New Jersey Jury Verdict Review & Analysis
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Multiple Vehicle Collision. $400,000 VERDICT
- PREMISES LIABILITY. $3,685,000 RECOVERY - PREMISES LIABILITY - HAZARDOUS PREMISES - FAILURE TO DEENERGIZE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND PROVIDE REQUIRED PERSONAL PROTECTIVE GEAR - ELECTRICAL ARC AND EXPLOSION OCCUR - PLAINTIFF ELECTRICIAN'S HELPER SUFFERS SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS TO 30% OF HIS BODY - MOST SIGNIFICANT BURN INJURIES SUSTAINED TO SIDE OF CHEST AND EAR - TWO MONTHS OF MEDICALLY-INDUCED COMA - PERMANENT DISABILITY FROM WORK ALLEGED.
- RACIAL DISCRIMINATION. $85,000 SETTLEMENT
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Sideswipe Collision. $875,896 VERDICT
- $2,500,000 VERDICT - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - PODIATRY - SURGERY - DEFENDANT PODIATRIC SURGEON PERFORMED BUNIONECTOMY ON PLAINTIFF CAUSING VASCULAR INJURY AND THEN FAILED TO TIMELY DIAGNOSE AND TREAT RESULTING INFECTION - OSTEOMYELITIS NECESSITATING REMOVAL OF BONE FROM HALLUX AND METATARSAL - PERMANENT DISFIGUREMENT - PROGRESSIVE ORTHOPEDIC ISSUES - PARTIES SETTLE FOR UNDISCLOSED SUM.
- NEGLIGENT SUPERVISION. $99,000 RECOVERY
- ADDITIONAL VERDICTS OF INTEREST. Breach of Fiduciary Duty. $600,010,000 VERDICT - BREACH OF FIDUCIARY DUTY - BANKING NEGLIGENCE - ESTATE MANAGER MISAPPROPRIATED MONEY FROM ESTATE IN BREACH OF FIDUCIARY DUTY TO PAY LEGAL FEES IN SUIT BROUGHT BY DECEDENT'S CHILDREN - LOST VALUE OF INHERITANCE.
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. $7,980,284 VERDICT - MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE - HEAD-ON COLLISION - DUMP TRUCK CROSSES OVER ROADWAY AND STRIKES PLAINTIFF'S VEHICLE - NINE-YEAROLD FRONT SEAT PASSENGER SUFFERS TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY - BILATERAL LEG FRACTURES - HEEL FRACTURE - FACIAL FRACTURES.
- PRODUCT LIABILITY. $18,000,000 VERDICT - PRODUCT LIABILITY - ENGLE PROGENY CASE - WIDOW OF KOREAN WAR VET SUES AFTER HE PERISHES FROM LUNG CANCER - WRONGFUL DEATH.
- DOG ATTACK. $225,000 RECOVERY
- ADDITIONAL VERDICTS OF INTEREST. Excessive Force. $2,281,264 VERDICT - CIVIL RIGHTS ACTION - EXCESSIVE USE OF POLICE FORCE - 21-YEAR-OLD UNARMED DECEDENT SHOT AND KILLED FOLLOWING DISTURBANCE CALL.
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. $5,750,000 RECOVERY - MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE - BUS DRIVER PULLS FROM MAINTENANCE FACILITY DIRECTLY INTO PATH OF PLAINTIFF MOTORCYCLIST - PLAINTIFF STRIKES SIDE OF BUS SUSTAINING SEVERE LEG INJURIES - 17 SURGERIES TO SAVE LEG - PTSD.
- PREMISES LIABILITY. Fall Down. $290,000 RECOVERY
- Jose Rodrigues vs. Jillian Marino. Docket no. ESXL001467-21; Judge L. Grace Spencer, 11-05-24.Attorney for plaintiff: Christopher Perez of Hanna Perez PC in Paramus, NJ. Attorney for defendant: Todd C Landis of Hardin, Kundla, McKeon & Poletto in Springfield, NJ.
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Rear End Collision. $50,000 VERDICT TO PLAINTIFF WIFE/PASSENGER WHO SUFFERED BILATERAL ROTATOR CUFF TEARS REQUIRING SURGERY
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Intersection Collision. $745,000 RECOVERY
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. $995,000 RECOVERY - MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE - PLAINTIFF DRIVER STRUCK IN REAR BY DRIVER OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLE - CERVICAL HERNIATION NECESSITATES DISCECTOMY FUSION - RESTRICTION TO SEDENTARY TYPE WORK RESULTS IN PARTICULARLY SIGNIFICANT FUTURE DIMINUTION OF EARNINGS CLAIM.
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. $6,000,000 CONFIDENTIAL RECOVERY - MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE - BUS NEGLIGENCE - AUTO/PEDESTRIAN COLLISION - MINOR DECEDENT IS RUN OVER BY DEFENDANT'S BUSWHEN CHILD'S BACKPACK GETS LODGED IN DOORS - WRONGFUL DEATH OF NINE-YEAR-OLD FEMALE.
- WRONGFUL TERMINATION. $185,000 RECOVERY
- ADDITIONAL VERDICTS OF INTEREST. Intellectual Property Rights. $38,755,000 VERDICT - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS - ALLEGED PATENT INFRINGEMENT - SONAR TECHNOLOGY PATENT SUIT GOES TO VERDICT IN TEXAS.
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Driveway Exit Collision. $255,000 RECOVERY
- ADDITIONAL VERDICTS OF INTEREST. Export Violations. $430,488,798 SETTLEMENT - DOJ - DEFENDANT ACCUSED OF VIOLATING U.S. SANCTIONS BY SENDING U.S. ORIGIN ITEMS TO IRAN - ALLEGED VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY ECONOMIC POWERS ACT (IEEPA).
- ADDITIONAL VERDICTS OF INTEREST. Civil Rights. $43,500 VERDICT - CIVIL RIGHTS ACTION - HOUSING DISCRIMINATION - SPRINGFIELD LANDLORD SUED FOR REFUSING TO RENT TO PREGNANTWOMEN OR FAMILIES WITH MINOR CHILDREN ALLEGEDLY DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF LEAD PAINT ON THE PREMISES - VIOLATION OF THE FAIR HOUSING ACT.
- $1,700,000 RECOVERY - PLAINTIFF PICK-UP TRUCK DRIVER STRUCK IN REAR BY TRACTOR-TRAILER WHILE STOPPED HIGHWAY - PLAINTIFF'S TRUCK FLIPS - BILATERAL SHOULDER TEARS - SURGERY - CERVICAL HERNIATIONS - PLAINTIFF UNDERGOES CERVICAL FUSION THREE YEARS FOLLOWING ACCIDENT - PLAINTIFF SUFFERS COMPLICATIONS AFTER PROPERLY PERFORMED CERVICAL FUSION - RISKS OF FALLS PREVENTS PLAINTIFF AIRLINE MECHANIC TO CONTINUE WORKING.
- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE. $1,377,327 VERDICT - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - FAILURE OF VETERANS ADMINISTRATION RADIOLOGIST TO NOTE SUSPICIOUS LESION ON X-RAY AND ORDER CT-SCAN - APPROXIMATE THREE-YEAR DELAY IN LUNG CANCER DIAGNOSIS - DEATH OF UNEMPLOYED 58-YEAR-OLD SEPARATED FATHER OF FOUR ADULT CHILDREN.
- PREMISES LIABILITY. Fall Down. $42,500 RECOVERY
- PREMISES LIABILITY. $24,057,283 GROSS VERDICT - HAZARDOUS PREMISES - HOTEL POOL CABANA PLACED IN DANGEROUS LOCATION - DRUNK DRIVER STRIKES CABANA KILLING SEVEN-MONTH PREGNANT FEMALE HOTEL GUEST - JURY FINDS 15% NEGLIGENCE AGAINST DEFENDANT HOTEL.
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. $2,052,500 RECOVERY - MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE - CARELESS DRIVING - MINOR PLAINTIFF EJECTED FROM DEFENDANTS' VEHICLE AS DEFENDANT DRIVER PERFORMS 'DONUTS' IN SCHOOL PARKING LOT - WHILE ON GROUND, MINOR RUN OVER BY SECOND DEFENDANT DRIVER - SHEARING INJURY TO RIGHT LEG - LACERATED IT BAND - SEVERE LACERATION OF RIGHT KNEE.
- PRODUCTS LIABILITY. $4,850,000 GROSS VERDICT - PRODUCT LIABILITY - MANUFACTURING DEFECT - DEFECTIVE HORSE BRIDAL - PLAINTIFF JUMPS FROM HORSE - WRIST FRACTURE - COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME - 60% COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE FOUND.
- $785,000 RECOVERY - MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE - REAR END COLLISION - PLAINTIFF AUTOMOBILE DRIVER STRUCK IN REAR BY DEFENDANT BOX TRUCK DRIVER WHILE IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC - CERVICAL HERNIATIONS - TWO LEVEL FUSION.
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Rear End Collision. $750,000 RECOVERY
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Single Vehicle Collision. $375,000 RECOVERY
- TOXIC TORT. $10,000,000 RECOVERY
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. $1,000,000 RECOVERY - MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE - REAR END COLLISION - PLAINTIFF DRIVER OF SECOND CAR IN FIVE VEHICLE CHAIN COLLISION SUFFERS CERVICAL HERNIATIONS NECESSITATING TWO-LEVEL FUSION FOLLOWING FAILED PAIN INJECTIONS.
- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE. Orthopedics. DEFENDANT'S VERDICT
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. $2,000,000 RECOVERY - MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE - AUTO/PEDESTRIAN COLLISION - DECEDENT STRUCK AS HE ATTEMPTED TO CROSS STREET - WRONGFUL DEATH.
- $1,500,000 RECOVERY - PREMISES LIABILITY - FALL DOWN - INTRAFAMILIAL SUIT - PLAINTIFF FATHER SLIPS AND FALLS ON DEFENDANT SON'S MAT SITUATED ON DECK - INCIDENT CAPTURED ON VIDEO - FRACTURE OF RIGHT DISTAL TIBIA AND FIBULA - SURGERY - INFECTION NECESSITATES SECOND SURGERY - MAT MISLAID BEFORE EXAMINED BY EXPERTS.
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Auto/Truck Collision. $800,000 AVAILABLE COVERAGE RECOVERY
- $1,300,000 VERDICT - PREMISES LIABILITY - SLIP AND FALL - FAILURE OF APARTMENT COMPLEX TO FOLLOW POLICY OF HAVING SECONDARY LOT CLEARED FIRST TO ENABLE SETTLING SNOW REMOVAL CONTRACTOR TO PROPERLY CLEAR LOT FOLLOWING SNOW STORM - PLAINTIFF TENANT FALLS WHILE PLACING YOUNG CHILD IN BACK SEAT - TRIMALLEOLAR FRACTURE - TRAUMATIC ARTHRITIS.
- $9,682,567 VERDICT - PLAINTIFF MOTORCYCLIST COLLIDES WITH AUTOMOBILE DRIVER IN INTERSECTION AFTER OBSTRUCTED VIEW BY OVERGROWN VEGETATION OWNED BY DEFENDANT MUNICIPALITY - SEVERE CLOSED HEAD INJURY - PLAINTIFF IN A COMA FOR SIX WEEKS - COGNITIVE DEFICITS - COMPRESSION CERVICAL FRACTURE - CRPS IN LOWER LEG - FRACTURES TO SHOULDER WRIST AND PELVIS - SURGERY.
- PREMISES LIABILITY. $2,585,408 VERDICT - PREMISES LIABILITY - DANGEROUS CHURCH SIDEWALK - SLIP AND FALL - CRUSH INJURY TO KNEE - MULTIPLE SURGERIES PERFORMED - FUTURE SURGERY INDICATED - DAMAGES ONLY.
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. $803,515 GROSS VERDICT - MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE - SIDESWIPE COLLISION - DEFENDANT TURNS LEFT FROM RIGHT LANE OF HIGHWAY INTO LEFT LANE INTO PLAINTIFF - L4-L5 DISCECTOMY - L4-S1 360 FUSION SURGERY.
- PREMISES LIABILITY. Fall Down. $150,000 RECOVERY
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Multiple Vehicle Collision. $400,000 VERDICT
- POLICE LIABILITY. Excessive Force. $60,350 SETTLEMENT
- PREMISES LIABILITY. Hazardous Premises. DEFENDANT'S VERDICT
- EMPLOYER'S LIABILITY. $769,185 VERDICT
- Mirian Carter vs. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance. Docket no. CAML002940-22; Judge Steven J. Polansky, 11-14-24.Attorney for plaintiff: Marc F Greenfield of Spear, Greenfield, Richman, Weitz & Taggart, P.C. in Marlton, NJ. Attorney for defendant: Alphonso H. Ibrahim of Law Office of Alphonso H. Ibrahim in Scranton, PA.
- PREMISES LIABILITY. $1,379,869 VERDICT - PREMISES LIABILITY - FALL DOWN - SUPERMARKET PATRON SLIPS AND FALLS ON MILK - LUMBAR BULGE WITH RADICULOPATHY - PLAINTIFF FALLS SEVERAL MONTHS LATER WHILE STILL TREATING FOR BULGE - PLAINTIFF CONTENDS SUBSEQUENT FALL CAUSED FROM INJURIES SUFFERED IN SUPERMARKET FALL - ALLEGED NEED FOR FUTURE LUMBAR DISCECTOMY.
