You might think it’ll never happen to you. You might think you’re healthy enough to prevent an injury if you slip and fall. However, numerous workers and property visitors — whether they’re young, old, healthy or out of shape — die in slip-and-fall accidents every year.
Heavy laborers are particularly at risk of serious slip-and-fall incidents. It’s one...
Four New Jersey residents were involved in a serious rollover crash in Warwick, New York, last Saturday. The incident happened not long before 7:28 p.m., when police received news of the crash on Nov. 4. Tragically, two passengers died in the crash. The driver and another passenger suffered catastrophic injuries that required hospital care.
According to police officers who arrived at the...
Nobody wants to get into a fender-bender, let alone an injurious auto collision.
Interestingly, if all New Jersey drivers followed the safe driving advice that you’ll see below, the vast majority of injurious and fatal collisions could be avoided. At the very least, you can follow these tips and possibly bypass an injurious collision:
Enter traffic slowly: Don’t rush into...
Jersey City police say that they have apprehended a hit-and-run driver who struck and killed two teenage boys. The 20-year-old driver was taken into custody without incident.
Police say that the man surrendered himself to the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Officer after a warrant was issued for his arrest. He has been charged with two counts of knowingly fleeing the scene of a fatal car...
Every New Jersey business has a duty to prevent slips, trips and falls on its property. Potentially liable parties following such an accident at a business could include the business owners, property owners and property managers of the premises. Fortunately, there are certain things that these parties can do to prevent injurious accidents.
To minimize slip and fall risks on any property,...
Most New Jersey workers have health complaints. Just because you’re going to your job day in and day out doesn’t mean you’re perfectly healthy. However, what happens to a worker when he or she has a prior health compliant caused by a previous job, and it’s made worse by his or her current job?
Imagine, for example, that your bum knee or bum back gets so bad that you...
In premises liability law — when it comes to a slip-and-fall accident — there are four categories of accident victims. Accident victims may be categorized as invitees, social guests, licensees or trespassers. Here’s what these terms mean:
Invitees: An invitee gets invited to a property in order to make a purchase or be a customer of a business. When a business owner has a...
Employers and employees in New Jersey should learn the exact definition of “employee.” This will ensure that workers know their rights and protections in terms of an on-the-job injury.
If, for example, you are not a legal “employee,” then you will not be able to receive workers’ compensation benefits in the event of a work-related injury. Workers need to educate...
Any New Jersey worker can suffer an on-the-job injury. In most of these cases, when the injuries are serious enough to require medical care, the worker can get workers’ compensation benefits to cover the costs associated with that care. In some cases, a workers’ compensation lawyer is necessary to help injured employees seek the benefits they deserve.
Workers’ compensation...
Ex-heavyweight boxing champion David Bey died at a New Jersey construction site last week. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the 60-year-old man was hit by a flying fragment of metal at a Camden real estate development project. Unfortunately, he didn’t survive the incident.
A union representative from Local 179 of the Northeast Regional Council of...
