We have successfully obtained recovery for hundreds of clients who have sustained injuries in all different types of personal injury cases. While each case has its own unique facts and legal circumstances, we are proud of the results that we have obtained on behalf of our clients.*
CAR ACCIDENT
$7 Million Award
Monmouth County
In this action, the plaintiff, 17 year-old student suffered permanent jaw and facial injuries when the driver of a minivan lost control as he came around a curve and struck the school bus the plaintiff was riding in. Plaintiff was thrown forward and hit her head and jaw on a metal bar on the seat in front of her. Plaintiff was then thrown backward and struck the back of her head on the seat behind her, which had a metal bar in the upholstery. Plaintiff suffered ripped joints and torn ligaments, tendons and muscles in her jaw. Plaintiff was treated by 10 doctors before she was correctly diagnosed with TMJ dysfunction. Plaintiff was fitted with an appliance, but still continues to suffer severe and progressively worsening pain throughout her life. To combat the pain, Plaintiff must take medication and periodically gets topical anesthetic injections in her face using 4-inch-long needles. The verdict in O'Neil vs. Critchley was set aside by the trial judge for being excessively high in relation to the injuries sustained by the plaintiff. CAR AND TRUCK ACCIDENT
$5.25 Million Recovery
Monmouth County
Plaintiff sustained serious permanent injuries after a truck, over-loaded with 84,000 pounds of asphalt, went through a red light and broadsided plaintiff’s vehicle pushing it 300 feet. Plaintiff remained in a coma for 13 days and was left with severe cognitive deficits that impaired his memory and ability to process information which prevented plaintiff from returning to his position as an electrical engineer. The settlement provided for two trusts to be set up to pay for household expenses and plaintiff’s lifetime care. SLIP AND FALL AT WORK PLACE
$2.3 Million Recovery
Monmouth County
Plaintiff suffered serious Injuries from a fall at work. TRUCK WRECK
$1.57 Million Recovery
Monmouth County
Plaintiff sustained serious permanent injuries after his car collided with a furniture delivery truck that skidded on wet pavement and fell onto Plaintiff s vehicle. It took rescuers 45 minutes to remove plaintiff from the wreckage. Plaintiff remained in a coma for two days and hospitalized for 90 days with a shattered pelvis and head trauma. Plaintiff pelvis was reconstructed with screws and plates, and one leg now is an inch shorter than the other. Plaintiff experienced memory loss, difficulty concentrating, outbursts of anger, panic attacks and a seizure.
ACCIDENT DURING WORK
$1.1 Million Recovery
Monmouth County
In this action, the plaintiff, a 30-year-old UPS driver making a delivery to the loading dock at the defendant's premises, contended that a ladder that was affixed to the loading dock was loose, and detached as he was climbing up. The plaintiff fell approximately four feet, twisted his back and fell onto his legs. The plaintiff suffered a severe herniation at L-5, S-1 that required four surgical interventions and will permanently cause disabling pain. CAR ACCIDENT
$1.1 Million Award
Monmouth County
This was an action involving a plaintiff, age 50 at the time, who was driving a car owned by his employer. The plaintiff contended that the defendant driver and the unidentified driver of a second vehicle were drag racing in the same direction as the plaintiff was traveling, resulting in the defendant losing control and striking the plaintiff, propelling him into a utility pole. The plaintiff suffered facet fractures at C-3 and C-4, which required a fusion after an unsuccessful surgical course. The plaintiff maintained that the fusion placed extensive pressure on the areas above and below the fusion, occasioning severe radiating pain, that he developed a very substantial kifosis and that he required subsequent surgery in which a large portion of bone was removed from three cervical levels and replaced with inter-vertebral prostheses and titanium mesh at the three cervical levels. The defendant driver settled early on for his $100,000 policy limits. The employer's commercial policy had $1,000,000 UIM coverage and the policy provided for binding arbitration. WORK PLACE ACCIDENT
$1.06 Million Recovery
Monmouth County
Plaintiff sustained serious second- and third degree burns to his arms, legs and torso when a spark ignited butane gas at a lighter-manufacturing plant. While on the job, plaintiff observed a leak in one of the plant’s butane gas line filter housings. As plaintiff attempted to find the source, a spark, caused by static electricity ignited the gas and his clothing. Plaintiff was flown to St. Barnabas Medical Center where he remained for six weeks undergoing treatment. The burns left significant scarring on plaintiff, who continues to suffer from pain and restricted movement. MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
$1,02 Million Recovery
Monmouth County
Plaintiff suffered serious Injuries from Medical Malpractice. CONSTRUCTION SITE ACCIDENT
$975,000 Recovery
Monmouth County
Plaintiff suffered serious Injuries sustained on a construction site. BOATING ACCIDENT
$850,000 Recovery
Monmouth County
The Deceased lost his life after his personal watercraft collided with a powerboat. The Deceased suffered head injuries and died five days later. The Deceased left behind a wife and two young sons.
SLIP AND FALL
$725,000 Recovery
Monmouth County
Plaintiff sustained back injuries when he tripped on an approximate five foot long conduit pipe causing him to fall backwards in a twisting motion. Plaintiff’s severe exacerbation made it necessary for several subsequent surgeries.
