A motor vehicle accident that left a young boy with a traumatic brain injury has led to settlements now totaling more than $4.4 million. Following settlements with the driver, the restaurant bar where the defendant drank before the collision was sued under the Dram Shop Act and settled the family's Passaic County suit, Polifonte v. D'Amario-Aubin, earlier this summer.

Defendant Gina D'Amario-Aubin of Wayne was alleged to have been intoxicated after she had been drinking at a local bar before the accident.

The case, which never proceeded to trial, settled during conference before Passaic County Assignment Judge Thomas Brogan and with help from retired judge Raymond Reddin of Hall Booth Smith's Saddle Brook office. The friendly hearing and fee application were heard by Passaic County Superior Court Judge Frank Covello.