- $846,523 VERDICT - BREACH OF CONTRACT AND CONSUMER FRAUD - CONSTRUCTION - DEFENDANTS FAIL TO COMPLETE WORK ON TWO RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS - PLAINTIFF CONTENDS BREACH OF CONTRACT AND FRAUD - DEFENDANTS CONTEND PLAINTIFF DID NOT PROVE CONTRACT EXISTED.
- ADDITIONAL VERDICTS OF INTEREST. Daycare Center Negligence. $180,000 VERDICT - DAYCARE CENTER NEGLIGENCE - NEGLIGENT SUPERVISION - MINOR PLAINTIFF SCALDED BY HOT LIQUID FROM BOTTLE WARMER WHICH FELL AND SPLASHED SCALDING WATER ON MINOR PLAINTIFF'S ARM - SEVERE BURNS TO ARM - SURGERY - SCARRING AND DISFIGUREMENT - DAMAGES ONLY.
- LEGAL MALPRACTICE. $500,000 VERDICT
- PREMISES LIABILITY. Fall Down. UNDISCLOSED RECOVERY
- FRAUD. $98,618 RECOVERY
- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE. $130,400 GROSS VERDICT - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - ALLEGED NEGLIGENT TREATMENT BY 'HOUSE DOCTOR' AT FORT LAUDERDALE HOTEL - FAILURE TO TIMELY DIAGNOSE AND TREAT INFECTION - DECEPTIVE AND UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES - WRONGFUL DEATH FROM SEPSIS.
- ADDITIONAL VERDICTS OF INTEREST. Defamation. $6,000,000 AWARD - DEFAMATION - DOCTOR SUES TV STATION OVER STORY - LOST EARNINGS - LOSS OF REPUTATION - MENTAL ANGUISH.
- MALPRACTICE. Ob/Gyn. $600,000 VERDICT
- Latriece Saunders vs. Michelle Cruz. Docket no. L001502-21; Judge Vicki A. Citrino, 07-19-23.Attorney for plaintiff: Marc A Ross of Marc A. Ross, Esq., P.A. in Paterson, NJ. Attorney for defendant: Gregory F McGroarty, Esq of Voss Nitsberg DeCoursey & Hawley in Iselin, NJ.
- Eyewu Lawson vs. Veronica Sain. Docket no. ESXL005014-21; Judge Cynthia D. Santomauro, 09-30-24.Attorney for plaintiff: Alan J Markman of Markman & Cannan, LLC in Bloomfield, NJ. Attorney for defendant: Gabriella Esposito of Law Offices of Leslie A. DeTorres in West Orange, NJ.
- ADDITIONAL VERDICTS OF INTEREST. Tort Claims Act. $2,600,000 RECOVERY - TORT CLAIMS ACT - STATE OF NJ/DCPP (FORMERLY DYFS) FAILS TO REMOVE SEVEN-YEAR-OLD DECEDENT FROM HOME AND CLOSES CASE FILE DESPITE APPROXIMATELY 35 PRIOR CHARGES INVOLVING ALLEGED NEGLECT OR ABUSE BY BIOLOGICAL MOTHER - BOY PERISHES IN FIRE - PLAINTIFF CONTENDS THAT DEFENDANT IS LIABLE IRRESPECTIVE OF CAUSE OF FIRE BECAUSE PROPER SUPERVISORY WORK SHOULD HAVE RESULTED IN CHILD'S REMOVAL FROM HOME.
- PRODUCT LIABILITY. $57,100,000 VERDICT INCLUDING $50,000,000 PUNITIVE AWARD - PRODUCT LIABILITY - MANUFACTURING DEFECT - TRANSVAGINAL MESH DEFECT - PLAINTIFF IMPLANTED WITH DEFENDANT'S MESH PRODUCT TO TREAT URINARY STRESS INCONTINENCE SUFFERS URETHRAL EROSION NECESSITATING FOUR ADDITIONAL SURGERIES - FAILURE TO WARN OF DANGERS OF TRANSVAGINAL MESH - FAILURE TO PROPERLY RESEARCH AND TEST MESH PRODUCT - PERMANENT PAIN - URINARY INCONTINENCE.
- ADDITIONAL VERDICTS OF INTEREST. Civil Rights. $20,251,963 VERDICT - CIVIL RIGHTS - SEXUALLY HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT - SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION AGAINST EIGHT FORMER EMPLOYEES OF TRAVEL COMPANY - DAMAGES ONLY.
- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE. $1,200,000 VERDICT - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - NEGLIGENT PRESCRIPTION OF NARCOTIC PAIN MEDICATION - ELEVEN NARCOTICS CAUSE ACUTE DRUG TOXICITY - WRONGFUL DEATH AT AGE 47 - DAMAGES ONLY.
- CIVIL RIGHTS. $180,000 RECOVERY
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Auto/Pedestrian Collision. $200,000 TOTAL RECOVERY
- PREMISES LIABILITY. $2,000,000 RECOVERY PLUS UNDISCLOSED CONFIDENTIAL SUM FROM THE CONDANT MANAGEMENT COMPANY - PREMISES LIABILITY - NEGLIGENT SECURITY - ABDUCTION OF 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL FROM APARTMENT COMPLEX - FAILURE TO MONITOR PREMISES TO DETERMINE THAT OFF-LEASE SEX OFFENDER WAS RESIDING IN THE PREMISES - WRONGFUL DEATH.
- ADDITIONAL VERDICTS OF INTEREST. Utility Negligence. $1,876,061 VERDICT - UTILITY NEGLIGENCE - FALLING OBJECT - FAILURE OF FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT TO PROPERLY INSPECT AND MAINTAIN ITS EQUIPMENT - METAL SPRING HANGER FALLS AND STRIKES PLAINTIFF PEDESTRIAN - HERNIATED CERVICAL DISC WITH SURGERY - SHOULDER INJURY REQUIRING SURGERY.
- SEXUAL ORIENTATION DISCRIMINATION. $90,000 SETTLEMENT
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Auto/Pedestrian Collision. $250,000 RECOVERY
- $800,000 RECOVERY - MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE - HEAD-ON COLLISION - CERVICAL AND LUMBER HERNIATIONS AND BULGES - SURGERY - CLOSED HEAD TRAUMA - TINNITUS - PTSD - SEVERAL RIB FRACTURES.
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. $2,641,812 VERDICT - MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE - MULTIPLE VEHICLE REAR END COLLISION DURING RAINSTORM - ROTATOR CUFF TEAR - CERVICAL DISC HERNIATIONS - CERVICAL SURGERY PERFORMED - LOSS OF FUTURE EARNINGS AS ATTORNEY - DAMAGES/CAUSATION ONLY.
