Are you suffering from the effects of a car accident? Millions of people suffer from injuries related to a car accident every year. Hundreds of thousands of those injuries result in a visit to the hospital. If you sustained injuries in an accident, you may have medical bills to pay.…
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When Shopping For New Car Insurance I have been recently seeing a trend in auto insurance companies issuing auto policies with minimal personal injury protection (PIP) coverage. New Jersey is a “no fault” state, meaning that regardless of fault the injured person’s own auto insurance policy covers his own medical…
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Fatal auto accidents are on the rise across the country due to distracted drivers using cellphones. A recent report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows 17,775 traffic-related deaths during the first six months of 2016. This figure represents a 10.4% increase compared with the same time in 2015.…
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IF I LEND MY CAR TO A FRIEND OR RELATIVE, AM I LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE IF HE OR SHE CAUSES AN ACCIDENT WHEN DRIVING MY CAR? I am routinely asked if New Jersey law imposes legal liability if one were to lend his/her car to a friend or relative and that…
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The general rule of thumb is that whenever you are involved in an auto accident in New Jersey, you should contact the police so that the appropriate police report may be prepared. You don’t know how many times over my 29 years of practicing law that I’ve seen unreported accident…
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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW When you buy auto insurance in New Jersey, you do not buy insurance because you want to, but rather because you have to because it is required by law. Very often, when buying insurance, people simply opt for the cheapest coverage. One thing that is…
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