I recently read a story on the front page of a major newspaper about the establishment of suicide hotlines aimed at soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. What I felt as I read can only be described as bittersweet: satisfaction that we are at least acknowledging, finally, the emotional suffering that is leading record numbers
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Personal Injury Options for New Jersey Motorists
If someone is injured in an auto accident what are their rights? In New Jersey, we are governed by the terms of our automobile insurance policies. As owners and operators of vehicles in New Jersey, we are required to have Personal Injury Protection, commonly referred to as PIP coverage. Coverage for medical and other expenses…
Where Can I File for Workers’ Compensation Benefits?
What State Workers’ Compensation court should I bring my case in if I am hurt while working? The answer to this question may seem obvious but in New Jersey there are additional State courts where a claim may be brought. The answer to the above question is that a person injured while on the job…
Necessity and Process of Small Claims Court
While we all expect fair treatment from those with whom we interact, many of us have had the negative experiences of breached contracts, accidents with uninsured motorists, or the purchase of a product that was defective. It is natural to become frustrated when basic expectations are not met and to want to have an unsatisfactory…
Medical in Nature, More than Legal
I write today about a case that I recently concluded. It baffled me, baffled my client, baffled my client’s family, baffled my client’s doctors, and needlessly caused a lot of heartache. It was one of those situations that I run into all too often and that raises eyebrows when I talk about them later.
I…
Are We Criminalizing Non-Criminals?
I guess your perceptions of what should happen to the Rutgers postdoctoral student and his girlfriend who breached security at Newark Airport on January 3 depend on whether you were a horribly inconvenienced traveler or learned about it via the news. I am sure the last thing on that young student’s mind was that his…
We Need a New Approach to Nonviolent Drug Offenders
(This column originally appeared in the Star-Ledger).
During his campaign, Gov.-elect Chris Christie understandably focused primarily on the troubled state of New Jersey’s economy and the disastrous condition of state government.
But he also promised to bring New Jersey out of what he called “the Dark Ages” when it comes to one aspect of law…