- $4,200,000 RECOVERY - MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE - TRUCK COLLISION - PLAINTIFF TRACTOR-TRAILER DRIVER LOSES CONTROL AND JACKKNIFES WHEN DEFENDANT TRACTOR-TRAILER DRIVER TURNS LEFT INTO HIS PATH AT PORT NEWARK TERMINAL ENTRANCE - PLAINTIFF EJECTS FROM CAB, AND LEG GETS PINNED UNDER TIRE - AMPUTATION NEAR HIP.
- PREMISES LIABILITY. Fall Down. DEFENDANT'S VERDICT
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. $8,800,000 RECOVERY - MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE - AUTO/PEDESTRIAN COLLISION - COLLISION CAUSES ONE VEHICLE TO JUMP CURB ONTO SIDEWALK, STRIKING PLAINTIFF - PLAINTIFF UNCONSCIOUS AT SCENE - MULTIPLE FACIAL AND SKULL FRACTURES - HEMORRHAGING AND EDEM IN RIGHT FRONTAL, TEMPORAL AND PARIETAL BRAIN LOBES - SURGERY - MULTIPLE RIB FRACTURES - RIGHT SCAPULAR FRACTURE - RIGHT CLAVICLE FRACTURE - RIGHT C7-T4 TRAVERSE PROCESS FRACTURES - TBI - DIMINISHED COGNITIVE FUNCTION.
- PREMISES LIABILITY. $1,925,000 RECOVERY - PREMISES LIABILITY - HAZARDOUS PREMISES - DANGEROUS SHELF IN BEAUTY SUPPLY STORE - TRIP AND FALL - ACHILLES TENDON TEAR - SURGERY PERFORMED - RECOVERY COMPLICATED BY DIABETES - MRSA INFECTION.
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Parking Lot Pull-out Collision. DEFENDANT'S VERDICT
- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE. $2,500,000 VERDICT - PODIATRY MALPRACTICE - FAILURE TO TAKE CULTURE AND REQUEST INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONSULT FOR OVER ONE YEAR DESPITE ALLEGED SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF CONTINUING INFECTION - OSTEOMYELITIS - PLAINTIFF CONTENDS THAT ALTHOUGH OSTEOMYELITIS RESOLVED WITH SURGERY, HER. ALTERED GAIT CAUSES EXTENSIVE KNEE AND HIP PAIN.
- SEXUAL HARASSMENT. $235,000 RECOVERY
- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE. $4,834,390 GROSS VERDICT - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE OCCURS ON CRUISE SHIP - CARDIOLOGY - FAILURE TO TIMELY TREAT HEART CONDITION - CARDIAC ARREST - WRONGFUL DEATH AT AGE 70.
- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE. $14,900,000 RECOVERY - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - NURSING NEGLIGENCE - FAILURETO REFER NEW BORN BABY TO SPECIAL CARE NURSERY, DESPITE INDICATIONS OFFETAL-MATERNAL HEMORRHAGE - CEREBRAL PALSY.
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Rear End Collision. $100,000 VERDICT
- CONTRACTOR'S NEGLIGENCE. $250,000 RECOVERY
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. $16,475,000 RECOVERY - MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE - NEGLIGENT MAINTENANCE OF TRACTOR-TRAILER - SEPARATION OF FUEL TANK FROM TRAILER - FUEL ON HIGHWAY CAUSES MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION - TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY - MULTIPLE SURGERIES - TOTAL DISABILITY FROM EMPLOYMENT CLAIMED.
- DOG ATTACK. $12,000 RECOVERY
- PREMISES LIABILITY. $16,012,000 ARBITRATION AWARD - PREMISES LIABILITY - HAZARDOUS PREMISES - PLAINTIFF ATTEMPTING TO TURN OFF LIGHTS IN PARKING LOT OF EMPLOYER DEFENDANT CAR DEALERSHIP SUFFERS SEVERE ELECTRICAL INJURY AFTER TWO LIVE WIRES MAKE CONTACT CAUSING EXPLOSION - TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY - SEIZURE DISORDER.
- GENDER DISCRIMINATION. $300,000 RECOVERY
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. $62,000,000 RECOVERY
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Head-on Collision. $475,000 RECOVERY
- PRODUCT LIABILITY. $17,589,233 GROSS VERDICT INCLUDING $11,275,000 PUNITIVE AWARD - TOBACCO LAWSUIT - PRODUCT LIABILITY - FAILURE TO WARN - BREACH OF IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY - WRONGFUL DEATH OF 58-YEAR-OLD FEMALE - CHAPTER 93A VIOLATION ALLEGED.
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Left Turn Collision. $120,000 VERDICT
- $123,000 RECOVERY - SEXUAL ABUSE - COUNTY AND ITS FIREFIGHTERS SUED AFTER ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT ON MINOR - NEW JERSEY LAD - CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE ACT.
- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE. Hospital. UNDISCLOSED RECOVERY
- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE. $7,605,700 GROSS VERDICT - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - FAILURE OF NON-SETTLING PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGIST, OTOLARYNGOLOGIST AND NEUROSURGEON TO PERSONALLY REVIEW MRI FILMS AFTER SETTLING NEURO-RADIOLOGIST FAILS TO READ STRUCTURAL LESION ON TEMPORAL LOBE WHEN CHILD PRESENTS WITH LEFTSIDED FACIAL PALSY AND SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF ATAXIA - PERMANENT LEFTSIDED FACIAL PALSY AND PARTIAL LEFT-SIDED HEARING LOSS.
- HOMEOWNER'S NEGLIGENCE. $250,000 RECOVERY
- PREMISES LIABILITY. Fall Down. $75,000 RECOVERY
- ADDITIONAL VERDICTS OF INTEREST. Construction Site Negligence. $1,200,000 RECOVERY - CONSTRUCTION SITE NEGLIGENCE - FAILURE OF DEFENDANT GENERAL CONTRACTOR AT LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION SITE TO ADEQUATELY PLAN, INSPECT OR TEST - 500 POUND ANGLE IRON STRIKES SCAFFOLD UPON WHICH PLAINTIFF WAS STANDING, CAUSING PLAINTIFF TO FALL TEN FEET TO GROUND BELOW - CONCUSSION - PTSD - INABILITY TO CONTINUE WORKING.
- CIVIL RIGHTS. DEFENDANT'S VERDICT
- POLICE LIABILITY. CONSENT DECREE
- DRAM SHOP. $650,000 RECOVERY
- MUNICIPAL LIABILITY. $500,000 RECOVERY
- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE. $1,610,000 VERDICT - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - ORTHOPEDICS - DEFENDANTS FAIL TO OBSERVE PLAINTIFF AFTER ROUTINE ARTHROPLASTY SURGERY TO REPAIR GLENOHUMERAL ARTHRITIS IN SHOULDER - ARM INJURIES.
