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$12,500,000

Medical Malpractice Settlement

$8,000,000

Tractor-Trailer Jury Verdict

A 35-year-old laborer who resides in Kearny was seriously injured while working on the median of a highway when a passing tractor-trailer lost a wheel that struck him. Evidence at trial established that after a recent tire change, the lug nuts were ...

$7,000,000

Premises Liability Jury Verdict

A woman was putting her 3-year-old son on a carnival amusement ride while holding onto a portable fence when she received an electrical shock. Our client was hospitalized and later developed Traumatic Dystonia, a condition that caused tremors in the ...

$7,000,000

Personal Injury Settlement

A Middlesex County man was severely injured and burned as a result of a collision with a truck. The truck driver had lost control of his vehicle and had come through a median barrier which had failed to redirect the truck away from oncoming traffic. ...

$6,000,000

Personal Injury Jury Verdict

A female drunk driver crashed into plaintiff’s vehicle causing multiple fractures to the right ankle and foot. Plaintiff suffered a comminuted and crushed type fracture to the right tibia, fracture to the right talus and crush fracture to the right ...

$3,700,000

Tractor-Trailer Settlement

A Morristown woman was injured when her vehicle was struck by a tractor-trailer that lost control on black ice on Interstate 287. The defendant's truck had jack-knifed as it was changing lanes in order to avoid an earlier accident. The accident ...

$3,500,000

Product Liability Jury Verdict

The plaintiff was injured in the products liability action when a step on his commercial truck collapsed as he was exiting his vehicle. Ronald Grayzel tried this matter before a Middlesex County jury and argued that the steps manufactured by the ...

$3,200,000

Personal Injury Verdict

Levinson Axelrod, P.A. Partner Kim Gozsa recently obtained a $3.2 million dollar verdict on behalf of a client who was injured in a slip and fall accident at an outlet shopping plaza in Jackson, New Jersey. The substantial jury award stems from a ...

$3,000,000

Personal Injury Settlement

A 31-year old iron worker was injured in a construction site accident when he was struck in the head by a cinder block. Despite the facts that he was wearing a hard hat at the time, the plaintiff still received a serious closed head injury resulting ...

$3,000,000

Premises Liability Jury Verdict

An Edison delivery man slipped on a wet floor while delivering a package. He broke his knee in the fall and suffered an injury to his spine, which in turn aggravated pre-existing conditions of incontinence and impotence which had been caused by ...

$3,000,000

Premises Liability Jury Verdict

Our client, a North Plainfield man, was injured when he slipped and fell on snowy steps while exiting his building. He suffered a lumbar disc injury, requiring surgery. The jury found his landlord 100% liable for the accident for failing to clear the ...

$3,000,000

Wrongful Death Jury Verdict

A worker developed asbestosis and lung cancer due to Asbestos exposure. Evidence at trial proved asbestos to be a defective product, which causes harm to workers who use it. Jury awarded the victim's widow damages for wrongful death.

$2,700,000

Inadequate Security Jury Verdict

A mother of nine was shot and killed while working at a convenience store. Evidence at trial proved a lack of adequate security, including a panic button and outgoing phone line, had placed this worker at risk. Expert testimony also established that ...

$2,650,000

Personal Injury Settlement

The plaintiff sustained a traumatic amputation of one leg, and a crush injury to the opposite foot, in a construction site accident. The accident occurred when a co-employee accidentally left the transmission of a parked vehicle in neutral, rather ...

$2,500,000

Motorcycle Collision Settlement

A young man was seriously injured while riding his motorcycle to work when another driver made a left hand turn in front of him, leaving our client had no memory of the accident. He suffered a number of serious fractures and underwent multiple ...

$2,500,000

Personal Injury Settlement

Our client suffered a traumatic head injury after falling due to an unsecure railing.

