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Usually there are no legal requirements immediately following an accident. However, claims against public entities or their employees are an exception. If you are injured due to the negligence of a public entity or its employees, you must f...

New Jersey is a no-fault state for workers’ compensation. This means that you can receive workers’ compensation benefits regardless of who was at fault for your injury. Generally, even if you were at fault for the accident, you are stil...

Filing a personal injury lawsuit in-state (Superior Court) In New Jersey, the state court system is known as Superior Court. Superior Court is broken down by county. Generally, you can file your personal injury lawsuit in Superior Court....

In New Jersey, all state, county or municipal entities and employees are entitled to immunity from liability, unless certain conditions and requirements are met. Notice of Claim requirement – within 90 days of the injury The fir...

There are time periods within which a personal injury lawsuit must be filed. These time periods are known as “statutes of limitation”. (Note that different types of lawsuits have different statutes of limitation, so the time per...

When an injury occurs on someone else’s property, the owner might be responsible for your medical bills. Many insurance policies have coverage known as “med pay.” Med pay will provide reimbursement for your medical bills ...

People that suffer injuries in car accidents often have questions about what kind of medical treatment they are permitted to get in the first few days after the accident.  The short answer is that you can get any medically necessary em...

Under New Jersey workers’ compensation law, your employer and/or your employer’s insurance company must pay you temporary disability benefits. These benefits are calculated as 70% of your gross weekly wages. However, there is a ...

Whenever you file a lawsuit for someone’s negligence, such as a car accident, you file the lawsuit directly against that person. If your lawsuit goes to trial and the jury gives you a judgment, the judgment will be awarded against the oth...

If you suffer a work-related injury, your employer is required to pay for all necessary and reasonable medical treatment, prescriptions and hospital services related to the work injury.  This is true regardless of whether the employer was ...