Newark Wrongful Death Attorneys

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Understanding Your Right to Compensation in New Jersey

If a close family member has died, your situation can become more hard if the death that occurred in New Jersey was caused by the criminal or negligent behavior of another. In most cases, the family of the victim may be able to bring a Wrongful Death lawsuit.

New Jersey Wrongful Death Laws

Not every family member is authorized to sue for wrongful death in Newark.

The law normally states that only immediate family members of the deceased have the power to sue for Wrongful Death.

The result of a winning Wrongful Death lawsuit are damages. These can include compensation for medical care, lost earnings, funeral expenses, loss of companionship, and sometimes punitive damages.

The law normally states that only immediate family members of the deceased have the power to sue for Wrongful Death.

New Jersey Wrongful Death Attorneys Are Available to Advise You

Like many other injury cases, there are state statutes of limitations for Wrongful Death cases. If you file your case after this period has come and gone, you might lose any right at recovery you may have had. Therefore you should contact a Newark, New Jersey Wrongful Death Attorney as soon as possible.

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Life in Newark

Newark is a massive city. To give you an idea how massive, "The Brick City" is the largest in all of New Jersey and at a short distance of 8 miles from Manhattan, it's an ideal place for many New York professionals to call home. Port Newark is on Newark Bay along the Atlantic Ocean and is the largest port on the East Coast. The Port of Newark offers the most rail facilities, biggest cranes, and wide deep docking. It serves as the location for shipping nearly all New York containers. Newark's skyline shows what industrious city it is. Newark is home to the headquarters of Prudential Financial, Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey, New Jersey Transit, and the Public Service Enterprise Group PSEG are headquartered in downtown Newark.

Newark plays host to some of the nation's best universities and schools. The New Jersey Institute of Technology has educated NASA aerospace engineers to National Technical Medal of Technology winners. Rutgers University is located in Newark and has been consistently voted as one of the top business and graduate school in the United States. The city and local colleges draw outstanding talent for the New Jersey Performing Arts Center that is just adjacent to Military Park, a 6 acre green space with the well known "Wars of America" statue on display. You may also remember Brick City which was aired as a five part documentary on the Sundance Channel in 2009. The second installment comes in 2011. The documentary revolved around Newark's leaps and bounds to improve the safety and corruption of the past.

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