By Colleen Murphy | October 18, 2023
"Despite plaintiff's surgery and a year of physical therapy, it is undisputed by the town of Harrison's orthopedic expert that plaintiff still had a ten-degree decreased range of motion in his elbow, along with reduced grip strength in his left hand, as a result of his injury," the opinion said. "This—coupled with his alleged inability to dress himself, participate in gym class, participate in sports, and write with his left hand—creates a legitimate fact issue."
By Charles Toutant | October 18, 2023
An Essex County jury awarded $1.3 million on Sept. 29 in Terell v. Chitra to a woman who suffered neck, back and shoulder injuries in a motor vehicle accident.
By Colleen Murphy | October 16, 2023
"Even if we read the exclusion narrowly, its plain language applies to plaintiff's personal injury claims," the New Jersey Appellate Division said. "There is no ambiguity. In defining its coverage, the policy clearly states that the coverage applies unless an exclusion applies."
By Colleen Murphy | October 13, 2023
"Here, the brief oral opinion the court issued immediately after hearing the testimony of Dr. Levin and Dr. Greenberg did not fully analyze, one by one, each of the Daubert factors," the per curiam opinion said. "The opinion correctly recited the factors in its general overview of the law. Unfortunately, its analysis of the factors was incomplete and seemingly inconsistent in some respects."
By Charles Toutant | October 13, 2023
Attacking the character or morals of a witness, when they are not in issue, is viewed as "a particularly reprehensible type of impropriety," the appellate panel found.
By Colleen Murphy | October 13, 2023
A $1.125 million settlement was reached in a Middlesex County suit between the state and a 42-year-old off-duty police officer after he was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash allegedly caused by faulty expansion joints on Route 130 in Cranbury.
By Charles Toutant | October 4, 2023
The settlements were reached following mediation with Stephen Orlofsky, a former federal judge who is now with Blank Rome in Princeton.
By Charles Toutant | October 3, 2023
A woman whose thumb was severed in a pit bull attack received a $1.62 million settlement in her Bergen County suit, Olsen v. Eleventh Hour Rescue,…
By Colleen Murphy | September 29, 2023
A Camden County jury awarded $1.3 million on Aug. 10 to a man injured in a motor vehicle accident in his claim filed against his own insurer for uninsured-motorist benefits.
By Charles Toutant | September 22, 2023
The family of a woman who was disabled due to a ruptured brain aneurysm agreed to a $10 million settlement in a Middlesex County medical malpractice…
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