- PREMISES LIABILITY. $538,000 GROSS VERDICT - PREMISES LIABILITY - HOMEOWNER'S NEGLIGENCE - PLAINTIFF'S LADDER SLIPS AND PLAINTIFF FALLS TO GROUND WHILE PAINTING DEFENDANTS' FOYER - DEFENDANT ASSURED PLAINTIFF LADDER WOULD BE SECURED BY MINOR SON - MULTIPLE FRACTURES OF RIGHT LEG - EMOTIONAL DISTRESS - ECONOMIC DAMAGES.
- $3,200,000 RECOVERY - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - EMERGENCY ROOM NEGLIGENCE - PHYSICIAN DISCHARGED 16-MONTH OLD PLAINTIFF WHO PRESENTED SEVERAL HOURS EARLIER WITH SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF A COLD AND A PULSE OF 198 - PNEUMOCOCCAL STREP WAS DIAGNOSED AT SUBSEQUENT NON-PARTY HOSPITAL FOUR DAYS LATER - DELAY IN DIAGNOSIS RESULTED IN MULTIPLE SURGERIES AND DIALYSIS DURING THREE MONTHS OF HOSPITALIZATION.
- DOG ATTACK. $500,000 VERDICT
- $6,225,000 RECOVERY - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - SURGICAL NEGLIGENCE - DEFENDANT UROGYNECOLOGIST PERFORATES COLON DURING ROBOTIC SLING PROCEDURE AND HYSTERECTOMY TO TREAT URINARY LEAKAGE- MULTIPLE REPAIR SURGERIES AND PERMANENT NEED FOR COLOSTOMY BAG AND SEVERAL HOURS EACH DAY OF IV INFUSION OF FLUIDS TO AVOID KIDNEY DAMAGE.
- ADDITIONAL VERDICTS OF INTEREST. Foster Care Negligence. $4,500,000 VERDICT - FAILURE OF FOSTER CARE AGENCY TO PROTECT MINOR PLAINTIFFS - PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE OF MINOR TWINS AT HANDS OF FOSTER PARENTS - EMOTIONAL INJURIES.
- $1,500,000 POLICY LIMIT RECOVERY - SINGLE VEHICLE COLLISION - PLAINTIFF PASSENGER IN DEFENDANT'S RECENTLY PURCHASED CORVETTE CONTENDS DEFENDANT REACHES ALMOST 100 MPH AND BECOMES AIRBORNE UPON ENCOUNTERING DIP IN ROADWAY - AUTOMOBILE CRASHES INTO TREE
- FDCA VIOLATION. CONSENT DECREE
- $1,450,000 VERDICT - MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE - REAR END COLLISION - CERVICAL HERNIATION - AGGRAVATION OF PREVIOUSLY ASYMPTOMATIC LUMBAR SPONDYLOLISTHESIS INVOLVING INSTABILITY AT L4-5
- ADDITIONAL VERDICTS OF INTEREST. Civil Assault. $3,000,000 VERDICT - CIVIL ASSAULT - SEXUAL HARASSMENT - PLAINTIFF WAITRESS ASSAULTED BY DEFENDANT RESTAURANT PATRON - OFFENSIVE TOUCHING - WANTON, WILLFUL AND OUTRAGEOUS CONDUCT - LEFT ROTATOR CUFF INJURY - CERVICAL RADICULOPATHY - BRACHIAL PLEXOPATHY - NEUROLOGICAL IMPAIRMENT - EMOTIONAL TRAUMA AND DEPRESSION - DAMAGES ONLY.
- ADDITIONAL VERDICTS OF INTEREST. Fraud. $29,000 BENCH VERDICT - PLAINTIFF SUES DEFENDANT COMPANY UNDER DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES ACT - DEFENDANT COMPANY REPRESENTS THAT IT HAD PROPERLY INSTALLED AN ICE MAKER WATER PUMP - DAMAGES.
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. $1,500,000 VERDICT - MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE - INTERSECTION COLLISION - FAILURE TO STOP AT STOP SIGN - HOST VEHICLE STRUCK IN PASSENGER SIDE - PLAINTIFF PASSENGER SUFFERS PROGRESSION TO HERNIATION - NO INCOME CLAIMS.
- Patricia Mogavero vs. TJ Maxx. Docket no. BERL004440-22; Judge William C Soukas, 09-09-24.Attorney for plaintiff: Patricia Mogavero of Law Offices Rosemarie Arnold in Fort Lee, NJ. Attorney for defendant: Joseph F Skinner of Kirmser, Lamastra, Cunningham & Skinner in Whitehouse Station, NJ.
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Left Turn Collision. $600,000 RECOVERY
- $1,200,000 RECOVERY - MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE - REAR END COLLISION - PLAINTIFF DRIVER CONTENDS SHE WAS STRUCK IN REAR BY DEFENDANT - LUMBAR HERNIATION - POSTERIOR HEMILAMINECTOMY - ALLEGED CLOSED HEAD INJURY AND COGNITIVE DEFICITS INVOLVING MEMORY AND CONCENTRATION.
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Intersection Collision. $350,000 RECOVERY
- $1,000,000 RECOVERY - MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE - REAR END COLLISION - PLAINTIFF DRIVER STRUCK IN REAR BY DEFENDANT SCHOOL MINIVAN DRIVER CONTAINING NO STUDENTS - CERVICAL AND LUMBAR DISC INJURIES - TWO-LEVEL LAMINECTOMY AND ARTIFICIAL DISC REPLACEMENT SURGERY - NO SIGNIFICANT FUTURE INCOME CLAIMS.
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Multiple Vehicle Collision. $300,000 RECOVERY
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Rear End Collision. $699,000 RECOVERY
- INSURANCE OBLIGATION. $100,000 GROSS RECOVERY
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. $27,700,000 VERDICT - MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE - PLAINTIFF PASSENGER ON NYCTA BUS WHICH STRIKES TRUCK IN REAR - CERVICAL HERNIATIONS - FUSION SURGERY WITH HARDWARE - SECOND SURGERY PLANNED FOR REMOVAL OF HARDWARE AND EXTENSION OF FUSION - EXTENSIVE DIFFICULTIES WITH EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES DUE TO LOSS OF GRIP STRENGTH - MUSLIM PLAINTIFF HAS GREAT DIFFICULTIES ENGAGING IN DAILY PRAYERS - DAMAGES ONLY.