$2,500,000

Auto Accident Settlement

Levinson Axelrod Partner, Mark V. Kuminski represented a local Franklin Township woman who was involved in a three-car motor vehicle accident. The incident occurred when one of the drivers, later named as the defendant in the personal injury lawsuit ...

$2,500,000

Premises Liability Settlement

Our client was injured while delivering a 3,000 pound piece of equipment to defendant's premises. The defendant's employees were assisting our client in unloading the product when one of them prematurely activated the lift gate, causing the piece of ...

$2,250,000

Personal Injury Jury Verdict

The plaintiff injured her ankle when she stepped into a cement cut out in a commercial sidewalk where a tree had been planted. The plaintiff had been walking on the sidewalk on her way to a down town holiday festival. Her attention had been ...

$2,200,000

Construction Accident Settlement

The plaintiff was injured on a construction site, when he fell while descending a fixed ladder that was connected to a tractor trailer sized piece of equipment. The plaintiff had just finished fueling the machine, and was attempting to step down from ...

$2,100,000

Products Liability Settlement

In this products liability action against various pharmaceutical companies, evidence established that the defendants failed to manufacture a safe product for use by hemophiliacs and that use of defendants' products actually transmitted the HIV virus, ...

$2,000,000

Tractor-Trailer Judgment

A truck driver was injured in a chain reaction collision accident on the New Jersey Turnpike. The defendant had been operating a tractor-trailer in front of our client's vehicle and had jackknifed in an attempt to bring its vehicle to an abrupt stop. ...

$2,000,000

Construction Accident Settlement

A construction worker was injured when he fell down a flight of poorly maintained steps at a jobsite at JFK Medical Center. Our client suffered serious injuries to his back and lower extremities. Evidence established that the general contractor on ...

$2,000,000

Personal Injury Settlement

The plaintiff was employed as a mason and working on a construction site located in Princeton New Jersey. While pouring concrete, he stepped backwards into an uncovered hole, thereby falling waist deep into same. He injured his lower back, thereby ...

$1,989,000

Personal Injury Settlement

Our firm secured a judgment verdict of $1,989,000.00 for a client that suffered injuries from carbon monoxide fumes. The generator that was installed in her dog grooming van was not a proper fit, thus resulting in fume exposure.

$1,900,000

Elevator Defect Verdict

Partner Ronald Grayzel of the Edison office secured a verdict for a woman injured by a defective elevator. The case was tried in the United States District Court before a federal Magistrate. The three-week long trial resulted in a $1.9M verdict for ...

$1,900,000

Premises Liability Settlement

Attorneys Mark Kuminski and James Dunn prevailed in a case against a local supermarket where a North Brunswick man suffered a heart attack. Though the store manager was trained in CPR and the use of an on-site defibrillator, he mistakenly believed ...

$1,800,000

Premises Liability Settlement

The operator of an aquarium business suffered permanently disabling injuries when he fell through a deck at the defendant's house. Our client had arranged to feed the defendant's fish while he was away, and in attempting to retrieve the keys to the ...

$1,750,000

Construction Accident Settlement

A carpenter was moving sheet rock on wheeled A-frame carts from a loading dock to a freight elevator. According to our client, the weight of the sheet rock and A-frame carts strained the elevator cables, resulting in an uneven surface between the ...

$1,750,000

Auto Accident Settlement

A father and daughter were killed in motor vehicle accident when the vehicle they were passengers in was struck by the defendant's delivery truck. Evidence established during discovery revealed that the delivery truck driver had run a red light and ...

$1,640,000

Dangerous Exposure Settlement

A California man contracted Legionnaires Disease while staying at a hotel in New Jersey while on business. After returning to California, his condition was discovered and he ultimately died as a result of the exposure. Claims were brought against ...

$1,600,000

Products Liability Settlement

A utility worker sustained serious orthopedic injuries when a defective bolt on a utility pole gave way, causing him to fall. A products liability suit was filed against the seller of the bolt, establishing that the bolt was manufactured improperly.

