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As a general rule, municipalities in New Jersey have long held what is known as sovereign immunity, meaning they cannot be sued for personal injury. This immunity covers cities, towns, counties, school districts and the state of New Jerse...

If you have suffered damage to your home, or perhaps someone has been injured on your property, you may wonder what your basic coverage’s are under your homeowners’ policy of insurance. A typical homeowners’ policy in New...

Most motor vehicle insurance policies have some form of the following exclusion: "This policy does not provide liability coverage for you or any member of your family for bodily injury to you or any member of your family." The reasoni...

If you have been the victim of criminal sexual conduct, can you also file a civil suit, seeking damages for physical or emotional injury? The answer is clearly yes—many, if not most, victims of sex crimes also seek compensation in a civil...

When you've lost a loved one because of someone else's careless or negligent act, determining the financial impact of your loss may be the furthest thing from your mind. Once you've had some time to grieve, though, you'll want to carefu...

New Brunswick, NJ (February 2016) – RAM Law’s client, a woman who was a front seat passenger in a car that approached an intersection with malfunctioning traffic signals, suffered extensive injuries resulting when her driver and...

New Jersey takes a position similar to most states by imposing what is known as “strict liability” for damages caused by a pet or domestic animal under your control. Essentially, strict liability means that an injured person does not ne...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced on March 7 that it has restored to public view its “absolute measures” of the safety performance of motor carriers of property. The agency said it has made the necessary...

For many hundreds of years, the principle of contributory negligence was commonly accepted in personal injury cases. Under this doctrine, an injured party who was responsible in any way for his injury might be prevented from recovering anyt...