Hit and Run
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What Causes Shopping Mall Accidents and Who is Liable
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New Jersey has more than its share of malls and other major shopping centers, which means there is a greater likelihood of accidents that can cause injuries. Unfortunately, owners and operators of these large facilities do not always take sufficient safety precautions. What’s more, there are often suppliers, contractors and others on these premises who
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Grade-Level Railroad Crossings Continue to Be Hazardous for Motor Vehicles
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Highway-railroad grade crossings are locations where a railroad line crosses a street at the same level, rather than via an overpass or a tunnel. Drivers may hardly give them a second thought except when frustrated by having to wait because of a train going by. But every year there are dozens of crashes at grade
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Dirt Bikes, ATVs Have Become Menaces on City Streets
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Law enforcement in several New Jersey municipalities are attempting to crack down on dirt bike and ATV use on streets and sidewalks, a problem that has led to numerous accidents and injuries in recent years. Police in Paterson confiscated more than 20 such vehicles in August 2022. Police in Newark confiscated 32 illegal dirt bikes and ATVs in a
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How a Car’s Color May Affect the Risk of an Accident
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Today’s automobiles come equipped with multiple state-of-the-art safety features, such as airbags, blind spot monitors and lane-keeping assistance systems. But there are more basic attributes that can affect a vehicle’s risk of getting into an accident. One of these is the exterior color. Several studies show that cars of certain colors tend to be involved
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Crashes With Deer Are on the Rise — and More Dangerous Than You Think
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A century ago, the deer population in North America was nearly wiped out by overhunting. Conservation programs and hunting restrictions put in place in subsequent decades were exceedingly successful. As a result, deer populations have rebounded. As a consequence, incidents of automobiles hitting deer have been rising steadily in New Jersey and elsewhere. According to
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NJ Transit $8M Settlement for Fatal Train Crash Underscores Dangers of Public Transportation
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Five years ago, New Jersey Transit gained national notoriety when an out-of-control commuter train crashed at the Hoboken terminal during the morning rush hour. With the train moving at twice the posted speed limit, the cab car jumped over the end-of-track bumper, landed on the passenger concourse and hit a wall. A bystander, Fabiola Bittar
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Study Seeks Causes of Pedestrian Railroad Crossing Fatalities in New Jersey
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More than 20 pedestrians have been killed every year since 2015 at NJ Transit railroad crossings, and the transit agency is partnering with Rutgers University to deploy artificial intelligence to help reduce the problem. A nine-month data collection effort by NJ Transit and the Rutgers Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation is aimed at better understanding the
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Wheel-off Incidents Among Most Dangerous Truck Accidents
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It is common knowledge that tractor-trailers and other large trucks can be dangerous. Their sheer size makes them harder to maneuver, more difficult to avoid and capable of inflicting more damage when they are involved in an accident. Their size also makes them harder to completely inspect and maintain. This means that drivers and mechanics
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Appointing a Personal Representative to Bring a NJ Wrongful Death Claim
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When someone is killed because of the wrongful or negligent act of a person or organization, that person (the decedent) has rights. Because the decedent isn’t alive to enforce those rights, they pass to the decedent’s estate. This means his or her family has rights to recover damages from the person responsible for the accident.
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New Jersey Court Clarifies Hit and Run Law
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New Jersey Court Clarifies What It Means To Be “Involved In” a Hit-And-Run Accident Last month, an appellate court ruled that New Jersey’s hit and run law does not require a driver to come in contact with a pedestrian in order to be “involved in” a hit and run accident. Prior to the court’s decision
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New Jersey Drivers Can Be Ticketed for Driving Too Slowly
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Everyone knows that speed kills. Driving too fast causes accidents because it leaves drivers with less time to react and makes vehicles harder to control. Slow driving, especially on highways, is also dangerous. When a driver is going slower than traffic, other drivers have to switch lanes to move around the slower vehicle. Dangers increase
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Teenage New Jersey driver causes car accident
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Three teenage drivers probably wish they had met under better circumstances. The three of them, as well as one child, sustained injuries recently in a car crash in Montgomery when a 17-year-old female driver made an ill-advised left turn into the path of an oncoming car driven by a 19-year-old female. According to Montgomery Police