Accidents

RAM Law obtained $145,000 for a 15-year-old girl who suffered several scars to her back when she was burned by hot water that was being used to braid her hair at a salon. RAM Law, with offices in New Brunswick and Somerville, NJ, is a s...

Edward Rebenack settled a case towards the end of March, 2016, for $100,000. The client was a pedestrian crossing an intersection in Newark, NJ, within the crosswalk. Despite the client’s right of way, a vehicle entered an intersectio...

RAM Law client was a victim of two consecutive motor vehicle accidents one month apart. After the second accident, the client began to experience hearing loss in one of his ears.  Prior to the accidents, the client was diagnosed with p...

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...

A RAM Law client was injured in two car accidents that happened two days apart. She had previously had surgery on her neck. The accidents caused her to require a more significant surgery and resulted in the implantation of surgical hardware...

According to New Jersey law, it is not negligent to lose control of an automobile as a result of the sudden onset of a medical emergency such as a heart attack. However, a lawsuit for negligence might still apply if the driver knows of a me...

A personal injury damage award is not subject to Federal or State income tax. The Internal Revenue Code and the New Jersey Gross Income Tax Act excludes from gross income the amount of any damages received on account of personal injuries or...

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...

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...