MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Head-on Collision. $______ POLICY LIMIT RECOVERY Motor vehicle negligence - Head on collision - Nasal fracture - Soft tissue injuries.

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Head-on Collision

$100,000 POLICY LIMIT RECOVERY

Motor vehicle negligence – Head on collision –

Nasal fracture – Soft tissue injuries.

Warren County, NJ

In this motor vehicle negligence action, the

plaintiff, age 56 at the time of this accident, was

traveling northbound on Route 94 when the

defendant, traveling southbound, failed to

maintain her lane of travel and crossed the center

line, striking the plaintiff’ s vehicle head-on

causing her to sustain serious injuries. The

accident was witnessed by several individuals who

confirmed that the defendant was operating her

vehicle in the wrong lane of travel before striking

the plaintiff’s vehicle.

The impact was so severe that the plaintiff was ren-

dered unconscious and the jaws of life were de-

ployed to remove her from the vehicle. The plaintiff

sustained a fracture of the anterior nasal spine and

profuse epistaxis and diffuse swelling of the mid-face

in the upper lip and bad ecchymosis; periorbital

headaches; a nasal spinal fluid leak; bilateral tinnitus;

a closed nasal bone fracture which involved the an-

terior nasal spine; and extensive orthopedic injuries to

the neck, back and chest.

The case settled prior to trial for the $100,000 policy

limits. Neither side retained expert testimony.

REFERENCE

Vernoski vs. Erickson-Suhy, et al. Docket no. WRN-L-

146-20, 02-02-21.

Attorney for plaintiff: Christopher L. Musmanno of

Einhorn Barbarito Frost & Botwinick, PC in Denville,

NJ.

Intersection Collision

$250,000 (POLICY LIMIT) RECOVERY

Motor vehicle negligence – Intersection collision –

Failure to stop at stop sign as plaintiff driver is

making left turn – Defendant driver concedes at

scene that she did not see plaintiff – Lumbar

herniation – Surgery – Knee injuries.

Morris County, NJ

In this motor vehicle negligence action, the

plaintiff driver in his late 20s contended that the

defendant driver negligently failed to stop at a

stop sign as the plaintiff was in the course of

turning left, striking the plaintiff’s vehicle, causing

the plaintiff to sustain injuries. The defendant

admitted to the investigating officer that she did

not see the plaintiff before impact.

The plaintiff maintained that he sustained a lumbar

her nation which will cause permanent symptoms de-

spite surgery. The plaintiff further contended that he

suffered a trauma to both knees which have contin-

ued to cause symptoms.

The plaintiff made no income claims.

The case settled prior to trial for the $250,000 policy

limits.

REFERENCE

Plaintiff’s chiropractor expert: Jay Brecker, DC from

Dover, NJ. Plaintiff’s orthopedic surgeon expert:

David Basch, M.D. from Sparta, NJ. Plaintiff’s

physical therapist expert: Monreo C. Castro from

Dover, NJ.

Parrales vs. Shin, et al. Docket no. MRS-L-709-22; 12-

03-22.

Attorney for plaintiff: Christopher L. Musmanno of

Einhorn Barbarito Frost & Botwinick, PC in Denville,

NJ.

Left Turn Collision

$575,000 RECOVERY

Motor vehicle collision – Left turn collision –

Defendant contends he started turning on green

arrow – Lumbar herniation superimposed on prior

back pain – Surgery – Limited PIP policy – No

future income claims.

Middlesex County, NJ

In this action for motor vehicle negligence, the

plaintiff in his 50s, who was a bus driver

operating his personal car, contended that the

defendant driver disregarded a left turn arrow

and caused the accident in which the plaintiff

sustained permanent injuries. The defendant

maintained that the arrow was green when he

began to turn and the cause of the collision was

the negligence of the plaintiff. The plaintiff would

have countered that the defendant did not make

this claim to the investigating office. There was no

independent eyewitness testimony.

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