When going about your day, you have a reasonable expectation that the stores, businesses, and places you visit will be safe, and that you are not exposing yourself to any risk of injury. When the parties responsible for maintaining the property have been careless or negligent, these business owners and property managers can be liable «more»
If you’ve suffered a serious injury on someone else’s property, you deserve to be fairly compensated if the owner of that property was liable for your accident. But what, exactly, does it mean to be “liable”? Establishing liability in Court can be complex, especially in premises liability cases. Who Owns the Property Where You Fell «more»
Fresh snow can be picturesque and is especially exhilarating if you enjoy winter sports or playing in the snow. It is also accompanied by freezing temperatures, harsh winds, and icy roads, parking lots, sidewalks and dangerous conditions. Black ice causes countless injuries every year in New Jersey. Snow and ice account for many car and «more»
The phrase “Home Sweet Home” applies to apartment buildings in addition to houses in New Jersey. Any landlord or apartment owner has to keep his complex free from any danger or unreasonable risk of bodily injury to all tenants and their guests. If you are injured as a tenant or guest at an apartment complex, «more»
Over 70% of emergency room admissions for kids are caused by consumer goods, as revealed by the report released in the article of Brain Injury. «more»
When you shop at a department or grocery store, it is assumed that you will enter the store and search for the items you want to buy. Sometimes people may be distracted by the colorful advertisements or sidetracked by the unexpected bargains. What you do not expect is to slip and fall suffer an injury «more»
In New Jersey, a property owner is liable for the safety of everyone who is lawfully on their premises. This means that a landlord is required to keep his property in a reasonably safe condition. If a landlord or owner fails to maintain the property in a reasonably safe manner and you are injured as «more»
My 79-year-old client was walking on a sidewalk into her apartment after a heavy snowfall, when she slipped and fell on snow on the sidewalk into her apartment complex. This housing complex where she lived was owned by a public entity. On the date of the accident, apartment complex failed to remove snow and ice «more»
New Jersey’s winter season is vastly affected by its proximity to the Atlantic Ocean. Snow typically occurs between October 15 and April 30. The temperature fluctuates greatly during the winter season. The record high in NJ during winter was in February 2018 when the mercury reached 79 degrees. Temperatures frequently dip below freezing during winter. «more»
My client was walking on a sidewalk early in the morning, when he slipped and fell on ice. As he was walking, the concrete sidewalk slab was covered with a sheet of ice and caused him to slip and fall on the dangerous condition. He fell with such force that he slammed his right ankle «more»
