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Prior to filing a claim against a public entity, a plaintiff must file a notice of tort claim within 90 days of the accrual of a claim, or, if there are extraordinary circumstances and no substantial prejudice to the public entity, within one year from the accrual date. If that […]

Under New Jersey law, bicyclists, pedestrians and drivers of a motor vehicle have certain responsibilities and duties with respect to using a roadway and in relation to one another. The extent of those responsibilities and duties were examined in the recent, unpublished case of Mariano Simota Bailey v. Jacqueline Hennessey. […]

In New Jersey, the statute of limitations for most personal injury claims, whether a slip and fall, car accident, or medical malpractice, is two years from the date of the accident, which means that the injured party has exactly two years from the date of the injury to file a […]

NJ Supreme Court Affirms Appellate Division Decision and Protects Injured Employee and Medical Providers As discussed in my prior blog on the matter of The Plastic Surgery Center v. Malouf Chevrolet-Cadillac, 457 N.J. Super. 565 (App. Div. 2019), the Appellate Division held that a six-year statute of limitations, rather than […]