| Read Time: 2 minutes | Landlord/Tenant

LANDLORD’S 30 YEAR VOYAGE TO EVICT A TENANT

At times being a landlord can be very profitable. However, that is only when you have a paying tenant. In some cases landlords no longer seek to rent out a property and instead would like to live there themselves. Easier said than done. The Anti-Eviction Statutes in New Jersey heavily favor the tenant(s). In Cashin v. Bello, the landlord,...

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Landlord’s Slip and Fall Nightmare

Everywhere we walk there are sidewalks. As with everything, sidewalks begin to deteriorate as time passes. Many sidewalks have been lifted by a tree root or contain cracks and divots. Individuals can suffer serious injuries from what appears to be just a slip and fall. These injuries can lead to a personal injury lawsuit and the injured party must...

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| Read Time: 2 minutes | Real Estate

REAL ESTATE AGENTS ARE BOUND TO DISCLOSE FATAL ACCIDENT IN HOME

Buying a home is one of the biggest financial decisions anyone of us will make. So wouldn’t you want to know everything before buying the house? A New Jersey Appellate Court has ordered two Real Estate Agents to stand trial for failing to tell the buyers of a $2.3 Million home that its elevator was the scene of a...

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| Read Time: 2 minutes | Personal Injury

HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION LIABLE FOR SIDEWALK SLIP AND FALL

A few months back we blogged about a case making its way up the New Jersey Court system which would test a Homeowners’ Association’s liability for a slip and fall accident on their sidewalk. Historically Associations have had immunity from these types of lawsuits and the cases were dismissed by the Courts. Now, everything has changed. The Supreme Court...

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| Read Time: < 1 minute | Municipal Court and DWI

More Money – More Problems

It happens to everyone – you buy tickets for a sporting event and then you are forced to go see family and need to sell the tickets. For many of us StubHub is the website where we post our tickets in hopes of reselling them. However, some professional sporting teams are penalizing ticket holders who resell their tickets on...

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| Read Time: < 1 minute | Divorce and Family Law

TWIN BABIES, TWO FATHERS???

We have all received the birds and bees lecture from our parents, but none of us could imagine that what happened in this case could be possible. A New Jersey Family Court Judge ruled that a man, identified as the father of twin girls, had in fact fathered only one of them. The twins’ mother was in a relationship...

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| Read Time: < 1 minute | Divorce and Family Law

11 YEAR OLD GIRL NOT HARMED BY ATTENDING A PINK CONCERT

With warmer weather and summer around the corner, concerts on the Jersey Shore will be rocking. Many families will attend these concerts and see performances of all different varieties. However, as seen by the parents in this case, custody battles can bring out the worst in people. In a recent New Jersey Case, the Court ruled that a mother...

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| Read Time: < 1 minute | Divorce and Family Law

NEW YORK PERMITS A WIFE TO SERVE DIVORCE PAPERS USING FACEBOOK

After a complaint for divorce has been filed, the next step is to serve the other party. In many cases a process server will be hired to serve the summons and complaint for divorce at the address of the other party. However, there are instances where the location of the other party is unknown. After showing the Court you...

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| Read Time: < 1 minute | Personal Injury

CASE WILL TEST HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATIONS’ LIABILITY FOR ICY SIDEWALK

Many homeowners in New Jersey live in Condominium Associations where the Association hires an outside company to handle all snow removal and spreading of salt in the winter months. The NJ Supreme Court is now considering whether homeowners’ associations and their maintenance contractors can be held liable for injuries caused when they fail to clear snow and ice from...

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| Read Time: < 1 minute | Personal Injury

GALE & LAUGHLIN SUCESSFULLY ACHIEVES A $950,000.00 SETTLEMENT FOR A REAR-END CRASH

We are proud to announce that this week’s New Jersey Law Journal contains a report of Gale & Laughlin’s recent $950,000.00 settlement for our client. The New Jersey Law Journal is a publication which contains hot topics in the legal world and pivotal court decisions. While stopped in traffic on the Garden State Parkway our client’s car was hit...

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