A plaintiff who was paralyzed after a workplace scaffolding accident recently settled his personal injury lawsuit for $7 million. Plaintiff had been working on a structure at a private residence when the scaffolding plank he was standing on broke. Plaintiff suffered a broken back in the fall and [...]
The estate of a man who was killed when an automobile crossed the median on Route 80 and struck his car recently settled their wrongful death suit against the NJ Department of Transportation for $2.5 million. In 2008, the decedent was driving on Route 80 eastbound when his [...]
A plaintiff who sustained head and back injuries while inspecting the construction of an addition to his home recently settled with three defendant contractors for a total of $2 million. Plaintiff was inspecting his Upper Saddle River, NJ home after construction of an addition had begun when he [...]
A plaintiff who sustained back injuries after slipping on food and debris at a Stop & Shop supermarket recently settled her personal injury lawsuit for $950,000. Plaintiff was on the check out line at the Shop & Stop supermarket in Somerville, NJ when she slipped and fell. Immediately [...]
A plaintiff injured in a slip and fall accident at her Hasbrouck Heights apartment building was recently awarded $872,000 by a Bergen County jury. Plaintiff slipped on a mat located on the bottom step of the staircase at her apartment building. As a result of the fall, she [...]
A plaintiff who sustained back injuries in a Somerville, NJ slip and fall recently settled her premises liability lawsuit for $390,000. Plaintiff slipped on loose gravel at her apartment complex and sustained disc injuries in her back. She treated conservatively for the injuries for over two years, but [...]
A plaintiff whose car was hit by an allegedly negligent motorist in Totowa, NJ recently settled her New Jersey personal injury lawsuit for $475,000. Plaintiff was driving on Union Boulevard, near the intersection with Coolidge Avenue, when a car coming the other way attempted to make a turn [...]
A former UPS employee who was injured in the course of employment at Newark Liberty Airport recently settled her personal injury lawsuit for $1.23 million. Plaintiff was the signaler for the operator of a aircraft cargo loading machine. Because it was cold outside, Plaintiff was standing behind the [...]
An injured pedestrian recently settled his Monmouth County personal injury lawsuit for $2 million. The plaintiff was injured when he was struck by a vehicle while crossing Route 9 in Howell, NJ. Plaintiff, a pedestrian, had the green light and was in the cross walk when he was [...]
The family of a child who was born with a congenital brain defect recently settled their New Jersey medical malpractice lawsuit for $6 million. At 19 weeks, an ultrasound revealed that the fetus’ hands were clenched tightly - a sign of a possible abnormality. An amniocentesis was conducted [...]