New Jersey State Police investigators say a total of six vehicles were involved in a March 28, 2025 collision that began with a rear-end collision. Police said all six vehicles, a Chevrolet pickup truck hauling an enclosed box trailer, a Toyota passenger car, a Ford pickup truck, a Ford box truck, a GMC dump truck, and an International tractor-trailer, were westbound on Interstate 80 near Exit 35. As traffic began to slow, the tractor-trailer hit the back of the dump truck, state police said. According to officials, the impact caused the dump truck to strike the back of the pickup, redirecting it into the path of the box truck. The dump truck continued forward and hit the rear of the Toyota,…

A March 21, 2025 freeway crash, described as the Dual Fatal Wreck on Interstate 95, raises a host of uncertain legal issues. But one thing is certain: the wreck killed two people and seriously injured two others. Police say a Mazda containing four people traveled off I-95 and landed on Castor Avenue below the interstate. The two killed have been identified as a 22-year-old Cranbury man and a 23-year-old East Windsor man. Their two other brothers, both 18-year-olds from East Windsor, were also seriously injured in the crash, according to state police. Witnesses told police that the Mazda and a Dodge Challenger were racing down I-95 northbound at a high rate of speed when the driver of the Mazda hit…

This ridesharing giant, which is built on a foundation of distracted drivers, keeps getting bigger. Driver Distraction and Uber Accidents: Breaking it Down is key to understanding the risks behind the company’s growth. In 2024, the San Francisco-based company posted a record year in terms of bookings, revenue, profit, and most other critical areas. As is so often the case, shareholders, top managers, and executives make money hand over fist, while other people do most of the work and take most of the risk. Mass Image Compressor Compressed this image. https://sourceforge.net/projects/icompress/ with Quality:80 Companies like Uber cannot survive, let alone thrive, without good leadership at the top. These companies rely even more heavily on rank-and-file workers, which in this case are the…

According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the fatal four construction injuries are the deadliest construction site injuries in New Jersey. Because of the high risk of serious injury, employers have a triple safety responsibility in this area. Employers must provide proper safety equipment, effective use instructions, and stress the importance of this safety equipment. What Are the OSHA Fatal Four Construction Injuries The latter two responsibilities are often an issue in New Jersey. Employers must transmit instructions and emphasis in a language workers clearly understand. About a third of New Jerseyans speak a language other than English at home. The fatal four construction injuries are also perhaps the most preventable construction site injuries in New Jersey. However, mostly for cost reasons, many…

Eventually, most job injury victims can expect a settlement. About 90 percent of workers’ compensation claims settle out of court. However, as outlined below, settlement is a process, not a result. Workers’ comp is no-fault insurance that pays benefits to victims with job-related illnesses or injuries. So, although insurance companies cannot contest liability (legal responsibility), at least in most cases, they can and do bitterly contest damages (amount of benefits). Workers’ compensation benefits include lost wage replacement and medical bill payment. Lost wages are based on the AWW (average weekly wage), a figure many insurance company lawyers intentionally miscalculate. As for medical bills, workers’ comp rules require insurance companies to pay “reasonably necessary” expenses, a phrase many adjusters translate as “cheapest possible.”…