CAR ACCIDENT
$600,000 Recovery
Monmouth County
This was an action involving a plaintiff age 17 at the time, who was a passenger in her boyfriend's car. The plaintiff contended that the defendant host driver negligently made a left hand turn into the path of the on-coming driver and that the co-defendant non-host driver was traveling too rapidly and failed to make adequate observations. The plaintiff sustained bilateral compound comminuted ulnar fractures and compound comminuted fractures to the mid-shaft of the right humerus. The plaintiff maintained that she will suffer permanent restriction and very noticeable scarring on her forearms. The plaintiff further contended that she struck her head on the windshield, suffering a close head injury, which caused a relatively moderate cognitive deficit that ultimately resolved as well as a relatively slight scar above one eye. BUS ACCIDENT
$500,000 Award
Monmouth County
Plaintiff suffered injuries when a bus struck her car door at Newark International Airport. Plaintiff was parked at the arrivals section waiting to pick up a friend. The bus approached as Plaintiff opened her door to greet her friend. The door become caught in the bus’s wheel well dragging the plaintiff’s car some 35 feet. Plaintiff suffered a sever shoulder separation on the left side that necessitated three surgical interventions, a lumbar herniation and a tear of the medical meniscus on the left side. CAR ACCIDENT
$450,000 Award
Monmouth County
In this action, the female plaintiff driver, age 32 at the time, contended that the defendant negligently struck her in a rear-end collision. The plaintiff maintained that the impact was very substantial and that she sustained a herniated disc at C-6-7, which required an anterior fusion. The plaintiff contended that surgery resulted in excessive stress being placed on the level above the fusion. The plaintiff contended that this pressure resulted in a small herniation in the adjacent level. The plaintiff also contended that she suffered a concussion, which caused short-term headaches and a cognitive deficit which essentially resolved with cognitive therapy from a neuropsychologist. The plaintiff further maintained that she suffered slight, but noticeable scarring above the eye. Finally, the plaintiff contended that she suffered two fractured ribs, which resolved. MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT
$450,000 Award
Monmouth County
Plaintiff sustained serious Injuries from a motorcycle accident.
MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT
$437,000 Recovery
Monmouth County
Plaintiff sustained serious Injuries from a motorcycle accident. CAR COLLISION
$400,000 Recovery
Monmouth County
The female plaintiff, approximately age 50, contended that the defendant driver negligently made a left hand turn into her path of travel, causing a collision. CAR ACCIDENT
$380,388 Award
Monmouth County
This was an action in which the male plaintiff pedestrian in the parking lot of the non-party supermarket contended that after the defendant driver missed an open parking space; she traveled in reverse quickly and without making proper observations in order to obtain a different parking spot in the crowded lot. The plaintiff contended that as a result, he was struck and knocked to the ground, suffering a lumbar compression fracture and an aggravation of previously asymptomatic lumbar degenerative disc disease. The plaintiff, who had worked as a teacher in the use of heavy equipment for many years, contended that he could not continue the heavy, practical aspects of his job and that after approximately one year in which others would cover for him in this aspect while he continued the classroom duties, he was advised that unless he could resume the physical aspects, he would lose his job. The plaintiff maintained that he could not continue. The plaintiff also contended that he would have enjoyed a very active retirement and must now lead a much more sedentary lifestyle. SLIP AND FALL
$375,000 Award
Monmouth County
In this action, the female plaintiff, in her early fifties at trial, contended that the defendant bank negligently failed to salt the sidewalk in front of the bank despite recurring freezing and thawing conditions which had occurred in the four day period preceding the fall and subsequent to a heavy snow storm which fell one week earlier. The plaintiff contended that as a result, she slipped and fell after she had exited the bank, suffering a trimalleolar fracture. CAR ACCIDENT
$300,000 Recovery
Monmouth County
The female plaintiff passenger in a stopped automobile contended that the defendant driver negligently struck the host vehicle in the rear, propelling it into the car in front of the host. The plaintiff, in her early 50's, contended that she suffered a cervical herniation which was confirmed by MRI and which required an anterior fusion. The plaintiff also contended that she suffered a lumbar herniation, which necessitated fusion surgery. MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT
$300,000 Recovery
Monmouth County
Plaintiff sustained serious Injuries from a motorcycle accident. CAR COLLISION
$250,000 Award
Ocean County
The female plaintiff driver, age 32 at the time, contended that the defendant failed to stop at a stop sign, causing the collision. The plaintiff contended that as a result, she suffered fibromyacitis in the cervical spine and soft tissue lumbar sprains and strains, which will cause permanent pain and restriction. The defendant contended that she looked before proceeding and did not see the plaintiff, arguing that it was likely the plaintiff was speeding. The plaintiff denied that she was speeding. The defendant also maintained that his view was partially obstructed by a hill and curve in the roadway. The plaintiff introduced photographs, which the plaintiff maintained contradicted this defense contention.
NEGLIGENCE
$245,000 Recovery
Ocean County
The plaintiff was in his mid-forties and employed a maintenance man for a company that provided maintenance services to the defendant Board of Education. The Board supplied the 55-gallon drum into which cooking grease was poured, negligently failed to provide a cover and that the co-defendant cafeteria services company negligently continued pouring oil into the uncovered drum, resulting in it overflowing when it rained. CAR COLLISION
$225,000 Recovery
Monmouth County
The female plaintiff in her mid-forties at the time of the collision contended that the defendant driver negligently struck her in a rear-end collision while the plaintiff was stopped. The plaintiff contended that she suffered a herniation at C-3, 4 which were confirmed by MRI four months later. The plaintiff also maintained that an EMG that was taken at this time was positive as well. NEGLIGENCE
$200,000 Recovery
Ocean County
The plaintiff railroad lineman contended that the defendant railroad failed to take precautions such as removing extensive vegetation to reduce the number of ticks in the infested area, provide protective equipment and clothing, and/or spray the area. The plaintiff maintained that as a result, he contracted Lyme's Disease, which went undetected for 1-½ years. *Results vary depending on the particular facts and circumstances of each case.
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