$1,500,000

Wrongful Death Settlement

A 36-year-old Parsippany man died in a motor vehicle accident in Pennsylvania when a bus driver lost control of his bus and collided with the rear end of a tractor-trailer. The wrongful death case was heard in Federal District Court.

$1,500,000

Dangerous Exposure Settlement

Our client suffered severe asthma and permanent pulmonary disability due to toxic exposure to an instrument cold sterilization chemical used by healthcare professionals. The chemical had a prior history of causing illness in people who were exposed ...

$1,500,000

Personal Injury Jury Verdict

An Elizabeth man lost the use of one of his eyes after being assaulted while a customer in defendant's commercial establishment. Our client argued that defendant had prior notice that several of the patrons in the bar had been acting in an unruly ...

$1,500,000

Auto Accident Settlement

Our client was a passenger in a vehicle involved in a single car accident, which occurred when the driver of the vehicle she was in lost control while passing another car. There was an allegation that the driver was racing another car when the ...

$1,500,000

Construction Accident Settlement

An Essex County construction worker was injured when the roof trusses he was installing collapsed, causing him to fall backwards from the roof. Our client suffered injuries to his neck and back and was ultimately required to undergo surgery. It was ...

$1,500,000

Personal Injury Settlement

Our client suffered a closed head injury resulting memory loss and cognitive abnormalities when improperly stacked shelving fell at the defendant's warehouse in Middletown, N.J.

$1,500,000

Personal Injury Settlement

A father and son were loading baggage into their car in front of one of the terminals at Newark Airport when a limousine driver, in an argument with a police officer, suddenly gunned his engine striking the two men and their car. Our clients both ...

$1,400,000

Personal Injury Settlement

A patron at a recreational site in Ocean County was struck by a golf type vehicle which had been left unattended, allowing a 5-yearold to gain access to the vehicle and drive it.

$1,250,000

Auto Accident Settlement

A Howell Township teenager was a passenger in a car when the driver lost control of the vehicle, resulting in a violent crash against a tree. Both the driver and our client were unconscious and were pulled out of the car to safety by passing ...

$1,250,000

Premises Liability Settlement

Our client tripped and fell down a set of stairs at a commercial establishment due to materials that were left by the defendant at the top of the stairs. The fall resulted in our client suffering severe back and bladder injuries. Expert testimony ...

$1,200,000

Premises Liability Settlement

As our client stepped out of his parked his vehicle at an Ocean County mall, he slipped and fell on black ice, rendering him unconscious for a few minutes. As a result of the fall, our client sustained back and neck injuries requiring surgery, ...

$1,200,000

Construction Accident Settlement

A Passaic man was injured on a construction project when an improperly constructed ladder he was working on collapsed. As a result, he fell and suffered fractures to both legs.

$1,200,000

Construction Accident Settlement

Partner Kim Gozsa of the Howell office obtained a $1.2M settlement for a construction worker injured in a traffic accident. The Plaintiff was rear-ended by a dump truck and required a major neck surgery. There was also significant amounts of time ...

$1,200,000

Personal Injury Settlement

While stopped in traffic, an Ocean County man was injured as a result of being rear ended by a dump truck. The plaintiff was receiving treatment for a prior neck problem at the time of the collision but required surgery after the additional problems ...

$1,100,000

Motorcycle Collision Settlement

An Ocean County man was injured while operating a motorcycle when an oncoming car attempted to make a left-hand turn in front of him. He suffered a brachial plexus injury, as well as injuries to his neck.

$1,100,000

Personal Injury Jury Verdict

A police officer fell on a defective set of stairs while attempting to apprehend a fleeing suspect, suffering an injury to his back. Our client was able to establish that his back injury was primarily a result of this fall, rather than a subsequent ...

$1,100,000

Car Accident Settlement

Our attorneys obtained a $1.1M settlement for a client who was injured when a city bus made an improper wrong turn at excessive speeds, causing head-on collision. Our client underwent an emergency procedure for fusion to the lumbar spine after ...

