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Admission to PTI bars a civil rights claim against police

Under the civil rights laws, specifically 28 U.S.C. 1983, a person can bring a civil suit against police and the municipality for violating a person's civil rights and causing injuries.…

Motorcycle Season Spring 2012

Motorcycle season has come a little earlier this year to us in the New Jersey / New York area thanks to Mother Nature and a lack of snow and salt…

NJ Legislature Moves Claims for Car Accident Injuries to the Head of the Line

In New Jersey, if you have your own auto insurance and are injured in a car accident, it is your own insurance company that pays for your medical treatment.  This…

Video Preview: A Plaintiff Attorney's Guide to Auto Insurance Law

Michael Raff discusses New Jersey auto insurance in the context of its no-fault statute.      

Lab Report Not Admissible On Its Own

In the case of Bullcoming v. New Mexico, 131 S.Ct. 2705 (2011) the United States Supreme Court recently held that a lab report in a drunk driving case is not…

Arguments begin in lawsuit against doctors at St. Joseph's

The following is an article from the Bergen Record and NJ.com about a major trial that is currently going on: A young Paterson mother of three who went to the…

Raff and Raff wins case on appeal

Towards the end of 2010, we won a jury trial in which the jury found that our client had suffered a permanent injury to her back in a car crash.…

Community Caretaking Exception to Warrant Requirement is Clarified

In the recent appellate division case of State v. Witczak, 421 N.J. Super. 180 (App. Div. 2011), the court clarified what is known as the "community caretaking" exception to the…

Welcome to Our New Website

Thank you for visiting the new Raff & Raff, LLP website. I hope you enjoy the new features. This is our brand new legal blog, and please come and visit…