Top 50 Verdicts in New Jersey in 2016
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 50 plaintiff and cross-claimant jury verdicts obtained in New Jersey in the year 2016. The list is comprised of various case types that were tried either in state or federal courts.
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $14,176,123.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bruce H. Nagel, Jay J. Rice of Nagel Rice, LLP |
| Case: | Nacchio v. Weinstein, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $10,082,735.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott W. Kenneally, William V. Kelly of Starkey, Kelly, Kenneally, Cuningham & Turnbach |
| Case: | Engrassia v. Uzcategui |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Car Accident |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $9,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Samuel L. Davis of Davis, Saperstein & Salomon, P.C.; Christopher T. Karounos of Karounos & Associates, LLC |
| Case: | Franzino v. McCarthy's Marine Sales, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Watercraft Accident |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $8,450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Colin M. Page, Evan Silagi of Berkowitz, Lichtstein, Kuritsky, Giasullo & Gross, LLC |
| Case: | Malta-Roman v. Hudson County |
| Type: | Disability Discrimination; Retaliation; Failure to Accommodate |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $8,291,064.00 |
| Attorneys: | James S. Lynch of Lynch Lynch Held Rosenberg, P.C. |
| Case: | Austin v. Morris Plains Contracting, LLC |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Construction Accident; Workplace Negligence |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $7,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Samuel L. Davis of Davis, Saperstein & Salomon, P.C. |
| Case: | Fiorino v. Lewis |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car v. Pedestrian Accident |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $5,420,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mitchell J. Makowicz, Jr. of Blume, Forte, Fried, Zerres & Molinari, P.C. |
| Case: | Resto v. Highway Safety Systems Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Motorcycle Accident; Business Liability |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $4,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Meghan L. Harp, Andrew A. Fraser, Tiffany L. Heineman of Laddey, Clark & Ryan, LLP |
| Case: | S.R.K., Pro Ami v. Kim |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $3,335,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas J. Leonardis of Stathis & Leonardis, LLC |
| Case: | Chen v. Rasolio |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $2,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anthony F. DellaPelle of McKirdy & Riskin, P.A. |
| Case: | Township of Bloomfield v. Bloomfield Daval Corp. |
| Type: | Property Rights; Eminent Domain Abuse |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $2,875,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert H. Baumgarten of Ginarte O'Dwyer Gonzalez Gallardo & Winograd, LLP |
| Case: | Marte v. Al-John Inc, el al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Work Accident; Premises Liability |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregg A. Stone of Kirsch, Gelband & Stone, P.A. |
| Case: | Finizio v. Lubarda |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $2,123,145.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael L. Rich, Joseph G. Dolan, Peter J. Gallagher of Porzio, Bromberg & Newman P.C. |
| Case: | Danish Crown Amba v. Rupari Food Services |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $2,027,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alex S. Capozzi of Brach Eichler LLC |
| Case: | Tavarez v. Esaillat |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $1,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ana C. Moreira of Law Offices of Ana C. Moreira; Peter C. Gordon of Law Office of Peter C. Gordon LLC |
| Case: | Veeren v. Paige |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $1,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Deborah S. Dunn of Stark & Stark, P.C. |
| Case: | Worthy v. Broadhurst |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Frank T. Lazzaro, John R. Gorman of The Law Offices of Lutz, Shafranski, Gorman & Mahoney, P.A. |
| Case: | Arredondo v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident; Uninsured Motorist Coverage |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $1,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Patrick L. Falcon of Falcon Law Firm LLC |
| Case: | Williams v. Kerr, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $1,280,082.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas J. Leonardis of Stathis & Leonardis, LLC |
| Case: | Hockman v. Burrellys LLC |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Slip and Fall; Premises Liability |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $1,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew A. Fraser, William B. Thayer of Laddey, Clark & Ryan, LLP |
| Case: | Koch v. Montes-Quintero |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $1,170,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peter J. Pizzi, Kerry C. Donovan, Mariel L. Belanger of Connell Foley LLP |
| Case: | Irwin Katz & Assoc. v. Concepts in Health |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $1,040,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven A. Soulios of Ruta, Soulios & Stratis LLP |
| Case: | Cevdet Aksut Ve Ogullari Koll v. Cavusoglu |
| Type: | Fraud |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $1,011,395.00 |
| Attorneys: | William O. Crutchlow of Eichen, Crutchlow, Zaslow & McElroy, LLP |
| Case: | Stewart v. Swaminathan |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $1,010,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James S. Lynch, Brian A. Held, Salim F. Sabbagh of Lynch Lynch Held Rosenberg, P.C. |