- PREMISES LIABILITY. Hazardous Premises. $225,000 RECOVERY
- $453,636 RECOVERY - BREACH OF CONTRACT - PLAINTIFF CLAIMS DEFENDANT 9/11 FIRST RESPONDER ASSIGNED SOME OF HIS VICTIM COMPENSATION FUND AWARD TO PLAINTIFF BUT DEFENDANT AND DEFENDANT LAW FIRM REFUSED TO RELEASE MONEY TO PLAINTIFF - DEFENDANT CLAIMS HE DID NOT INTEND TO ASSIGN AWARD TO PLAINTIFF AND DEFENDANT LAW FIRM CLAIMS IT HELD FUNDS WHILE PLAINTIFF INVESTIGATED FOR DECEPTIVE PRACTICES.
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Intersection Collision. $15,000 RECOVERY IN ACCORDANCE WITH NON-BINDING ARBITRATION AWARD
- SCHOOL LIABILITY. $150,000 RECOVERY
- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE. $3,000,000 VERDICT - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - OB/GYN NEGLIGENCE - FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE BOWEL PERFORATION WHEN 43-YEAR-OLD RETURNED TO HOSPITAL COMPLAINING OF SEVERE PAIN APPROXIMATELY 12 HOURS AFTER UNDERGOING LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY PERFORMED BY DEFENDANT GYNECOLOGICAL ONCOLOGIST - DEATH FROM SEPSIS 2 ½ DAYS LATER.
- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE. $2,925,000 VERDICT - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT - FAILURE TO PERFORM CARDIAC WORK-UP IN PATIENT PRESENTING WITH CHEST PAIN WHEN BREATHING - WRONGFUL DEATH OF 23-YEAR-OLD.
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. $25,000,000 RECOVERY - MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE - AUTO/BICYCLE COLLISION - DEFENDANT PICK-UP TRUCK DRIVER USING VEHICLE OWNED BY MAJOR CORPORATION MADE LEFT TURN INTO PATH OF PLAINTIFF BICYCLIST - MULTIPLE SKULL AND FACIAL FRACTURES - SURGICALLY IMPLANTED PLATE PROTRUDES FROM FOREHEAD - EXTENSIVE COSTS OF FUTURE CARE.
- Kathalina Restrepo vs. Luis Ortiz. Docket no. ESXL008148-21; Judge Russell J. Passamano, 10-21-24.Attorney for plaintiff: Damon A Vespi of The Vespi Law Firm, LLC in Totowa, NJ. Attorney for defendant: Gerald F Strachan of Law Office of Gerald F Strachan in Woodbridge, NJ.
- Robert Abendschoen, Sr. vs. Robert Abendschoen, Jr.. Docket no. ESXL008573-21; Judge Russell J. Passamano, 09-13-24.Attorney for plaintiff: Michael A Rowek of Michael A Rowek in Totowa, NJ. Attorney for defendant: Nicholas J Lombardi of Harrington and Lombardi, LLP .
- Sara Minor, JM vs. Ian Simmons. Docket no. CAML002606-22; Judge Donald J. Stein, 09-09-24.Attorney for plaintiff: Adam J Pantano of Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky in Marlton, NJ. Attorney for defendant: Jeffrey A Savage of LAW OFFICES OF PAMELA D. HARGROVE in Clark, NJ.
- Werner Deconstruction, LLC vs. Siteworks Services NY, Inc. et al.. Docket no. 3:15-cv7682; Judge Tonianne J. Bongiovanni, 03-11-24.Attorney for plaintiff: Thomas Joseph O'Leary of Walsh Pizzi O'Reilly Falanga in Newark, NJ. Attorney for defendant: Saul Roffe of Law Office of Saul Roffe in Marlboro, NJ.
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Intersection Collision. $625,000 VERDICT
- PREMISES LIABILITY. Fall down. $990,000 RECOVERY
- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE. $21,500,000 VERDICT - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - RADIOLOGY NEGLIGENCE - FAILURE TO TIMELY DIAGNOSE AND TREAT BREAST CANCER - DOUBLE MASTECTOMY - CHEMOTHERAPY - RADIATION - LOST CHANCE OF CURE.
- ADDITIONAL VERDICTS OF INTEREST. Security Negligence. $95,000,000 RECOVERY - SECURITY NEGLIGENCE - OWNER OF WORLD TRADE CENTER PROPERTIES SUES AIRLINES FOR SECURITY LAPSES - LOSS OF TWIN TOWERS.
- $1,075,000 RECOVERY - CONSTRUCTION SITE NEGLIGENCE - FAILURE TO SECURE TAR PAPER ROLL ON ROOF AT MODULAR HOME SITE - CRANE OPERATOR IS STRUCK IN BACK OF HEAD - UNSTABLE CERVICAL WEDGE FRACTURE - FUSION SURGERY - USE OF HALO FOR 109 DAYS - RETURN TO WORK NINE MONTHS LATER.
- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE. $7,000,000 RECOVERY - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT - DEFENDANT DOCTORS FAIL TO APPRECIATE SIGNS OF SYMPTOMS OF SEVERE INFECTION AND DISCHARGE INFANT MINOR WHO REQUIRED HOSPITALIZATION - SEPSIS - MENINGITIS - SEVERE MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION REQUIRING SURGERY - CORTICAL BLINDNESS - CEREBRAL PALSY.
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Rear End Collision. $140,000 RECOVERY
- PRODUCT LIABILITY. $26,000,000 RECOVERY - PRODUCT LIABILITY - DEFECTIVE PRODUCT - CHILD SUFFERS SEVERE BURNS AFTER PRESSURE COOKER FAILS - THIRD DEGREE BURNS OVER 60% OF BODY - MULTIPLE SURGICAL AMPUTATIONS.
- EMPLOYER'S RETALIATION. $150,000 SETTLEMENT
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Left Turn Collision. $650,000 RECOVERY
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. $2,121,750 VERDICT - MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE - PLAINTIFF DRIVING IN RIGHT LANE ALLEGES DEFENDANT STREET SWEEPER NEGLIGENTLY EXITED GAS STATION, FORCING HIM TO SWERVE TO LEFT, LOSE CONTROL AND STRIKE MEDIAN DIVIDER - PLAINTIFF'S VEHICLE THEN STRUCK BY NON-PARTY DRIVER OF SUV - FRACTURE AT L1 - FIVE-LEVEL FUSION - FOOT DROP AND NUMBNESS TO LOWER LEG - 'OPEN BOOK' PELVIC FRACTURE AND HEMORRHAGE OF PELVIC ARTERY - LEFT ACETABULAR FRACTURE - LOSS OF SEVEN MONTHS FROM RESTAURANT SERVER POSITION - NO FUTURE LOSS OF INCOME CLAIM MADE.
