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Requesting a trial record

To get a trial transcript, you need to contact the court reporter who transcribed the trial testimony. If you cannot find the telephone number for the Court Reporter's Office from NJ Courts online (NJ Superior Court, Morris County courthouse) the Morris County Clerk should be able to direct you. Typically, an outside service provides the court reporters and they set the per page rate, depending on quickly you need the transcript. A "Daily" means you get the transcript tomorrow; this rate is the...

Can I sue the cab company for letting their drivers, drive with a suspended license and the accident was their fault

You can sue the cab company if you suffered some kind of physical or emotional injury, which it sounds like you did not. Even if you did suffer such injury, you would have to overcome the serious injury threshold first before recovering any damages; nothing you described indicates that you suffered a serious injury or any injury. Without having suffered an injury, there is no basis for a suit against a cab operator/owner solely for allowing its driver to operate their vehicle with a...

Is my landlord liable for my injuries when I fell on the walkway that was not cleared of snow and ice

Premises liability questions basically boil down to the issue of, did the landlord (or managing agent if the landlord is not on the premises or subcontractor hired to clear the snow) have notice of the defective condition and enough time to correct it? (In your case snow and/or ice). If the condition is created by freshly fallen snow, the responsible party has a reasonable time after the snowfall ended to clear snow. Two days is more than enough time. Did the ice form after the storm?...

Do I have a case for defamation?

Defamation cases are hard fought and not easy to prove. Whether being accused of opening correspondence from a school (as opposed to opening a letter sent by U.S. mail) is even defamatory is seriously open to question. Rather than getting involved in a lawsuit that no attorney in his right mind would take on a contingency, why not resolve things directly with your brother and ex-sister law by putting the burden on them - if you don't stop the accusations immediately, I'm not going to be the...

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Is landlord responsible for my damages in injury that was caused by slip and fall due to snow and ice and walkway

Premises liability questions basically boil down to the issue of, did the landlord (or managing agent if the landlord is not on the premises or subcontractor hired to clear the snow) have notice of the defective condition and enough time to correct it? (In your case snow). If the condition is created by freshly fallen snow, the responsible party has a reasonable time after the snowfall ended to clear snow. What is a reasonable time? Well, the snow and/or icy condition should have existed...

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