The Law Offices of Richard M. Pescatore are located in both Vineland and Marlton, New Jersey. The firm has successfully achieved verdicts of one million dollars and more on behalf of its clients, together with multi-million dollar settlements.
What we do best.
We represent individuals who have claims against their employers, such as discrimination, sexual harassment, or retaliation by supervisors or coworkers. We also represent individuals seriously injured in a motor vehicle accident, slip and fall, medical malpractice, defective products, dog bites, and work-related injuries.
Employment Law
DISCRIMINATION
The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD) prohibits employers from discriminating against people in the workplace based on any of the following protected classes: race, creed, color, national origin, nationality, ancestry, age, sex (including pregnancy and sexual harassment), marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, genetic information liability for military service, or mental or physical disability, including AIDS and HIV related illnesses.
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Sexual harassment
The NJLAD prohibits sexual harassment in the workplace. Acts of sexual harassment can include “unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual relations or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature.” The NJLAD also prohibits retaliation.
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CEPA/Whistleblower
The Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA) is intended to protect all employees who report or refuse to participate in unlawful conduct and are then adversely treated because they have done so. If you complained or objected to conduct in the workplace you reasonably believed to be unlawful and experienced adverse action (e.g. unwarranted discipline, suspension, termination), you may have a Whistleblower claim
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Serious Personal Injury
We handle a wide range of cases pertaining to serious personal injury, including auto/pedestrian accidents, motorcycle accidents, truck accidents, slip and fall accidents, premises liability and dog bites.
Worker’s Compensation
New Jersey law requires employers to maintain workman's compensation insurance for their employees who suffer a workplace injury. If you are injured in the scope of your employment (regardless of it being your fault), you are entitled to benefits. Those benefits may include wage reimbursement, payment of all reasonable and necessary medical bills and, in many instances, an award for the permanent injury sustained because of the work-related injury. Fees are computed on a contingency fee basis and there is no obligation to the law firm unless a recovery is made on your behalf. It is your statutory right to receive benefits if injured at work.
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Medical Malpractice
If you sustained a serious personal injury arising out of the care and treatment by a medical professional, you may be entitled to damages in the event the injury or condition is related to the medical professional’s deviation from their standard of care expected of those practicing in your community.