Flemington Legal Blog

The human body can ordinarily take quite a beating. Strong bones, thick skin and protection for your organs allow you to come through some traumatic events relatively unscathed.

Then, in other instances, the forces exerted on your body push it beyond its breaking point, and you suffer serious injuries. One of those injuries could involve an open bone fracture, which could actually be life-threatening without quick and proper treatment.

Advances in the medical field have allowed men and women throughout the country to live longer and healthier than ever before. Conditions that once imposed death sentences on individuals can now be treated in noninvasive ways and with excellent long-term results. As such, New Jersey residents are enjoying the people and activities that they love longer into their lives and with more vigor as they advance in age.

Most New Jersey residents know that many different types of serious injuries can take place after a car accident. While you certainly want to remain safe on the road, the fact of the matter is that you are just as much at risk of suffering injuries in a crash as anyone else. If this does happen to you, you may need serious medical treatment.

A severe medical issue that could result from a car accident is internal bleeding. Car crashes can lead to this type of problem because you could easily suffer blunt force injuries from hitting various parts of the vehicle. If any of your blood vessels or organs suffer damage in a collision, whether from blunt force or penetrating injuries, you could potentially suffer from internal bleeding.

It is a common belief among New Jersey residents that if someone has an interest in a parcel of property that they must own it. While this is often true it does not necessarily have to be the case. When a person has an easement they hold a nonpossessory interest in someone else's land that does not constitute ownership.

To better understand this somewhat confusing topic, readers are invited to explore this example. Imagine a parcel of land that is locked in by water on three sides. The fourth side of the parcen runs along the property of another person, and the only way for the locked in property owner to get to the local road is to cross their neighbor's land. Without an easement the locked in property owner would be trespassing on their neighbor's property each time they crossed it to the road. An easement, though, would give them a right to get to the road through their neighbor's land without actually giving them any ownership rights in that parcel.