Personal Injury

By J. Silvio Mascolo, Esq. Understanding the difference between an insurance claim and a personal injury lawsuit is often the first step after an accident. While the terms are often used interchangeably, their functions are not the...

By Edward Rebenack and Tyler Hall. A while back, Pete Kestner discussed the use of settlement counsel. We thought to ourselves, “That’s a balleridea!” We recently had an opportunity to use that strategy and it helped us to de...

What to Do After You Have Been Assaulted Each year, roughly 2 million people in the United States incur injuries as the result of a physical assault. Victims can incur cuts, broken bones, and head injuries as the result of their experie...

Are You Responsible for an Attractive Nuisance? The attractive nuisance doctrine is a legal framework that establishes that children trespassers differ from adult trespassers and that homeowners and other property owners have a special ...

Tips to Negotiate Your Personal Injury Settlement Martindale-Nolo Research recently published a survey of people who had been involved in a personal injury claim or lawsuit. Pro se litigants were successful 51% of the time—as opp...

How to File a Personal Injury Lawsuit and Obtain Workers' Comp When you sustain an injury while on the job, you can seek workers' comp benefits to cover some of your lost wages and medical bills. In 2018, 2.8 of every 100 workers b...

Understanding What an Attractive Nuisance Is Did you know that over 10.4 million people in the U.S. have an attractive nuisance on their land? Though this type of property is very common, it is often misunderstood. Learning what an attr...

When to Say Yes to An Insurance Settlement Offer In New Jersey, if you have been involved in a car accident and suffered harm, you must go through the at-fault driver’s insurance company for compensation. However, dealing with an...

Steps to Take After Being Bitten By a Dog Every year, dogs bite 4.5 million people in America. As a result, between 6,000 and 13,000 people are rushed to the emergency room. The dogs that are most responsible for these bites and in...