- DRAM SHOP. $352,000 RECOVERY
- $2,819,418 RECOVERY, INCLUDING $2,225, 534 FOR DEATH OF 62-YEAR-OLD BOX TRUCK DRIVER AND $451,107 RECOVERY FOR 17-YEAR-OLD PASSENGER/ SON OF DRIVER WHO SUFFERS TWO LUMBAR TRANSVERSE FRACTURES, SCAPULA FRACTURE AND DISLOCATED ELBOW WHEN STRUCK IN REAR BY TRACTOR-TRAILER WHILE STOPPED ON NJ TPK - DEFENDANT TRUCKING COMPANY HAS $3,000,000 IN COVERAGE AND NO SIGNIFICANT ASSETS - PAYMENTS FORPROPERTY DAMAGE AND PAYMENTS TO OCCUPANTS OF DISABLED VEHILE IN FRONT TOTAL $180,000 - NY RESIDENT SUES RHODE ISLAND TRUCKING COMPANY AND CASE IN NJ FEDERAL COURT UNDER DIVERSITY JURISDICTION - DECEDENT WITHOUT MEDICAL INSURANCE AND SPENDS APPROXIMATELY 30 DAYS IN ICU BEFORE DYING - HOSPITAL BILL OF APPROXIMATELY $1,900,000 NOT ADDRESSED DURING SUBJECT LITIGATION AND SUBSEQUENTLY RESOLVES FOR $230,000 IN NY SURROGATE COURT PROCEEDING, WHICH SUM, HOSPITAL RECEIVES OVER AND ABOVE $50,000 PIP OBTAINED FROM PIP.
- PREMISES LIABILITY. Negligent Maintenance. $125,000 RECOVERY
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. DEFENDANT'S VERDICT ON VERBAL THRESHOLD
- ADDITIONAL VERDICTS OF INTEREST. Utility Negligence. $8,500,000 RECOVERY - UTILITY COMPANY NEGLIGENCE - FAILURE OF GAS COMPANY TO ADEQUATELY SHORE AND COVER GAS MAIN TRENCH - GROUND NEXT TO TRENCH COLLAPSES AS PLAINTIFF SANITATION WORKER IS WALKING BY - CLOSED HEAD INJURY - COGNITIVE DEFICITS - KNEE INJURY - KNEE REPLACEMENT - CRPS TO KNEE - CERVICAL AND LUMBAR HERNIATIONS - WRIST FRACTURE - ABDOMINAL HERNIA - NON-DOMINANT SHOULDER TEAR - MULTIPLE SURGERIES - PERMANENT DISABILITY ALLEGED.
- DOG BITE. $300,000 RECOVERY
- $1,250,000 VERDICT - MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE - INTERSECTION COLLISION - FAILURE TO OBEY STOP SIGN - CERVICAL HERNIATION AND AGGRAVATION OF ASYMPTOMATIC CERVICAL AND LUMBAR ARTHRITIS - LIMITED TREATMENT.
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Intersection Collision. $168,000 COMBINED RECOVERY
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Rear End Collision. DEFENDANT'S VERDICT
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Auto/Bicycle Collision. $742,700 VERDICT
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Head-on Collision. $850,000 RECOVERY
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Multiple Vehicle Collision. $450,000 VERDICT
- MUNICIPAL LIABILITY. $500,000 TOTAL RECOVERY
- HOMEOWNER'S NEGLIGENCE. $480,000 RECOVERY
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. $2,665,000 VERDICT - MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE - REAR END COLLISION - DEFENDANT STRIKES PLAINTIFF IN REAR ON WET PARKWAY, CAUSING PLAINTIFF TO SPIN OUT OF CONTROL - PLAINTIFF STRIKES HEAD AND NECK ON CAR INTERIOR - THREE CERVICAL HERNIATIONS - SURGERY RECOMMENDED.
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. $2,266,142 VERDICT - MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE - HEAD-ON COLLISION - DEFENDANT INTOXICATED DRIVER CROSSES CENTER LINE AND STRIKES THE PLAINTIFF'S VEHICLE - SERIOUS AND LIFE THREATENING INJURIES TO THE DRIVER - MULTIPLE FRACTURES TO VARIOUS BODY PARTS - DAMAGES ONLY.
- PREMISES LIABILITY. Hazardous Premises. $575,000 RECOVERY
- ADDITIONAL VERDICTS OF INTEREST. Truck Maintenance Negligence. $2,225,000 RECOVERY - FAILURE OF TRUCK RENTAL COMPANY TO ENSURE ADEQUATE MAINTENANCE - PLAINTIFF STANDING ON LIFT GATE PREPARING TO OFF LOAD PALLETS OF OFFICE SUPPLIES WHEN LIFT GATE HINGE SUDDENLY FAILS - APPROXIMATE FOUR TO FIVE-FOOT FALL - TWO LUMBAR HERNIATIONS - FUSION SURGERY WITH HARDWARE - INABILITY TO CONTINUE WORKING - NEED FOR FUTURE CARE AND MODIFICATIONS OF HOME.
- PRODUCT LIABILITY. $6,800,000 VERDICT - PRODUCT LIABILITY - ASBESTOS - MESOTHELIOMA - PLAINTIFF WORKED FOR DEFENDANT WHILE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL DOING PART-TIME INSULATION WORK - FAILURE TO WARN - WRONGFUL DEATH CLAIM.
- Anna Rybka vs. Gloria Reyes. Docket no. L003079-21; Judge Michael N. Beukas, 02-03-24.Attorney for plaintiff: Francesca Nicholas of Law Office of Rosemarie Arnold in Fort Lee, NJ. Attorney for defendant: Julie H Robinson of IBRAHIM AND JACKSON in Scranton, PA.
- ADDITIONAL VERDICTS OF INTEREST. Contract. $8,500,000 VERDICT - CLAIMED BREACH OF EXCLUSIVE BOXING PROMOTIONAL AGREEMENT - TORTIOUS INTERFERENCE WITH CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS - UNJUST ENRICHMENT - LOSS OF PROFITS CLAIMED.
- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE. $8,500,000 VERDICT - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - UNNECESSARY REMOVAL OF THYROID AFTER INCIDENTAL ULTRASOUND FINDING OF COMPLEX MASS ON LEFT LOBE AND RECOMMENDATION FOR FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION FOR LIKELY BENIGN CONDITION - SURGICAL COMPLICATION OF LOSS OF VOICE FOR TWO MONTHS BECAUSE OF VOCAL CHORD PARALYSIS - PERMANENT NEED FOR HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY - ANXIETY.
- POLICE LIABILITY. Excessive Force. $85,000 RECOVERY
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Intersection Collision. $200,000 RECOVERY
- Jorge Martinez-Ramos vs. Eva Naumiuk. Docket no. MIDL006803-20; Judge Ana C. Viscomi, 04-03-24.Attorney for plaintiff: Eugene S Wishnic of Wishnic & Jerushalmy Law Group in New Brunswick, NJ. Attorney for defendant: John A Camassa of Camassa Law Firm, PC in Wall, NJ.
