Firm News
Community Award
On May 3, 2006, Ron Grayzel received the Edgar Award from the Metuchen-Edison YMCA for community service. This award is given to a community leader who has a demonstrated record of volunteer service, who has displayed integrity in his dealing with others, and who has had a positive impact on the lives of others. The award was presented by the Mayor of Edison, Jun Choi.
In the formal presentation, Ron's long record of service to the YMCA and the community was recounted:
- Coach of youth sports, including Little League baseball, softball, recreational soccer, travel soccer, recreational basketball, travel basketball, and buddy ball
- President of the Metuchen Board of Education
- Co-chair of the Fund for Tomorrow building the community YMCA campus in Edison
- Leader of the DAV task force to organize community efforts against the perils of drugs, alcohol, and violence for local youth
Bar Association Award
On March 15, 2006, Ron Grayzel was awarded the Pro Bono Attorney of the Year Award by the Middlesex County Bar Association for the volunteer work he has done over the course of his career. The presentation was made at a special meeting of the Middlesex County Bar Association. Special note was made of the cases he handled without a fee for Legal Services of Middlesex County over his career. Ron was also a volunteer for Trial Lawyers Care, representing victims of September 11th in obtaining government benefits without receiving a fee.
Grayzel named Super Lawyer 2006
Ron Grayzel was featured in the April issue of New Jersey Magazine as one of the top five percent of attorneys in his field as rated by his peers.
Grayzel secures settlement of $750,000 for client injured by reckless ambulance
Grayzel secures settlement for injured worker on Turnpike
A Levinson Axelrod client was seriously injured working on the New Jersey Turnpike when a milling machine contacted rebar, causing a temporary median barrier to fall on the plaintiff's foot. The worker suffered a crush injury to the right foot and the loss of four toes.
Responsible parties included the N.J. Turnpike Authority, General Contractor Bishop Sinzari, and the project engineer, Stone and Webster. The case was settled for $750,000.
Grayzel was able to assemble evidence demonstrating that the rebar was too high in the roadway and that the workers had not been warned.
Grayzel secured settlement against Johnson and Johnson for $500,000
A Levinson Axelrod client was seriously injured while leaving the North Brunswick plant of J.& J. on his motorcycle when he was struck in the head by a descending traffic gate. The plaintiff was wearing a helmet and escaped head injuries, but he received a serious neck injury requiring surgery.
Grayzel was able to prove that the manufacturer and the seller of the traffic gate had warned J.& J. not to allow motorcycles to come through the automatic gate because it would descend prematurely. Grayzel was also able to show that J. & J. had painted over the warning on the gate that instructed people not to drive motorcycles through the gate.
The case was settled just prior to jury selection.
