Personal Injury

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...

$1.05 MILLION OBTAINED FOR VICTIMS IN A HOME FIRE New Brunswick, NJ (March 2016) – RAM Law’s clients, a mother and her three children who were tenants of the second story of a two-family house in Plainfield, NJ, suffered extensive...

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...

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...

NEW BRUNSWICK – The three children who were struck by an SUV driven by the city’s fire director almost two years ago have filed suit against him in Middlesex County Superior Court. Read More –>...

RAM Law Attorney Edward Rebenack settled a case this week for $60,000. The client was 15 yr old girl, passenger in a vehicle on Rt. 518 in Montgomery, NJ. Another vehicle heading in the opposite direction crossed over the center lane result...

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...

When an injury is work related Injuries that result from an accident are deemed work related if they “arise out of and in the course of employment.”   Exactly when an employee is “in the course of employment” has been extensive...

Most personal injury attorneys in New Jersey will agree to represent you for your injury claims under a contingency agreement. This arrangement typically requires the attorney to advance all litigation related expenses on your behalf. If th...