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New Jersey Law Journal

Construction Worker Recovers $550,000 After Fall Down Elevator Shaft

A worker who sustained fracture vertebrae when he fell down an open elevator shaft at a Jersey Shore jobsite was paid a $550,000 settlement in his…
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New Jersey Law Journal

Airbnb Facing Suit Over Alleged Gas Stove Explosion

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the document here.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Airbnb Hit With Suit Over Slip and Fall at Poconos-area Rental

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Auto Dealership Fall Yields $1.1 Million Settlement in Bergen County

A woman who sustained back injuries necessitating surgery was paid a $1.1 million settlement in her Bergen County suit, Gloria v. Prestige Motors Inc.,…
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New Jersey Law Journal

Caesars Entertainment Taps Reilly McDevitt in Atlantic City Injury Case

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the document here.
1 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Property Owners Not Negligent From Plaintiff's Fall: Defense

On Jan. 15, 2018, plaintiff Morris Hubbard, 52, a deliveryman, slipped and fell on a sidewalk at 45 Gamewood Road, in Levittown. Hubbard claimed neck, shoulder and lower back injuries.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Woman Claiming Permanent Back Injuries in Head-On Collision Settles for $1.9 Million in Essex

The case went to mediation last fall in the run-up to a January 2022 trial date, and it did not settle. But the parties continued the discussions after the mediation and it settled late last year, according to Sean Mahoney, a lawyer at Stathis & Leonardis who represented the plaintiff.
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Daily Report Online

Missing Detail Leads Court to Toss Suit From Georgia Man Injured by Uncovered Manhole

"The notice ... did not provide a specific amount that would constitute a binding offer of settlement that could be accepted by the City," read the Georgia Court of Appeals decision. "Accordingly, the trial court erred in denying the City's motion to dismiss."
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New Jersey Law Journal

Woman Injured in Icy Parking Lot Fall Gets $1 Million in Mercer County

A woman who needed multiple operations after slipping in an icy parking lot received a $1.05 million settlement in her Mercer County suit, Ghant…
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Premises' Owner Rejected Blame for Sidewalk Accident

On March 1, 2015, while it was snowing, plaintiff Dominick Parker, 64, a bus driver, was walking on the sidewalk at 1407 Creedmoor Ave. in Pittsburgh. He claimed that he slipped and fell on a sheet of ice that covered the sidewalk, resulting in a tear of his quadriceps tendon.
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