New Jersey.A “verbal threshold” refers to a legal requirement in some states, including New Jersey, that an injured person must meet certain criteria to be eligible to sue for non-economic damages (e.g., such as pain and suffering) in a personal injury lawsuit. States that have enacted verbal threshold-type legislation did so in order to give […]

Going to Court Versus Going to Trial.Clients often ask if their case will go to court. What they really mean to ask is if their case will go to trial. A personal injury case may go to court, meaning enter the court system by the initiation of a lawsuit with the filing of a complaint, […]