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Dear Ask the Attorney: My 8 year old daughter was bitten by my neighbor’s dog that got loose from their yard.  We took her immediately to the emergency room where she needed 23 stitches to her leg where she was bitten.  This dog is a menace and my daughter is […]

Teachers, school administrators and other school employees play a vital role in society in educating our children. They spend many years in colleges and universities learning what to teach, how to teach, how to discipline and learning basic administrative skills. However, teachers are not taught what to do and what rights they have if they are injured at school.

If you have the unfortunate circumstance of falling due to a negligent condition on public property such as a hole in a sidewalk in front of your Town Hall building or if you are in a car accident with a police car, even more unfortunate is the fact that your rights to sue are significantly restricted.

If you have ever had the embarrassing experience of falling in a store or in a parking lot there is a belief that you can file a negligence case against the store or commercial property owner and automatically receive a money settlement. However, the law in New Jersey says not so fast.