Top 20 Personal Injury Verdicts in New Jersey in 2017
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 20 plaintiff personal injury jury verdicts obtained in New Jersey in the year 2017. The list is comprised of various case types that were tried either in state or federal courts.
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $45,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adam M. Starr of Jarve Kaplan Granato Starr, LLC |
| Case: | Burgos-Bonilla v. Diorio, et al. |
| Type: | Assault and Battery, Hospital Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Brain Injury, Children's Rights, Child Abuse, Failure to Report |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $17,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul A. Lauricella, Slade H. McLaughlin of McLaughlin & Lauricella |
| Case: | Heaney v. Jersey Shore University Medical Center, et al. |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Brain Injury |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $15,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David A. Mazie, Adam M. Slater of Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman LLC |
| Case: | Hrymoc v. Ethicon |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Defective Product, Defective Medical Device, Pelvic Mesh Complications |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $11,049,639.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carol L. Forte, Brian E. Mahoney of Blume, Forte, Fried, Zerres & Molinari, P.C. |
| Case: | Fava v. Moss, M.D., et al. |
| Type: | Delayed Treatment, Hospital Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $8,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregg A. Stone of Kirsch, Gelband & Stone, P.A. |
| Case: | Dickens v. Irvington Board of Education, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip and Fall |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $6,860,831.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bruce H. Nagel, Andrew L. O’Connor of Nagel Rice, LLP |
| Case: | Agiz v. Heller Industrial Parks Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $5,150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott A. Parsons of O'Connor, Parsons, Lane & Noble L.L.C |
| Case: | Polt v. Kroon, M.D. |
| Type: | Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Unnecessary Surgery |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $4,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bruce H. Nagel, Susan B. Connors of Nagel Rice, LLP |
| Case: | Jordan v. Lam, et al. |
| Type: | Delayed Diagnosis, Failure to Diagnose, Medical Malpractice, Misdiagnosis, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $3,350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marvin R. Walden Jr. of Greenberg, Walden & Grossman, LLC |
| Case: | Sol-Gonzales v. Flores |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $2,270,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew G. Minor of Sweet Pasquarelli, P.C. |
| Case: | Pronovich v. South Bound Brook |
| Type: | Consumer Fraud, Personal Injury, Toxic Exposure |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $2,145,409.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard B. Rubenstein, Craig M. Rothenberg of Rothenberg, Rubenstein, Berliner & Shinrod, LLC |
| Case: | Steuer v. Litter Patrol Sweeping Company |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert H. Baumgarten of Ginarte Gallardo Gonzalez & Winograd, LLP |
| Case: | Encalada v. Rock Ridge Construction MGT LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety |
| 13 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | K. Raja Bhattacharya of Bendit Weinstock, P.A. |
| Case: | Maison v. NJ Transit, et al. |
| Type: | Assault and Battery, Personal Injury, Inadequate Security, Failure to Report |
| 13 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew A. Fraser, William B. Thayer of Laddey, Clark & Ryan, LLP |
| Case: | Mongiello v. Gallagher |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 14 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kenneth G. Andres, Jr. of The Law Offices of Andres & Berger, P.C. |
| Case: | Gerber v. Sousa, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist |
| 14 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen F. Lombardi of Lombardi & Lombardi, P.A. |
| Case: | Wender v. Bartlett |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $1,580,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin L. Parsons of Gill & Chamas, LLC |
| Case: | Martin v. Sea Isle City, et al. |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 16 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert H. Baumgarten of Ginarte Gallardo Gonzalez & Winograd, LLP |
| Case: | Moreira v. JSM at Fairways |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Fall, Failure to Maintain, Ladder Accident |
| 16 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Corinne M. Mullen of The Mullen Law Firm |
| Case: | Robinson v. Rivers |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $1,448,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alan J. Markman, Robert Cannan of Markman & Cannan LLC |
| Case: | Confidential Plaintiff v. Confidential Defendant |
| Type: | Failure to Diagnose, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Surgical Error |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $1,292,704.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bruce H. Nagel of Nagel Rice, LLP |
| Case: | Alpert v. Robbins M.D., et al. |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Unnecessary Surgery |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $1,280,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas J. Leonardis of Stathis & Leonardis, LLC |
| Case: | Hockman v. Burrellys LLC |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Slip and Fall, Negligent Maintenance |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $1,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Salim F. Sabbagh, Neil S. Weiner of Lynch Lynch Held Rosenberg, P.C. |
| Case: | Bloomfield v. GEICO Ins. Co., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Uninsured Motorist, Hit and Run |