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- Passaic County
- From Newark
- 10 mi
Clifton is a large, diverse city in Passaic County, bordered by Passaic and Paterson and roughly 10 miles from Newark. The Garden State Parkway and Route 3 cut through town, carrying commuters toward the Lincoln Tunnel and Manhattan, so highway crashes and merge-lane collisions are a daily occurrence, along with retail slip-and-falls and workplace injuries in local warehouses and offices. Cases arising in Clifton are heard in Passaic County courts in nearby Paterson.
DearLegal helps Clifton residents find an attorney who fits their case. Tell us what happened and we’ll match you with a New Jersey-licensed attorney who handles Passaic County matters. The review is free, and injury firms work on contingency, so you owe nothing unless you win. Because the auto insurance option you selected can limit a New Jersey pain-and-suffering claim, a local attorney will check your policy first.
- Cases from Clifton are usually filed in Passaic County courts, 4 miles away in Paterson.
- The Garden State Parkway and Route 3 run through Clifton, making highway crashes a common local case type.
- Clifton’s population held steady near 90,000 between 2020 and 2024.
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