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Route 80 School Bus Crash Only 1 of 3 Fatal Mt. Olive Accidents
School Bus Crash Only 1 of 3 other Fatal Crashes on Route 80 in Mt. Olive New Jersey. On May 17, 2018, Paramus School Bus Driver Hudy Muldrow, 77, after being the 2nd of 3 bus drivers who missed a...
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Bad Faith After Super Storm Sandy Spurs New Law
Scales of justice. In October of 2012, Super Storm Sandy hit the State of New Jersey very hard causing billions of dollars in property damage along the state’s coast but also inland along its path....
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Fireworks Legal in New Jersey? False News
Fireworks Coming Soon In 2017, ex-Governor Chris Christie signed a law passed by the New Jersey Legislature allowing for the sale, possession, storage, and use of certain sparklers and other...
View ArticlePatients Exposed to HIV & Hepatitis at NJ Surgical Center
When Mahogany Clifton had a work accident and injured her shoulder, she never thought that she would be at an attorney’s office talking about a lawsuit against the surgical center her doctor chose to...
View ArticleNJ Supreme Court Takes Up Volunteer Firefighter’s Case for Benefits
In New Jersey, Volunteer Firefighters have a special section outlining their entitlement to Workers Compensation Benefits from the town they serve. The special section for Volunteer Firefighters was...
View ArticleInsurance Carriers Lose Fight to Limit Payment of Doctors
When an Emergency Room doctor performs an operation that saves a life in New Jersey due to a work accident, the doctor usually ends up fighting an insurance carrier over how much is a reasonable fee...
View ArticleNJ Supreme Court Reverses Lower Courts to Help Volunteer Firefighters
A couple weeks ago NJAccident.com published an article urging the New Jersey Supreme Court to overturn a Workers Compensation Judge’s decision and an Appellate Division Three-Judge panel’s decision...
View ArticleRoute 280 Crash Injures 3 State Troopers
(West Orange, NJ, July 30, 2019) The morning commute for motorists coming down into the Newark area in New Jersey was all but normal today. Commuters are used to slow-moving traffic but motorists...
View ArticleTen Year Prison Term For Paramus Bus Driver Possible
Paramus Board of Education School Bus driver, Hudy Muldrow Sr., pled guilty to two counts of Reckless Vehicular Homicide, five counts of Assault by Auto and five counts of Endangering the Welfare of...
View ArticleBoy Scouts File for Bankruptcy But Won’t Preclude Abuse Survivors Compensation
Boy Scouts File for Bankruptcy But Won’t Preclude Abuse Survivors Compensation. On February 18, 2020, the Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy protection as it faces hundreds of lawsuits from...
View ArticleSchool Bus Driver Sentenced to 10 Years in Jail
NJ Accident previously reported on the 2018 Route 80 school bus accident that resulted in the death of a teacher and a student along with multiple injuries to other students and staff on the school...
View ArticleNew Jersey Law Provides Public Safety Workers with Workers Compensation...
On July 8, 2019, before the Covid 19 Cornonvirus pandemic hit the State of New Jersey hard, the New Jersey Legislature passed the Thomas Canzanella 21st Century First Responders Act. The legislation...
View ArticleWhy A Presumption of Compensability In Covid-19 Coronavirus Is Necessary for...
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy deemed in Executive Orders certain individuals as essential workers. Those essential workers went beyond public safety workers and included individuals who work in...
View ArticleNJ Legislature Set To Extend Covid 19 Protections to All Essential Workers
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy issued an Executive Order in March which made grocery stores, delivery personnel, and others, Essential Workers which required them to continue working at their jobs....
View ArticleShould I tell my Bankruptcy Attorney About My Workers Compensation Case?
When someone suffers a work accident, their income may be significantly reduced. New Jersey Workers Compensation insurance provides three fundamental benefits, medical treatment, temporary disability...
View ArticleProtection for Essential Workers Awaits Governor Murphy’s Signature
As the Covid 19 Coronavirus spread in New Jersey, Governor Phil Murphy deemed in Executive Orders certain individuals as essential workers. Those essential workers went beyond public safety workers...
View ArticleEssential Workers: Law Makes It Easier to Obtain Covid 19 Related Benefits
In September 2020, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law legislation that created a rebuttable presumption for “essential workers” that if they get sick with Covid-19 (also known as...
View ArticleHow Does Paid Emergency Families First Sick Leave Act Work?
On April 1, 2020, the Paid Emergency Sick Leave Act Law became law. The Act provides sick time to employees who are unable to work due to Covid 19 related illness. Sick time is to be paid to an...
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