$1,100,000

Premises Liability Settlement

Our client slipped and fell on a wet floor in the vestibule of the office building where she worked, sustaining an injury to her neck that required surgery. At the time, it was snowing outside and the landlord had removed the floor mat but failed to ...

$1,050,000

Auto Accident Settlement

A 63-year-old Woodbridge woman was seriously injured and her 59-year-old husband killed, when their vehicle was hit by a car full of teenagers who had been drinking. The settlement was against the driver of the car and against the parents who had ...

$1,000,000

Auto Accident Settlement

Partner Adam L. Rothenberg recently secured a $1 million settlement on behalf of a 19-year-old woman who suffered multiple injuries in a tractor-trailer collision.

$1,000,000

Personal Injury Jury Verdict

An elderly man was awarded damages for pain and suffering, medical bills and a reimbursement to Medicare for injuries he sustained after falling on ice outside of his apartment. The trial lasted seven days but took only two hours of deliberation for ...

$1,000,000

Injured Passenger Verdict

A woman suffered a back injury when the car in which she was a passenger was involved in an accident. The case was unique in that the plaintiff brought suit against the drivers of both vehicles. The driver of the other vehicle was found to be ...

$1,000,000

Dog Bite Settlement

Our client, a former model, was a patron at a local farm when a dog lunged at her and bit her in the face. She lost most of her right upper lip and part of her right lower lip in the attack, which required emergency surgery, three subsequent plastic ...

$1,000,000

Dog Bite Settlement

A former model whose face was permanently scarred by a dog bite settled her Monmouth County suit against the dog’s owner for $1 million. Plaintiff, 37, was a patron at a local farm and was bit by a Labrador retriever when the dog lunged at her and ...

$1,000,000

Personal Injury Settlement

Mark Kuminski of our office represented a client who was injured at work, while unloading a tractor trailer. As a result of the incident, the plaintiff re-injured his lower back, for which he had previously undergone surgery ten years earlier. ...

$1,000,000

Worker's Compensation Settlement

A 33-year-old sanitation worker suffered severe and debilitating injuries when he was caught in a garbage compactor while working for the City of Linden. The garbage compactor had insufficient warning devices, so our client was unaware that the tail ...

$1,000,000

Worker's Compensation Settlement

A worker fell from a roof, resulting in severe back injuries and future disabilities. Through expert testimony, it was established that the defendant should have provided workers with fall protection to prevent this type of accident. Settlement was ...

$1,000,000

Tractor-Trailer Judgment

A Middlesex County man was ejected from his vehicle when he was involved in a motor vehicle accident with a tractor-trailer. Our client had very little recollection of the details surrounding the accident and liability had to be established through ...

$975,000

Personal Injury Settlement

A carpenter working as an independent contractor was injured at defendant’s refinery when he was improperly exposed to dangerous fumes. Ronald Grayzel handled this occupational exposure case and ultimately settled the matter for $975,000.00.

$950,000

Personal Injury Settlement

A four year old child developed a severe case of food poisoning after having eaten an undercooked beef product which was prepared and sold by a local restaurant. In a case handled by Mark Kuminski of our office, it was argued that despite the fact ...

$935,000

Mall Injury Verdict

Partner Brett Greiner of the Edison office secured a verdict for a Carteret woman who was injured when she slipped and fell near a decorative fountain at a shopping mall. The defense argued that the plaintiff's condition was chronic and longstanding ...

$900,000

Personal Injury Jury Verdict

The plaintiff was involved in a motor vehicle accident with a tractor trailer. The plaintiff, an intensive care unit nurse, injured her lower back, suffering a herniated disc. While she did not undergo surgery to repair same, her ability to work was ...

