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New Jersey Supreme Court Finds Homeowner Associations Liable for Injuries on Private Sidewalks
In a unanimous decision, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that a condo homeowners’ association can be liable in a personal injury case for negligently maintaining sidewalks, where the sidewalk was a “private” sidewalk within the residential community and the association had undertaken a duty to maintain the sidewalk. In doing so, the court… Read More »
New Jersey Medical Device Manufacturer Agrees to Pay $200 Million to Settle Transvaginal Mesh Claims
C.R. Bard Inc, based in Murray Hill, NJ, has agreed to settle upwards of 3,000 cases brought against the corporation by plaintiffs who suffered injuries through use of its transvaginal mesh inserts, reportedly offering over $200 million to the victims. This proposed settlement works out to around $67,000 per claim. The proposed settlement is… Read More »
IKEA Recalls Millions of Dressers after 2 Children are Killed
A risk of tipping has caused global furniture retailer IKEA to recall a popular model of chests and dressers. Through the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the Swedish furniture manufacturer issued a notice of recall for the MALM bedroom furniture line due to the chance that the dressers and chests of drawers can tip… Read More »
Driver Dies in Turnpike Crash
Spurring a shutdown of the New Jersey Turnpike and a traffic jam lasting for hours, a dump truck overturned and caught fire, causing the death of the dump truck driver. The chain of events leading to the crash began with a traffic stop. A state trooper had pulled over another driver for a traffic… Read More »
Drug Manufacturers Agree to Pay $56.9 Million to Users of Birth Control Pills
Bayer and two manufacturers of generic drugs have agreed to pay nearly $57 million to settle claims brought by plaintiffs in courts in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and California stemming from their use of the birth control drugs Yaz, Yasmin, and Ocella. The plaintiffs in the cases have presented evidence that Yaz and Yasmin (manufactured… Read More »
Family of 89-Year Old Man Struck by SUV Inside Bayonne Wendy’s Files Suit
The family of an elderly man who died from his injuries several weeks after being struck by an SUV that rammed into a Bayonne Wendy’s fast food restaurant has sued the driver of the SUV. The man, John Ruiu, was 89 years old when he was hit in February 2015 by a BMW SUV… Read More »
Young Motorcyclist Dies in Crash
A 23-year-old man was killed in an accident recently while riding his motorcycle on Newark Avenue in Jersey City. The man from North Bergen, whose name was not publicly released, was heading eastbound at what a witness reported was a high rate of speed. The man lost control of his motorcycle and ran into… Read More »
Multi-Car Crash Results in Six Injuries
A serious wreck in Winslow Township has resulted in multiple injuries. The crash happened immediately before Monday morning rush hour on June 29th on Route 73 at Hayes Mill Road. It started when a Ford F250 driven by Anders Optiz, 19, sideswiped a Chevy van driven by Michael Nardello, 60. This caused the Ford… Read More »
Home Damaged in Hit and Run
A hit and run driver has left a Woodbury Heights home highly damaged. At approximately 1:30 or 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 27th, a driver ran off the road in the 200 block of Central Avenue in the Gloucester County town. The car backed over a curb, nearly hit a pickup truck, went over… Read More »
NJ Transit Slated to Approve $1 Million Settlement for Injured Corrections Officers
The board of NJ Transit is now considering a settlement of $1 million to conclude a lawsuit filed by victims of a March 2013 crash with a transit bus. Gary Good and Julio Camacho, the individuals who filed the lawsuit, were Hudson County corrections officers at the time of the accident. According to court… Read More »
