Toms River New Jersey Personal Injury Law Blog
How can you help your children cope after a car accident?
Surviving a car accident may bring renewed appreciation for life, but it may also bring the challenge of helping your children cope with trauma. While resilience appears to be an admirable trait of many young folks, significant trauma can leave its mark and will take...
Suspect claims K-9 officer ordered to attack him after arrest
Most people in New Jersey may assume that incidents involving dog bites are merely accidents resulting from actions unforeseen by both victims and the dogs' owners. Indeed, predicting an animal's behavior can be difficult, even for those familiar with them. Yet what...
Cat scratch fever may lead to serious complications
Even if you do not own one, cats and kittens can be hard to avoid. After all, many feline owners allow their animals to roam freely in neighborhoods across New Jersey. Your friends and family members may also have cats in their homes. If a cat scratches, bites or...
How doctors treat spinal cord injuries
In a car accident, it is possible to suffer from a spinal cord injury. Your spinal cord is a major part of your nervous system and while it has protection from the spine, it is not invulnerable to injury. Your spinal cord controls your body and how you experience...
Who is liable for a dog bite?
Dog bites can happen suddenly. You may see the same dog every day in someone’s yard or you may be familiar with a friend’s dog before an attack. Most dog bites are not because of a stranger’s pet. No matter how you know the dog, if the pet does not belong to you, the...
Calculating a personal injury settlement with a medical lien
When you experience a serious injury, the associated medical costs can become staggering. If you cannot pay these bills, the hospital or treatment center may place a lien on your personal injury settlement. With this arrangement, if you sue another person or entity...
What to do after a dog bite
A bite from a dog can cause severe bleeding, infectious disease and disfiguring injury. Even if your wound is relatively minor, the attack itself can cause psychological trauma. A dog bite requires prompt action to minimize long-term negative effects. However, because...
Are New Jersey driver’s getting any safer?
Improving safety on the roads is a common goal for many people and entities. Vehicle manufacturers develop new technologies to aid drivers and prevent collisions. Legislators enact laws designed to encourage safe driving. However, while safety does often seem to take...
How do New Jersey courts calculate pain and suffering damages?
If you have recently suffered a serious injury in New Jersey due to someone’s negligence, you probably know that you can seek compensatory damages. But medical bills and lost wages are not the only consequences you have suffered, and you may even fear serious and long...
The danger of slip and falls in retail spaces
Shopping plazas and malls are convenient for New Jersey residents, frequently housing various types of shops, from watches and apparel to cosmetics and financial institutions. Shop owners and proprietors of the property owe a duty of care to you when you are on the...