New Jersey Statutes 2A:44-37. To what lien attaches
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:44-37
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
Upon compliance with the provisions of this article, the lien shall attach to any and all rights of action, suits, claims, demands and upon any judgment, award or determination, and upon the proceeds of any settlement of such rights of action, suits, claims, demands, judgments, awards or determinations which any such injured person may have or shall have, assert or maintain against any such other person for damages on account of such injuries, up to the date of payment of such damages.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.