When you are driving on the Garden State Parkway or commuting through the heavily traveled corridors of Route 22 in Union or the congested interchanges near the Mills at Jersey Gardens, you expect other drivers to honor the basic rules of the road. Most importantly, you expect them to stay sober. Still, drunk driving remains one of the most preventable…
If you are pursuing a personal injury claim in New Jersey, it is easy to assume the settlement check is the finish line. In reality, a settlement often starts the final cleanup phase. That is when medical bills, reimbursement claims, and liens must be identified and resolved before funds can be distributed. At Bramnick, Grabas, Arnold & Mangan, LLC, we…
As the calendar winds down, many New Jersey injury victims find themselves facing an unexpected obstacle: not just recovery, but resistance from insurers. Whether you were struck as a pedestrian in Newark, injured in a construction accident in Linden, or hurt in a slip and fall at a Cranford business, the timing of your claim matters more than you think.…
When you’ve been injured due to someone else’s negligence, whether in a car crash on Route 22, a slip and fall in a Westfield store, or a dog bite in Elizabeth, your focus is on healing. But time isn’t on your side. In New Jersey, the law imposes strict deadlines for filing personal injury claims. Miss them, and you may…
Accidents are rarely one-sided. Often, more than one person contributes to what happened. In New Jersey, that reality is recognized under a legal rule called comparative negligence, a system that determines how compensation is awarded when multiple parties share blame. If you’ve been hurt in an accident, you might assume that sharing some fault means you can’t recover damages. Fortunately,…