- PREMISES LIABILITY. Fall Down. $1,200,000 VERDICT
- PREMISES LIABILITY. $775,000 VERDICT - PREMISES LIABILITY - TRIP AND FALL - PLAINTIFF TRIPS AND FALLS ON A SIX-INCH HOLE ON THE FLOOR OF THE DEFENDANT'S WAREHOUSE FACILITY - FAILURE TO ENSURE THAT THE PREMISES WERE REASONABLY SAFE - CATASTROPHIC LEFT ARM INJURIES REQUIRING SURGERY - PTSD - PERMANENT DISABILITY FROM WORK - LEFT EYE SOCKET INJURY WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT.
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Multiple Vehicle Collision. $250,000 (POLICY LIMIT) RECOVERY
- PRODUCT LIABILITY. Defective Design. DEFENDANT'S VERDICT
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. $2,000,000 RECOVERY - MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE - MULTIPLE-VEHICLE REAR END COLLISION - DEFENDANT TRUCK STRIKES SUV WHICH STRIKES CAR BEHIND PLAINTIFF AND IS THEN PROPELLED INTO PLAINTIFF'S CAR - LUMBAR AND CERVICAL HERNIATIONS WHICH REQUIRE SURGERY - TEAR TO BOTH SHOULDER AND BOTH KNEES WITH EFFUSION - REDUCED HOURS AND LIMITATION OF WORKLIFE EXPECTANCY OF PLAINTIFF DENTIST.
- ADDITIONAL VERDICTS OF INTEREST. Dog Attack. $1,050,000 VERDICT - DOG ATTACK - PLAINTIFFS FATHER AND DAUGHTER ARE SEVERELY BITTEN BY DEFENDANT'S ROTTWEILERS - FATHER SUSTAINS LOSS OF RIGHT BICEPS, SEVERE SCARRING TO AND LOSS OF USE OF DOMINANT ARM - EMOTIONAL DISTRESS - DAUGHTER SUFFERS BITES TO BUTTOCKS AND EMOTIONAL DAMAGES - BENCH TRIAL - DAMAGES ONLY.
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Rear End Collision. $150,000 VERDICT
- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE. $2,825,000 TOTAL RECOVERY - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - OB/GYN - SURGERY - FAILURE TO RECOGNIZE COLON TEAR IN PRIOR PROCEDURE - FAILURE OF SURGEON TO CREATE DIVERSION - FISTULA REQUIRING SURGERY THREE WEEKS LATER - CARDIAC ARREST - PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE.
- PRODUCT LIABILITY. $8,000,000,000 PUNITIVE DAMAGE VERDICT - PRODUCT LIABILITY - FAILURE TO WARN - MASS TORT - JOHNSON & JOHNSON FAILS TO FULLY DISCLOSE DANGERS ASSOCIATED WITH RISPERDAL USE - GROWTH OF FEMALE BREAST TISSUE IN BOYS.
- $1,200,000 RECOVERY - PREMISES LIABILITY - 85-YEAR-OLD MAN SLIPS AND FALLS ON ICE - SKULL FRACTURE - DEATH FIVE MONTHS LATER - FAILURE OF STRIP MALL TO PLACE GUTTER SYSTEM NEXT TO ROOF AND AWNINGS - PORTEE CLAIM OF WIFE WHO WITNESSES FALL - WRONGFUL DEATH.
- SPORTS & RECREATION. $122,500 RECOVERY
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Head-on Collision. DEFENDANT'S VERDICT
- $300,000 VERDICT - MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE - MULTIPLE VEHICLE COLLISION - CO-DEFENDANT COLLIDES IN INTERSECTION AND THEN COLLIDES WITH PLAINTIFF'S VEHICLE - RIGHT SHOULDER INJURY - C4-5, C5-6 AND L5-S1 DISC HERNIATIONS -RECOMMENDATION FOR SURGERY - PLAINTIFF MOVES FOR NEW TRIAL AFTER JURY VERDICT - MOTION DENIED.
- NEGLIGENT MAINTENANCE. $374,780 GROSS VERDICT REDUCED BY 10% COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE
- PREMISES LIABILITY. Fall Down. $1,500,000 RECOVERY REACHED DURING TRIAL
- WRONGFUL TERMINATION. $100,000 RECOVERY
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Rear End Collision. $400,000 RECOVERY
- BUS NEGLIGENCE. DEFENDANT'S VERDICT
- OTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Rear End Collision. $760,000 RECOVERY
- ADDITIONAL VERDICTS OF INTEREST. Fraud. $7,900,000 SETTLEMENT - FRAUD - SETTLEMENT AND STATE PRISON SENTENCES IN ILLEGAL PRESCRIPTION BUY-BACK AND MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME - ALLEGED FALSE CLAIMS TO MEDICARE AND MEDICAID.
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Left Turn Collision. $21,000 VERDICT
- SPORTS & RECREATION. $27,500 RECOVERY
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Intersection Collision. $100,000 POLICY LIMIT RECOVERY
- ADDITIONAL VERDICTS OF INTEREST. Dog Attack. $172,502 AWARD - DOG ATTACK - DEFENDANTS' DOG ATTACKS PLAINTIFF WHILE WALKING PAST HOME - BROKEN RIGHT FEMUR AND MEDICAL EXPENSES.
- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE. $4,002,185 VERDICT - PRODUCT LIABILITY - FAILURE TO WARN OF BIRTH DEFECTS RISKS ABOUT TOPAMAX - NEGLIGENCE, FRAUD AND MISREPRESENTATION - MINOR MALE BORN WITH CLEFT LIP AND CLEFT PALATE.
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Rear End Collision. $215,000 RECOVERY
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Multiple Vehicle Collision. $6,499 ARBITRATION CONFIRMATION
- PREMISES LIABILITY. Hazardous Premises. DEFENDANT'S JUDGMENT
- PREMISES LIABILITY. Negligent Security. $175,000 RECOVERY
- PRODUCT LIABILITY. $52,400,000 VERDICT - PRODUCT LIABILITY - TOBACCO LITIGATION - WOMAN SMOKER SINCE CHILDHOOD SUES 'BIG TOBACCO' - LARYNGEAL CANCER.
- PREMISES LIABILITY. Fall Down. UNDISCLOSED RECOVERY
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. $1,444,337 GROSS VERDICT - MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE - MULTIPLE VEHICLE COLLISION - THREE-CAR STRIKE - NEGLIGENT U-TURN FOLLOWED BY REAR END COLLISION - HERNIATED CERVICAL DISC WITH SURGERY - FUTURE SURGERY INDICATED.