DWI May Serve as Prior Conviction For Breath Test Refusal Sentencing

The New Jersey Supreme Court Justices, in State v. Frye, refused to overturn the conviction of a motorist who pleaded guilty to refusal and was sentenced with a 10-year license suspension based on two prior DWIs. The Court stated that “If prior DWI convictions were not to enhance subsequent refusal sentences, it would be tactically advantageous for an individual to…
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Family of Spring Lake Heights Teen Settles Suit for $900K

In 2008 a Spring Lake Heights high school baseball player committed suicide by stepping in front of a moving train. His family sued his former coach at St. Rose High School and others claiming that the teenager killed himself to avoid the stress of having to testify against the coach at an upcoming criminal trial. According to the suit, the…
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EX-NFL PLAYERS FILE PERSONAL INJURY SUIT FOR GETTING PAIN PILLS “LIKE CANDY”

Six hundred former NFL players (including NFL champion Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon) have filed suit against the NFL claiming that pain pills were “handed out like candy at Halloween.” The lawsuit which covers years 1968-2008 alleges that team physicians and trainers dispensed powerful narcotics to mask pain on game days. The players claim that they stood in line before…
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If You Have Been Harmed Don’t Wait To See a Lawyer!

In a recent court decision a woman who alleged that she had been sexually assaulted by a police officer in Pemberton Township, had her case dismissed for failure to file the necessary notice of claim. In Gilmartin vs Kreig, the plaintiff claimed that she was sexually assaulted following her arrest but she never filed any type of written notice of…
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