The New Jersey Tort Claims Act governs personal injury actions asserted against public entities. N.J.S.A. 59:8-8 requires that a notice of claim be filed within 90 days of the accrual of your legal claim. The notice requirement is a perquisite for filing a personal injury lawsuit against a public entity. Ordinarily, the accrual date is “the date on which the accident occurs” Fuller v. Rutgers, The State University, 154 N.J. Super. 420, 423 (App. Div. 1977). Due to the 90 day notice requirement, accident victims are well served to promptly seek out legal representation after an accident whenever a public entity may be involved. [Read more…]
If you filed a lawsuit for a prior accident, will that make you look bad to a jury?
Some individuals go through life without ever suffering an injury as a result of someone else’s negligence. On the other end of the spectrum, some individuals are injured multiple times throughout their life. [Read more…]
Worksite Injuries and Accidents Up In New York City
The number of jobsite accidents and injuries in New York City and the surrounding areas has increased significantly just as the city has reduced oversight of worksites, according to a report by the Daily News. Specifically, city records show that jobsite accidents in New York City jumped from 119 in fiscal 2011 to 157 in fiscal 2012, an increase of 31 percent, while the number of injuries rose from 128 to 187, an increase of 48 percent. [Read more…]
Fault May Be Widespread in Transit Accidents
Mass transit accidents are complicated from a legal perspective because numerous individuals and companies could be at fault. If someone’s negligence caused, or contributed, to a crash, then they can be held accountable for ensuing injuries. [Read more…]
Crane Accidents Concern Safety Experts
The construction industry lags behind only the transportation industry in the number of work-related accidents each year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Crane accidents, in particular, have been a focal point for safety experts over the past decade because of the sharp increase in their number and severity nationwide. According to the BLS, there were 72 fatal crane-related accidents nationwide in 2006 and hundreds of injuries. [Read more…]
Assessing Blame When the Proper Safety Equipment Isn’t Used at a Construction Site
Millions of constructions workers essentially risk their lives to build taller buildings, repair streets or tear down hazardous structures. The public rarely considers the risks that construction workers face on the job; however, construction workers know how potentially dangerous their jobs are. Because of the risks, using the proper safety equipment is crucial. [Read more…]
Singer’s Death Puts Focus on Construction Site Injuries
The front man for a popular New York Irish rock band died recently after receiving a blow to the head while working his day job in construction. The singer, songwriter and guitar player for the band Mickey Finns was apparently hit in the head while at work January 9. Instead of seeking immediate medical attention, the singer went home where he died later that night. The exact circumstances surrounding the construction accident were not immediately clear. [Read more…]
Study Confirms Dangers of Drowsy Driving
Experts have long warned about the dangers and prevalence of drowsy driving. A study now confirms what those experts have been telling us all along – that drowsy driving is far more common than most of us realize. [Read more…]
Construction Workers Injured in Ithaca Accident
Two construction workers were injured in a construction accident this month in Ithaca, New York. According to news reports, construction workers were working on the site where a new Fairfield Inn is being built along Elmira Road on the morning of January 5 when the accident occurred. Two construction workers fell more than 30 feet. One of the workers was flown to Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse while the other was airlifted to Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, Pennsylvania. The extent of their injuries is unknown as is the cause of the accident. [Read more…]
New Jersey Escalator Accident Injures Five Commuters
Each day hundreds of thousands of people use the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, or PATH, to get to school, work, or simply across town to visit friends. Last week, five of those commuters were injured in an escalator accident at the Exchange Place PATH station in New Jersey, reports the NY Daily News. [Read more…]
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