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...
Read MoreBuying 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...
Read MoreA 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...
Read MoreIt 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...
Read MoreWe 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...
Read MoreWith 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...
Read MoreAfter 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...
Read MoreMany 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...
Read MoreWe 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...
Read MoreOn February 5th the New Jersey Senate gave final legislative approval to a bill that would give some convicted drunken drivers the option of having ignition interlock devices installed in their cars as an alternative to license revocation. State law now requires installation of the devices for repeat offenders and first-time offenders with a BAC (Blood Alcohol Concentration) of...
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