest, was heading the wrong way and collided with a 2011 Honda Odyssey minivan. The drivers were pronounced dead at the accident scene. Passengers in the Odyssey were transported by…
Some Atlantic City NJ residents may have reason to be unhappy about police action taken in response to a possible bomb threat at an apartment complex. AC law enforcement recently got reports of bomb threats at two different locations: the Atlantic County Civil Courts Building on Bacharach Boulevard and the Carolina Village Apartments complex on North Carolina Avenue. The threats…
It is imperative that parents teach their children about staying safe while riding the school bus. The importance of school bus safety was highlighted recently when a Hammonton Public Schools bus was involved in a scary single-vehicle crash on a local road. The bus accident happened just before 7:00 a.m. As the school bus driver traveled on North Liberty Street…
Atlantic City law enforcement executed a major drug raid at a local residence and reportedly seized more than 6,000 bags of heroin. The raid was preceded by good police work by an Atlantic City patrol officer involved in a narcotics investigation. The cop happened to see a possible drug transaction near the intersection of South Carolina Avenue and Bacharach Boulevard…