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Geoff D. Eberle
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Marina Accidents

Marina Accidents cause injuries to innocent victims every year.  Whether due to unsafe docks, unsafe pilings, unsecured or improper gangways, lack of marina supervision or any other cause, serious injuries to innocent marina patrons, their guests, visitors, fishermen and workers do occur.  Our office handles these claims.

Mr. Eberle has regularly boated and fished our local inshore, nearshore and offshore waters for the past 35 years.  From New York Harbor and up the Hudson River, the Raritan Bay, Barnegat Bay and down the New Jersey coast to Cape May, out to Montauk and the Long Island Sound, and the major river, lake and reservoir systems of New Jersey and New York, Mr. Eberle is an attorney and a waterman who has never turned his back on the sea.  He has been lucky, although he knows what it is to lose close friends to the unforgiving seas, friends who were highly skilled, careful and professional commercial watermen.  Boating Accidents happen, and innocent victims and their surviving family members pay the price.  The Law Offices of Geoffrey D. Eberle represents those seriously injured boaters, fishermen, watermen, dock workers and others in these types of personal injury cases.

A complex system of inter-related State and Federal laws apply to claims for injuries sustained on our waterways.  Determining the best and most effective avenue of approach to your claim is important, including whether to file your claim in State Court, Federal Court, the location of that Court and the specific statutory and common law theories of liability to support your claim.  Whether your claim involves a boating accident on water, in a recreational marina, a commercial marina/dock/wharves, or at a commercial waterfront facility, the Law Offices of Geoffrey D. Eberle will professionally and vigorously assert your rights to obtain the maximum compensation provided by law.

Effective and experienced legal representation is required to determine the cause of your Boating/Marina/Waterway/Commercial Waterfront Accident.  Presentation of your case, many times in conjunction with Expert Witnesses, should be done in a seamless manner to obtain the best recovery allowed by law.

The law generally provides that an injured person is entitled to recover money damages for injuries proximately caused by the negligence of a civil defendant.  “Negligence” has been defined as a departure from the generally accepted standard of care in the use, operation or maintenance of a motor vehicle.  “Proximate Cause” means that an injury was the direct and foreseeable cause of negligence.  Calculation of “money damages” may include pain and suffering, disability, loss of enjoyment of life, loss of income, medical expenses, future cost of care for the disabled, and such other considerations.

In many instances, trained and professional Expert Witnesses may be required for your case, including Accident Reconstruction Experts, Coast Guard Procedure Experts, Commercial Waterfront Facility Experts, Marine Survey Experts, Medical Experts (your treating physicians and surgeons), Economic Experts and Life Care Planning Experts.  These professionals may be required either to clearly explain the nature of liability to the Court, or to explain the full nature of your injuries and losses, so that your Damage Award will be complete.

The law limits the time period within which you must protect your rights by filing a Complaint and/or taking other steps to “perfect” your rights. Otherwise you may forever lose your opportunity to seek and obtain compensation. Don't wait. To sleep on your rights may be fatal to your claim.

Call Now for a Free Consultation — You do not owe any legal fee unless we obtain a recovery on your behalf!

In New Jersey, call: 201-391-8807
In New York, call: 845-426-2525

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Motor Vehicle Accidents: Automobile, Truck, Bus, School Bus, Motorcycle

If you have been injured in an accident involving an automobile, truck, bus, school bus or motorcycle, whether you were in a vehicle, or were a pedestrian, or even riding a bicycle, you should have a lawyer on your side. Before talking to the insurance company, know what you are entitled to and how to get it. If the case your case involves an uninsured motorist, or an underinsured motorist, it could be especially important.

If you have been injured in a motor vehicle accident, click here for more info or call now for a Free Consultation — You do not owe any legal fee unless we obtain a recovery on your behalf. In New Jersey, call: 201-391-8807, In New York, call: 845-426-2525.

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Boating Accidents and Admiralty Law Claims

For even the most careful and skillful boaters and fishermen, our navigable waterways can abruptly become an unforgiving, dangerous and deadly place.  “Never turn your back to the ocean”, “Always know what the other boat is doing” and other safe practices may not prevent an accident and serious injury.

If you have been injured on a boat, at sea or on a dock, click here for more info, or call now for a Free Consultation – You do not owe any legal fee unless we obtain a recovery on your behalf. In New Jersey, call: 201-391-8807, In New York, call: 845-426-2525.

