Top 50 Car Accident Verdicts in New Jersey in 2017
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| 1 | |
| 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 |
| 2 | |
| 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 |
| 3 | |
| 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 |
| 4 | |
| 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 |
| 5 (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 |
| 5 (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 |
| 6 | |
| 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 |
| 7 | |
| 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 |
| 8 | |
| 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 |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $895,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel J. Eastmond of Manning, Caliendo & Thomson, PA |
| Case: | Jorgensen v. Cabrera |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $825,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Phillip C. Wiskow of Gelman Gelman Wiskow & McCarthy LLC |
| Case: | Kilpatrick v. Vanderhof |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 11 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lance J. Bitterman of Fredson & Statmore, LLC |
| Case: | Urena v. Gonzalez |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 11 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin P. Nerwinski of Kevin P. Nerwinski, Attorney At Law |
| Case: | Gattone v. Ana Beall's Tea Room LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dram Shop Liability, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $795,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kate Carballo, Jeffrey E. Salomon of Davis, Saperstein & Salomon, P.C. |
| Case: | Friedman v. Flores |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 13 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James J. Dunn, Michael B. Fusco of Levinson Axelrod PA |
| Case: | Moye v. USAA |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Uninsured Motorist, Hit and Run |
| 13 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | William P. Simonitis of William P. Simonitis LLC |
| Case: | Grambor v. Arevalo |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 14 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $625,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan H. Lomurro of Lomurro, Munson, Comer, Brown & Schottland |
| Case: | Drucker v. Miraglia, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 14 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $625,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew A. Fraser, Tiffany L. Heineman of Laddey, Clark & Ryan, LLP; Wade F. Suthard of Law Office of Wade Suthard, P.C. |
| Case: | Gutierrez v. Catley |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $614,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kelly A. Conlon of Davis, Saperstein & Salomon, P.C. |
| Case: | Garlasco v. Government Employees Insurance Company |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Uninsured Motorist |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $606,100.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jack Sanders of Shebell & Shebell, LLC |
| Case: | Esposito v. Feliciano |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Juan L. Icaza of Icaza, Burgess, & Grossman PC |
| Case: | Fernandez v. Palmisano, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $575,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael R. Hobbie, David P. Corrigan of Hobbie, Corrigan & Bertucio, P.C. |
| Case: | Cece v. New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Company |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $550,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David P. Corrigan of Hobbie, Corrigan & Bertucio, P.C. |
| Case: | Geoghan v. Shearer and Allstate INS. Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Uninsured Motorist |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $525,057.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael A. Burns of Burns Law LLC |
| Case: | Kaller v. Toskos |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $525,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David P. Corrigan of Hobbie, Corrigan & Bertucio, P.C. |
| Case: | Cece v. Geduhn |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist |
| 22 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel J. Williams of Harrell Smith & Williams, LLC; John J. Pisano of Law Office of John J. Pisano |
| Case: | Jorge L. Nieves v. Apurva Apurva |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 22 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David C. Shachat of Zavodnick, Perlmutter & Boccia LLC |
| Case: | Jackson v. Geico |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, Hit and Run |
| 22 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ann M. Merritt of Tobin Reitman Greenstein Caruso Wiener & Konray, PC |
| Case: | Confidential Plaintiff v. Confidential Defendant |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 22 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Randolph C. Lafferty of Cooper Levenson, P.A. |
| Case: | Kuzian v. Tomaszewski |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 22 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David P. Corrigan of Hobbie, Corrigan & Bertucio, P.C. |
| Case: | Morales v. Hernandez |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Uninsured Motorist |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $458,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas P. Scutari of Law Offices of Nicholas P. Scutari |
| Case: | Napolitano v. Mss Vending, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eugene S. Wishnic of Wishnic & Jerushalmy Law Group, P.C. |
| Case: | Williams v. Pavlyuk, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $395,647.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott M. Goldberg of Petrillo & Goldberg, P.C |
| Case: | Clayton v. Mattia |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $363,300.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard Grungo, Jr. of Grungo Colarulo, LLC |
| Case: | Franklin v. Bolletino |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $363,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven M. Tanenbaum of Tanenbaum Law LLC |
| Case: | Sarullo v. NJ Manufacturers Insurance |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist |
| 28 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dan T. Matrafajlo of Beninato & Matrafajlo |
| Case: | Obesso v. Mangin |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 28 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kenneth W. Thayer of Gaylord Popp, LLC |
| Case: | Sumo v. Geico |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Uninsured Motorist |
| 28 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sung H. Jang of Law Offices of Gary Park, P.C |
| Case: | Park v. Bae, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $340,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Alvaro Alonso of Alonso & Navarrete LLC |
| Case: | Velasco v. Heitzman |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $330,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eugene S. Wishnic of Wishnic & Jerushalmy Law Group, P.C. |