| Case: | Ferraro v. Elliott |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Work Accident; Workplace Safety |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas S. Howard of Gartenberg Howard, LLP |
| Case: | Cass-Stieglmayr vs. Soto |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Delayed Treatment; Medical Malpractice |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $992,470.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott D. Grossman, Eric C. Landman of The Grossman Law Firm, LLC |
| Case: | Quackenbush v. Orepeza-Parra, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Truck Accident |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $935,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bruce L. Atkins, Carly Skarbnik Meredith of Deutsch Atkins, P.C. |
| Case: | Mallon v. Hudson City Savings Bank, et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination; Retaliation |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $920,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Edward P. Capozzi of Brach Eichler LLC |
| Case: | Chique v. City of Newark |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Excessive Force |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $850,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brett R. Greiner of Levinson Axelrod |
| Case: | Teixeira v. Woodbridge Center Mall, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Slip and Fall; Premises Liability |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $843,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Patrick J. Whalen of Law Offices of Patrick J. Whalen |
| Case: | Lukaszewski, et al. v. Jasticon, et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination; Retaliation |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas J. Leonardis of Stathis & Leonardis, LLC; David J. Dering of Leary, Bride, Tinker & Moran |
| Case: | Depompo v. Geller, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Salvatore Imbornone, Jr. of McHugh & Imbornone, P.A.; Vincent R. Glorisi of Vincent R. Glorisi |
| Case: | Pepe v. Patalive, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $720,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jack Wurgaft of Javerbaum, Wurgaft, Hicks, Kahn, Wikstrom & Sinins, P.C. |
| Case: | Lynn v. Song |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Negligence by a Minor |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James J. Dunn of Levinson Axelrod |
| Case: | Wendell v. Forrestal Village, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Slip and Fall; Premises Liability |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $660,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Melissa M. Baxter, Anthony J. Medori of Rossetti & DeVoto, P.C. |
| Case: | Riccio v. Collins |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $659,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Natalie A. Zammitti Shaw of Law Offices of Rosemarie E. Arnold |
| Case: | Hanrahan v. ACE Restaurant Group Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Assault and Battery; Workplace Safety |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas J. Leonardis of Stathis & Leonardis, LLC |
| Case: | Mazgut v. Wilder |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Roy D. Curnow of Law Office of Roy D. Curnow; Richard J. Weber of Milstein, Weber, Collazo & DeBenedett |
| Case: | Jacobs v. Jersey Central Power & Light |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Dangerous Condition; Premises Liability |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $628,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael A. Gibson of D'Arcy Johnson Day, P.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Dutton v. Rando |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Car v. Bicycle Accident |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard P. Krueger of Krueger & Krueger LLC |
| Case: | Guehlo v. Kenny Adams Trucking, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Truck Accident |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $589,302.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert A. Greenberg of Aronberg, Kouser, Snyder & Lindemann, P.A.; Lewis B. April of Cooper Levenson, P.A. |
| Case: | Lucca v. Sorensen |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Truck Accident |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard P. Lomurro, Andrew J. Ball, Jonathan H. Lomurro of Lomurro Davison Eastman & Munoz PA |
| Case: | Quintin Lowe v. Michael Garcia |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Frank T. Lazzaro of The Law Offices of Lutz, Shafranski, Gorman & Mahoney, P.A. |
| Case: | Aly v. Plymouth Rock Assurance |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eric D. Dakhari of Stark & Stark, P.C. |
| Case: | Dorvilas v. Crombie |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Randall L. Tranger of Mallon and Tranger |
| Case: | Lawrence v. Skuby |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Dangerous Condition; Premises Liability |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kenneth G. Andres, Jr., Tommie A. Gibney of The Law Offices of Andres & Berger, P.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Concepcion v. Royal Suites Health Care & Rehabilitation |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Inadequate Care; Nursing Home Malpractice |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $499,900.00 |
| Attorneys: | Edward P. Capozzi of Brach Eichler LLC |
| Case: | Doerbecker v. Walasek |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert A. Solomon of Robert A. Solomon, P.C. |
| Case: | McGovern v. Lowry |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $434,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael A. Gallardo of Ginarte O'Dwyer Gonzalez Gallardo & Winograd, LLP |
| Case: | Torres v. Sumrein |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Trip and Fall; Premises Liability |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $402,245.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory G. Goodman of Palmisano & Goodman, P.A. |
| Case: | Velez v. NJM Insurance Company |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident; Underinsured Motorist |