Middlesex Jury Awards $7.5 Million Verdict for Construction Site FallJanuary 16, 2019
A Middlesex County jury awarded $7,500,000 to a man who fell 20-feet while working at a construction site in Spotswood, NJ. At the time of the accident, the Plaintiff was working as a carpenter’s helper for a sub-contractor working for the defendant. The defendant was the owner of the property as well as the General …
NJ.com: Full Story – Middlesex Verdict $7,500,000January 15, 2019
The full story by Alex Napoliello can be found on NJ.com at this link. A Middlesex County jury returned a $7,500,000 verdict in favor of the plaintiff. The plaintiff was a 56 year-old male from Spotswood, NJ who fell 20 feet at a residential housing construction site. As a result of the accident, the plaintiff suffered rib and …
$8M Bad Faith VerdictFebruary 22, 2018
Attorneys won an $8 million bad faith verdict against an insurance company that allegedly failed to properly handle a settlement check for a young man rendered quadriplegic in a 2011 car crash. The Jan. 26 verdict in favor of Palm Beach Gardens on questions about how insurers should address settlements of personal injury claims when medical liens are …
$9.7 Million Verdict for Slip and FallFebruary 6, 2018
SLIP AND FALL: A judge has trimmed to $9.7 million a jury verdict for a Bronx woman who says she slipped on a broken step while descending a staircase in her friend’s apartment building, causing her to suffer a major ankle fracture. The original recovery awarded by a Bronx jury had been $12.6 million. Lawyers for Aminata …
Man injured in semi-truck accident wins $18.5M verdictJanuary 26, 2018
Semi-truck accident: A 46-year old man severely injured in a crash with a semi-truck on I-74 in Hendricks County in 2013 was awarded $18.5 million by a jury last week. Timothy Robbins, of Franklin, sustained significant brain injuries as a result of the collision with a Werner Enterprises Inc. semi-truck driven by Terri Hampton. He …
$1.7 Million Verdict upheld in Dollar General slip and fall caseJanuary 24, 2018
A $1.7 million verdict for a customer injured by a fall in a Mobile County Dollar General store was upheld by the Alabama Supreme Court. The case goes back to July 9, 2012, when 60-year-old Deborah Revette slipped and fell at Dollar General’s store No. 7853 on Three Notch Road. She filed suit later that …
11th Circuit Upholds $70M in Miami Medicare Fraud VerdictsJanuary 19, 2018
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has upheld $71 million worth of Medicare fraud penalties in Miami. The court shut down a list of unfair trial accusations and upheld prison and restitution sentences for a doctor and three therapists formerly with Health Care Solutions Network Inc. They were convicted of conspiracy to …
$1.58 Million Verdict After Municipality Refused to Offer Suggested $150KAugust 24, 2017
A Cape May County jury returned a verdict of $1,580,813.22 in favor of the Plaintiff before the Honorable J. Christopher Gibson, J.S.C. The Plaintiff was represented by partner Kevin L. Parsons of Gill & Chamas in Woodbridge, NJ and the verdict was returned after the municipality refused to offer the recommended settlement amount of $150,000. …
$2.5 Million for man involved in Parsippany car accidentFebruary 26, 2016
A Morris County jury has awarded $2.5 million in compensation to a classical pianist from New York who suffered an elbow injury in a crash in Parsippany and can no longer play at the high level he had mastered. The jury that heard the negligence/personal injury case before Superior Court Judge David Ironson in Morristown earlier …
Supreme Court declines to hear J&J’s appeal of $140 million verdictJanuary 21, 2016
Reuters reports that the US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear Johnson & Johnson’s appeal of a $140 million Massachusetts jury verdict that found the company liable for failing to warn that Children’s Motrin (ibuprofen) could cause a severe skin condition. The jury verdict was one of the largest ever awarded in Massachusetts state …