New Jersey Car & Truck Accident Law Library
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Below you will find various articles and posts related to New Jersey car accident law. These articles are for general information only and are no substitute for legal advice.
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Car Accident Legal Articles
- Should You Accept a Settlement from the At-Fault Driver’s Insurance Company After a South New Jersey Car Accident?After auto accidents in South Jersey, involved parties report their car, truck or pedestrian accidents to their auto insurance companies to report the accidents. The insurance companies will then open a claim. There are two types of claims: a PIP or medical benefits claim and a liability claim. A PIP claim pays for the insureds’ medical ...
- New Jersey Car Accident News – Higher Rate of Fatal Car Crashes This SummerNJ faces a high rate of summer fatal crashes in the summer of 2015. See why here.
- NJ Highway Truck Accident Injury Lawsuits – The BasicsHighway Truck Accidents in New Jersey Highway truck accidents often result in major, catastrophic injuries. Deaths are also common. This is due to two factors: 1. the relative size of trucks compared to passenger cars and SUVs, and 2. Speeds on highways which often exceed 65 or 75 mph. NJ state highways such as the New ...
- South New Jersey Roadway Accidents, Routes 30, 38, 70 & 73Auto accidents in South New Jersey are very common and occur on all major highways and roadways. Highways in South NJ include the NJ Turnpike, Garden State Parkway and Atlantic City Expressway. In addition, auto accidents also occur on smaller highways and roads, such as: Route 30, Route 38, Route 70, and Route 73. Camden-Cherry Hill Roadways: Route 30 and ...
- NJ’s Efforts to Stop Distracted Driving – By a Cherry Hill, NJ Car Accident LawyerNJ drivers need to stop texting while driving. What consequences do drivers face when they text and drive? See answers here.
Car Accident Questions and Answers
- NJ Workers’ Comp & Injury Law – Can You Sue after a Fall Down Accident?Can you sue after a fall down accident at work? Philip T. Ciprietti, an experienced NJ workers’ compensation lawyers answers the question.
- NJ Employer’s Right to a Lien from an Injured Employee’s Third Party Car Accident LawsuitWhat is a workers’ comp lien? Why does an injured employee have to pay back workers’ comp carrier if he recovers from a third party car accident lawsuit. See answer by a NJ car accident and workers’ comp lawyer.
- Can You Receive NJ Workers’ Comp Benefits if Injured while on a Lunch Break?Can you get NJ workers’ comp benefits if you were injured while on a lunch break? By a Cherry Hill, NJ workers’ comp lawyer.
- NJ Car Accidents & Verbal Threshold – Can You Sue If You Have a Fracture or Head Injury?Question: My husband has a brain injury and a fractured leg from a car accident that happened in Marlton, NJ. We have verbal threshold on our car insurance policy. Does that mean we can’t sue the other driver for my husband’s injuries? Answer: No, it does not. Though verbal threshold affects an insured driver’s ability to ...
- Marlton, NJ Rear-End Hit & Run Accident – Who do You Sue?Question: I was rear-ended in a car accident in Marlton, NJ, and the driver took off after the accident. I am seriously hurt, who do I sue? Answer: If there were witnesses at the scene of the accident who have information about the hit and run driver, i.e., license plate, you will be able to file ...
Car Accident Blog Posts
- A Cherry Hill & Marlton, NJ Car Accident Lawyer Talks About Recent Single Vehicle Fatal CrashesVictims of single car accidents, such as passengers, may want to file a lawsuit against the drivers. What legal rights do they have? See answer here.
- Recent Fatal New Jersey Commercial Truck Accidents & Possible CausesIn the early morning hours on October 13, 2014, a multi-vehicle crash on the New Jersey Turnpike near Woolwich Township resulted in one fatality. The multi-vehicle crash involved a tractor-trailer, a pick-up truck and a utility truck. The southbound lanes of the New Jersey Turnpike were closed, and the closure went as far north as ...
- NJ Car Accident Lawsuit Shows the Importance of Underinsured Motorist (UIM) CoverageI represented a woman in her 50’s who was involved in a multi-vehicle accident on Route 73 in Marlton, NJ. She was traveling through a green light at an intersection on Route 73, when a car went through a red light, hit another vehicle, which then hit my client’s car head-on. As a result of the ...
- Did You Aggravate an Old Injury in a Car Accident in NJ – What is the Value of Your Case?Many individuals who are injured in New Jersey accidents, whether car accidents or slip and fall accidents, are often injured again in subsequent accidents. As a result, they may aggravate old injuries, such as neck or back injuries. Because injuries from subsequent accidents are pre-existing or reinjured, victims may think the value of their damages ...
- NJ Car Accident Lawyer, Phil Ciprietti, Discusses Recent South Jersey Car Accident CaseMany times, injured car accident victims in NJ think that they cannot recover financial compensation for their pain and suffering because they re-injured or aggravated a pre-existing injury. However, this is often not the case. Pursuant to NJ car accident injury law, if the plaintiff can provide comparative medical proof that highlights the difference between ...
Car Accident Latest News
- Driverless Cars In New Jersey? Will It Decrease Distracted Driving Accidents?Have you heard about driverless cars? If you haven’t, you will soon. Driverless cars are coming to New Jersey. During the last year, companies and auto manufacturers have been testing their driverless cars in several states in the United States. California is one of the states that allow driverless cars to be tested on the roadways. Two ...
- NJ Truck Accidents – Preventing Truck Accidents with New Truck Safety TechnologyMany commercial trucks travel on New Jersey roadways every day in cities like Southampton, Mt. Laurel and Marlton. Commercial trucks also cause many accidents on NJ highways and roads. A research study published last year in the International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Prevention found that commercial trucks account for 8% of the highway traffic ...
- Two Recent Pedestrian-Car Accidents in New Jersey Result in FatalitiesA pedestrian hit by a car, bus or truck in New Jersey often sustains serious injuries. In some cases, a pedestrian may die as a result of the car accident. A pedestrian does not have anything to protect them from the impact. When a pedestrian is hit by a large vehicle at high speed, such ...
- Two Serious Car and Truck Accidents Shut Down NJ Turnpike and Garden State Parkway LanesTruck Accident Shuts Down Part of the NJ Turnpike In the early evening hours on Monday, March 10, 2014, a serious motor vehicle accident on the New Jersey Turnpike shut down 2 of the southbound lanes, and only 1 lane was open. A box truck and a car-carrier truck collided on the Turnpike in Mount Laurel, ...
- NJ Car Accident Law Update – NJ Legislature Considers Banning Use of New Google Glass While DrivingUnlike 25 years ago, when a car radio was the only distraction available, drivers today can choose among an increasing number of devices that may cause serious accidents, such as fatal truck-car accidents and pedestrian-car accidents. These days the number of distractions drivers face is endless. They include cell phones, GPS systems, smartphones, video players, ...
*Updated January 24, 2015
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