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October 3, 2017

Giving birth is a common but not universal experience. While millions of women all around the world give birth every year, different health considerations often call for different types of child delivery. Among the most common methods is forceps delivery. This method has a wide array of complications that could occur. Forceps Delivery Forceps delivery is often used for a variety of reasons. If the mother has heart disease, high blood pressure, or any ailment that could make pushing dangerous, forceps birth is taken into consideration as an alternative to traditional birth. Forceps…

January 26, 2017

New Jersey is known for having some of the deadliest roads in the entire country. That’s because the state has a large population, a lot of cars, and traffic congestion that can cause nightmares for many motorists.Ultimately, it doesn’t really matter if a fatal car crash was caused by bumper-to-bumper traffic during rush hour, a negligent motorist cutting off a vehicle on the highway, a drunk driver swerving across the road, a defective auto part, a distracted driver who is texting while operating their car, or a pedestrian trying to cross the road at a dangerous intersection. Nobody ever wants…

January 19, 2017

Hourly workers in New Jersey are protected by both NJ employment laws and federal employment laws. One of the main legal protections for workers is that they are supposed to be paid for their labor. This means that working off the clock is usually illegal. If you perform work for your employer, you must be paid for that work. Moreover, you must be paid a fair wage for the work you perform. Some examples of off-the-clock work performed by employees in New Jersey and elsewhere are prep work before a shift starts, work done cleaning up or finishing tasks…

January 12, 2017

New Jersey has some of the toughest drunk driving laws in the country. That’s why it is imperative that anyone who has been accused of Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) or Driving Under the Influence (DUI) understand their rights and have a qualified DWI defense attorney on their side. In New Jersey, police officers typically administer three types of field sobriety tests to motorists suspected of drunk driving: Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN) test: This test is more commonly known as the “pen test because the officer will hold up a pen light and ask you to follow the light with…

January 5, 2017

Many NJ and NY residents love wintertime because it means skiing, snowboarding, and other fun-filled activities on the slopes. However, before you pack up your gear and head to Mountain Creek Mountain House or Campgaw Mountain, you should make sure that you are aware of the safety risks involved. More importantly, you should take a moment to ensure that you are prepared because a little bit of preparation will go a long way toward protecting you against serious injury. Every year, nearly a quarter-million people in the United States need to visit hospitals in order to get medical treatment for…

December 1, 2016

Two young girls sustained injuries after they were struck by a car while attempting to cross a roadway in Edison Township, New Jersey. The pedestrian accident occurred a short time before 3:00 p.m., possibly around the time that the girls were headed home from school. According to authorities, the girls were hit by the motor vehicle when they walked across New Dover Road in Edison, NJ. Witnesses later told authorities that the girls crossed the road just in front of a crosswalk. The car, an Audi, was headed west on the road and approaching the intersection of New Dover…

November 3, 2016

Middlesex County prosecutors recently filed criminal charges against an Edison NJ man who allegedly caused a fatal truck accident on a township road.The tragic auto accident occurred on July 25, 2016. The Edison resident was driving a 2007 Dodge Ram pickup truck on Route 27 in Edison NJ and traveling northbound as he approached Peterson Avenue. When the truck driver reached the intersection, he allegedly crashed into a 1995 BMW sedan being driven by a 93-year-old motorist who was in the process of making a left turn from the opposite side of the highway. The violent collision destroyed the…

October 26, 2016

Law enforcement is trying to determine exactly what happened in two recent fatal car accidents on the New Jersey Turnpike in Middlesex County. The first auto accident occurred early in the morning during rush hour, just before 7:00 a.m. A motorist died when his car overturned on the outer part of the highway around milepost 89.8 in Woodbridge, NJ. It is unclear at this time why the driver, who was traveling northbound on the New Jersey Turnpike, lost control of the car. In addition to the driver tragically dying as a result of the accident, two other people inside…

October 20, 2016

A child was tragically killed after being struck by a bus on a road in Jersey City, NJ.The fatal bus accident occurred a short time before 8:30 a.m. on Kennedy Boulevard in Jersey City, New Jersey. The victim was an 11-year-old boy who actually resided Kennedy Boulevard. He was in the process of walking across the road at the intersection with Neptune Avenue when a commuter bus hit him. Afterwards, the bus stopped and numerous people dialed 911 to call for help from local law enforcement. An ambulance quickly arrived at the scene and transported the victim to the…

October 13, 2016

Two people were tragically killed in a pedestrian accident on a Bridgewater NJ highway in September 2016, but authorities have yet to charge the driver in connection with the fatal crash. The tragic auto accident occurred on Route 22 in Bridgewater around 3:15 a.m. According to law enforcement officials, the pedestrians were in the process of crossing the highway when a 2004 Toyota Sienna crashed into them. We have offices by appointment in Elizabeth-New Brunswick-West New York-Plainfield-Edison-Perth Amboy-Newark-Jersey City-Orange-Westfield-and Summit New Jersey Bridgewater patrol officers responded to the scene and found the two victims lying on the pavement.