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Premises Liability: Slip/Trip & Fall, Unsafe Buildings, Staircases, Windows, Sidewalks, Parking Lots, Shopping Centers, Public Place, Theaters, Restaurants, Amusement Park Injuries

Our office represents clients injured in all types of “Premises Liability” settings.  Every year, many people in our area sustain serious injury caused by a dangerous or defective condition in a premises setting.  We have a proven track record in those cases, which include serious injuries cased by Slip/Trip & Fall, Unsafe Staircases, Unsafe Sidewalks, Unsafe Parking Lots, Icy and Slippery Floors and Walking Surfaces, Inadequately Lighted Areas, Shopping Centers, Restaurants, Public Areas, Patios, Swimming Pools, and all other Improperly maintained, Supervised and/or Constructed Premises.

If you have been injured due to unsafe premises, click here for more info or call now for a Free Consultation — You do not owe any legal fee unless we obtain a recovery on your behalf. In New Jersey, call: 201-391-8807, In New York, call: 845-426-2525.

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Workplace and Construction Site Injuries, Labor Law Cases, Dangerous Tools and Equipment

Our office represents workers and others injured in all forms of Workplace and Construction Site Accidents, together with all types of injuries caused by dangerous or defective tools and equipment.  These accidents may cause serious and permanent injuries, including fractures, joint damage, lacerations, scarring, neurological injuries and in the worst cases brain injuries, loss of a limb or appendage, paraplegia, quadriplegia or death.  We handle all such cases and injuries are handled.

If you have been injured in your workplace, click here for more info, or call now for a Free Consultation — You do not owe any legal fee unless we obtain a recovery on your behalf. In New Jersey, call: 201-391-8807, In New York, call: 845-426-2525.

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Unsafe Products and Products Liability

Unsafe products, toys, tools, equipment, vehicles and other items are a fact of life.  News media regularly report on product recalls and serious injury or deaths caused by unsafe products.  Design defects, manufacturing defects, toxic materials incorporated into the product, poor instructional materials and inadequate warnings are all causes of serious injuries relating to unsafe products.  The Law and our Courts generally recognize the right of injured persons to recover full and fair money damages for bodily injury, medical expenses, lost earnings and other damages proximately caused by a defective or unsafe product.

If you have been injured due to an unsafe product, click here for more info, or call now for a Free Consultation — You do not owe any legal fee unless we obtain a recovery on your behalf. In New Jersey, call: 201-391-8807, In New York, call: 845-426-2525.

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Medical Malpractice, Hospital Malpractice, Nursing Malpractice, Infections, Bed Sores, Misdiagnosis, Improper Prescriptions, Unnecessary Surgery, Lost Surgical Instruments

Many patients each year sustain serious and permanent injuries and even
death due to medical mistakes that constitute professional medical negligence.  Our office represents the innocent victims of medical negligence, hospital negligence, nursing home negligence and other victims of Medical Malpractice.

If you have suffered as a result of medical malpractice, click here for more info, or call now for a Free Consultation — You do not owe any legal fee unless we obtain a recovery on your behalf. In New Jersey, call: 201-391-8807, In New York, call: 845-426-2525


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Motor Vehicle Accidents, Automobile Accidents, Truck Accidents, Bus Accidents, School Bus Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Uninsured Motorist Claims, Underinsured Motorist Claims, Pedestrian Accidents, Bicycle Accidents.

Premises Liability, Slip/Trip & Fall Injuries, Unsafe Buildings/Staircases/Windows, Sidewalk Injuries, Parking Lot Injuries, Shopping Center Cases, Amusement Park Injuries; Public Place Injuries.

Workplace Injuries, Labor Law Cases, Construction Site Injuries, Dangerous Tools and Equipment.

Unsafe Products and Product Liability.

Medical Malpractice, Hospital Malpractice, Nursing Malpractice, Infections, Bed Sores, Misdiagnosis, Improper Prescriptions, Unnecessary Surgery, Lost Surgical Instruments.

All Cases involving Serious Injuries and Wrongful Death.

Fractures, Displaced Fractures, Significant Scarring, Disfiguring Scarring, Brain Injuries, Burns, Loss of Limbs, Paraplegia, Quadriplegia, Loss of Use of a Body Part/Function/Organ, Herniated Discs, Torn Ligaments/Cartilage/Soft Tissue, Joint Injuries (Knees, Ankles, Hips, Shoulders, Wrists, Fingers, Toes), Neurological Injuries, Brain Injuries, Loss of Fetus, Permanent Injuries, Disabilities, Wrongful Death, All Other Injuries.