Angelica, a 35 year old North Bergen resident, came to the U.S. on a C-1 transit visa from Colombia in 2006. When her time expired, she stayed in New Jersey to continue working. However, her decision to stay came with a great deal of fear. The mother of two said, “If I leave home one day, I might not be…

When a person is injured at work, the employer is required by law to provide Workers’ Compensation benefits, which includes medical treatment for the injuries. One issue that commonly arises is the provision of future medical care after the worker has been released and the case as been closed. This can be a murky and frustrating area for many reasons.…

DUI checkpoints are becoming more and more common, yet most drivers today are unaware of their rights and unprepared on how to handle such encounters. Despite the fact that these roadblocks allow police to briefly peer into your vehicle and ask you a few routine questions, the most important thing to keep in mind is the fact that your Constitutional…

Have you been injured in a car that was recalled for a particular known defect? With automakers in the process of recalling 2.1 million cars equipped with faulty airbags, you would be in good – or perhaps unfortunate — company. The number of cars involved in the recall is growing week-by-week. The automakers in question are three of the largest…

Megan’s Law, which was passed in 1994, requires all convicted sex offenders to be registered with the New Jersey Sex Offender Registry after they serve their time in jail. The law came into being after a seven-year-old girl, Megan Kanka, was sexually assaulted and killed in Hamilton Township, NJ, by a neighbor. The existence of the registry may be common…