| Case: | Santana v. Allstate Insurance Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $325,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Todd I. Siegel of Siegel & Siegel |
| Case: | Saltus v. Cordero |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Uninsured Motorist |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $319,712.00 |
| Attorneys: | David S. Rochman of The Law Office of David S. Rochman |
| Case: | Bridges v. Bryszewski |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | William D. Wright of Law Office of William Wright LLC |
| Case: | Evanko v. Milton, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $285,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Frank J. Zazzaro of Law Offices of Frank J. Zazzaro |
| Case: | Rota v. Jerusalem II Pizza, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $275,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Tyler J. Hall of Rebenack Aronow & Mascolo L.L.P |
| Case: | Handa v. Allstate NJ Property & Casualty Ins. Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist |
| 36 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark W. Davis of Stark & Stark, P.C. |
| Case: | Flores v. Planet Corp. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 36 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark V. Kuminski of Levinson Axelrod PA |
| Case: | Castagna v. Mamidoju, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist |
| 36 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alfred J. Falcione of Flynn & Associates, P.C. |
| Case: | Nichols v. Yatsevitch |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 36 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Shane A. Sullivan of Jae Lee Law, PC |
| Case: | Cha v. Simcox |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $237,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eugene S. Wishnic of Wishnic & Jerushalmy Law Group, P.C. |
| Case: | Henao v. Canela-Veloz, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Uninsured Motorist |
| 38 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael F. Lombardi of Lombardi & Lombardi, P.A. |
| Case: | Alvarez v. Farmers Insurance Group |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist |
| 38 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher R. Brown of Drazin and Warshaw, P.C |
| Case: | Mara v. H. Arya, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 38 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John D. Borbi of Borbi, Clancy & Patrizi, LLC |
| Case: | Burwell v. Patterson |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 38 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian P. McElroy of Levinson Axelrod PA |
| Case: | Woods v. Waters |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 38 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dennis A. Auciello of Dennis Alan Auciello, P.A. |
| Case: | Van Dyke v. Encompass Insurance Co. of NJ |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Uninsured Motorist, Brain Injury, Hit and Run |
| 38 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kristen L. Worley, Stephen T. Kulp of Delany McBride |
| Case: | Asroff v. Kontz, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment |
| 38 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevork G. Adanas of Kevork Adanas P.C. |
| Case: | Dytioco v. Duncan, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $190,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Roy D. Curnow of Law Office of Roy D. Curnow |
| Case: | Nagy v. Boor, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $181,873.00 |
| Attorneys: | Neil S. Weiner of Lynch Lynch Held Rosenberg, P.C. |
| Case: | Mark v. Hossain |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $180,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Raymond S. Nadel of Raymond S. Nadel, Attorney at Law |
| Case: | Bui v. Larose |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $175,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Raffi T. Khorozian of Law Office Of Raffi T. Khorozian |
| Case: | Dytioco v. Duncan |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $175,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Douglas D. Burgess of Icaza, Burgess, & Grossman PC |
| Case: | Cleffi v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, Uninsured Motorist |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $174,659.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jacqueline M. Rosa of Seigel Law, LLC |
| Case: | Shivers v. Allstate Ins. Co., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $170,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven Goldstein of Goldstein & Handwerker, LLP |
| Case: | Javique v. Robinson |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $154,955.00 |
| Attorneys: | David A. Cook of Levinson Axelrod PA |
| Case: | Shah v. Ehnat, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $152,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James R. Korn, Brian S. Schiller of Schiller & Pittenger PC |
| Case: | Stamler v. Miller |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 47 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard P. Crossin of Altamura & Crossin |
| Case: | Adames v. Geico Insurance Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Uninsured Motorist, Hit and Run |
| 47 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael T. Novick of Brown, Novick & McKinley |
| Case: | Toy v. Geico |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 47 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew B. Segal of Novo Law Firm, P.C. |
| Case: | Mojica v. Passaic County, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 47 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bruno K. Brunini of Ginarte Gallardo Gonzalez & Winograd, LLP |
| Case: | Pineda v. Fischer, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist |
| 47 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert H. Baumgarten of Ginarte Gallardo Gonzalez & Winograd, LLP |
| Case: | Pineda v. Fischer |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 47 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard J. Isolde of Ginarte Gallardo Gonzalez & Winograd, LLP |
| Case: | Zambrano v. Durand |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $133,121.00 |
| Attorneys: | Melissa M. Baxter, Louis J. DeVoto of Rossetti & DeVoto, P.C. |
| Case: | Mingori v. Ciccio |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, School Bus Accident |
| 49 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $130,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas E. Hood of Thomas Hood, PC; John F.X. Kennedy of Law Office Of John F.X. Kennedy |
| Case: | Williams v. Brown |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 49 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $130,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Rolando Orbe of Greenberg, Walden & Grossman, LLC |
| Case: | Valdes v. Favazzo |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $125,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Salim F. Sabbagh of Lynch Lynch Held Rosenberg, P.C. |
| Case: | Chiaramonte v. Dallara |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |