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University Found Potentially Liable To Roofing Contractor Who Was Injured When He Fell Off The Library Roof

By on October 11, 2019 in Negligence, NJ Litigation with 0 Comments

Plaintiff, Sonny Cabrera, Jr., an employee of KB Electric Services Company, Inc. (“KB”), was changing lights on top of the University’s library when he fell off the roof because of a loose balustrade and suffered injuries.  The issue in Cabrera v. Fairleigh Dickinson University, 2019 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2068 (App. Div. October 8, 2019), […]

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No Duty To Warn for Open and Obvious Condition

By on May 8, 2014 in Blog, NJ Litigation with 0 Comments
No Duty To Warn for Open and Obvious Condition

Plaintiff Thomas Hackett suffered injuries when he hit his head on the ceiling when climbing a ladder to a water tower on the roof of a commercial building to repair an air conditioner. He was a technician working for Statewide Conditioning Inc., which had a contract with the defendants to perform the HVAC repair work. […]

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No Duty Owed by Private Utility to Remove Dead Tree

By on February 11, 2014 in Blog, NJ Litigation with 0 Comments
No Duty Owed by Private Utility to Remove Dead Tree

No Duty Owed by Private Utility Company to Remove Dead Tree in Right of Way to Prevent Accident The Plaintiffs in McGlynn v. State of New Jersey, no. L-2-06 (App. Div. Jan. 3, 2014) claimed that Jersey Central Power and Light Company (“JCP&L”) owed a duty of care to remove vegetation in its right of […]

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