$875,000

Personal Injury Settlement

The plaintiff suffered severe injuries to his leg when he was struck by a car as he exited a school bus. The driver of the car lacked sufficient liability insurance coverage to compensate the plaintiff for his injuries. As a result, Adam Rothenberg ...

$875,000

Personal Injury Settlement

Middlesex County man was driving down the main street in Seaside Heights at approximately 7:30 a.m. one Sunday morning when he was struck by a vehicle which went through a stop sign at a high rate of speed. The impact caused our client’s vehicle to ...

$750,000

Personal Injury Settlement

A woman who had carpets cleaned in her home suffered a severe asthmatic reaction. Suit was filed for injuries caused by her inhalation of the chemical products used by defendant to clean the carpets. Discovery revealed that there was a history of ...

$750,000

Personal Injury Settlement

Partner James Dunn, Esq. settled a case for an EMT injured while working for $750,000.00. The EMT was injured at Morristown Memorial Hospital in Morris County while performing EMT functions in the back of the ambulance. Suddenly and unexpectedly, the ...

$739,250

Personal Injury Settlement

Middlesex County woman was injured when a tire fell off a tractor-trailer causing her to lose control of her vehicle and hit a concrete divider. She suffered neck injuries and required two surgeries. Plaintiff sued the owner of the truck as well as ...

$739,034

Work Injury Verdict

A woman tripped and fell in the parking lot at her workplace in Princeton, causing her to undergo surgery. Partner Jim Dunn of the Hillsborough office was able to prove that the property owner was negligent in the way that they constructed the ...

$668,367.82

Motor Vehicle Accident Verdict

Partner Michael B. Fusco secured a six-figure jury verdict on behalf of an Edison man who suffered injuries in a motor vehicle collision. Following four days of trial, a Middlesex County jury awarded $626,300.22 in compensation for our client’s ...

$650,000

Personal Injury Settlement

A $650,000 settlement for an Edison man who slipped on a patch of ice outside of his apartment in the Trafalgar Gardens/Hilltop Estates complex. He suffered broken bones in his leg and arm in the fall.

$617,000

Personal Injury Trial Verdict

Brett Greiner and Brian McElroy of our Edison office tried this matter before a Middlesex County jury on behalf of a truck driver, who was injured when the back of his trailer separated from the loading dock, thereby causing his to fall and sustain ...

$575,000

Personal Injury Settlement

Mark Kuminski handled this case for the plaintiff, who was injured at work when he slipped and fell on a wet floor, injuring both knees. The floor outside his office had recently been mopped by an outside contractor, and the wet floor signs were ...

$550,000

Personal Injury Settlement

Plaintiff, a 30-year old warehouse manager, sustained a severely lacerated arm with resulting scarring when a strap he was using ripped apart during a loading procedure. The lawsuit was filed against the manufacturer and retailer of the strap, both ...

$500,000

Personal Injury Settlement

A Monmouth County student was injured while playing street hockey in gym class on the school’s tennis court. While attempting to gain control of the ball, which had been passed by another student, the plaintiff struck his knee against the steel post ...

$500,000

Personal Injury Settlement

Levinson Axelrod, P.A. lawyers recently resolved a claim for a Middlesex County Woman who was injured while golfing. She was playing in a foursome with three other ladies, and she was accidentally run over by one of the other women driving a golf ...

$500,000

Motor Vehicle Accident Settlement

Partner, Brett Greiner, Esq., a Certified Civil Trial Attorney, recently resolved a case for a client that was injured in a motor vehicle accident. The bed of the defendant’s pick-up truck had opened and a tool box fell onto the roadway. Our client ...

$500,000

Drowning Victim Verdict

A 21-year-old male drowned as a social guest at his friend's house. The homeowners allowed unsupervised use of their swimming pool at a party where alcohol was being served. Partner Jim Dunn of the Flemington office obtained an award in excess of ...

$475,000

Auto Accident Settlement

Levinson Axelrod, P.A. Partner Robert Y. Cook, secured a major $475,000 settlement on behalf of a client who suffered serious injuries in a motor vehicle accident. Robert represented an Ocean City man who, while driving on a local roadway, was ...

$425,000

Auto Accident Settlement

Attorney Kathleen M. DiGiovanni secured a $425,000 settlement on behalf of her client who suffered injuries in a motor vehicle accident. The crash occurred in November of 2014 during the middle of the day. At that time, our client has been traveling ...

$410,000

Trip & Fall Settlement

Associate Kathleen M. DiGiovanni recently secured a $410,000 settlement on behalf of a client who was seriously injured after tripping and falling over a wheel-stop located in a parking lot near an entrance of a day care center.

$400,000

Truck Accident Settlement

Associate Jessica Bland recently secured a $400K settlement for a client who suffered injuries and a subsequent infection after her vehicle was rear-ended by a landscaping truck on Route 22.

$400,000

Personal Injury Settlement

James Dunn of our Flemington office handled this case against the State of New Jersey and New Jersey State Police. The plaintiff was injured in a motor vehicle accident, which occurred as the result of the unreasonable actions of a New Jersey State ...

$380,000

Auto Accident Settlement

Our client, who worked as a school bus driver, was injured when a landscaping truck crossed over into his lane from the opposing lane of traffic. The driver of the landscaping truck admitted he had dropped his phone while trying to change the music ...

$375,000

Personal Injury Settlement

On July 5, 2014, Plaintiff a 63 year old Borough of Union Beach resident, was walking home from the town fireworks display when she tripped on a severely raised sidewalk. The slab was raised 2"-3" and the Borough had actual notice of the condition ...

$375,000

Premises Liability Settlement

Levinson Axelrod, P.A. Partner Brett R. Greiner recently secured a six-figure settlement for a client who fractured his humerus after slipping and falling outside of a gym shower stall.

$350,000

Personal Injury Settlement

A $350,000 settlement for a client whose infant child suffered burns after spilling hot coffee on herself in a guest room at a Hilton hotel. Initially, the defense only offered a $25,000 settlement. Greiner and his client declined the offer, and took ...

$325,000

Personal Injury Settlement

Levinson Axelrod, P.A. Partner Adam L. Rothenberg and our legal team have settled a case against the New Jersey Department of Treasury (DOT) on behalf of a client who suffered serious injuries after slipping and falling on ice. The victory is a ...

$300,000

Premises Liability Settlement

Managing Partner Mark Kuminski secured a $300,000 settlement on behalf of a client who was injured after stepping into a pothole in a warehouse parking lot where he was a tractor-trailer driver. In addition to the presence of the pothole, lighting in ...

$252,000

Car Crash Victim Verdict

A man was injured in a motor vehicle accident when the defendant ran a stop sign causing an impact. He suffered a herniated disc in his neck and received several months of physical therapy and chiropractic treatment. Associate Brian McElroy of the ...

$250,000

Auto Accident Settlement

Attorney Kelley Lavery secured $250K in compensation through two policy limits settlements for a victim who was injured in a multi-vehicle car accident on Interstate 78.

$250,000

Personal Injury Settlement

The plaintiff was a 48-year-old Sheriff’s officer, who was injured in the course of his employment when his work vehicle was struck from behind while stopped in traffic. He sustained multiple herniated discs in his neck, as well as an aggravation of ...

$230,000

Auto Accident Settlement

Associate Attorney Brian P. McElroy secured a six-figure settlement on behalf of his client who was injured in an auto accident. Brian’s client was a passenger in a van which provided care and living assistance to adults. Though such entities have ...

$200,000

Car Crash Verdict

Associate Michael Fusco of the Edison office obtained a verdict for the victim of a car accident who sustained permanent injuries to her neck and back. The defense argued that our client's symptoms were pre-existing and age related, instead of being ...

$175,000

Personal Injury Settlement

Levinson Axelrod, P.A. Partner Brett R. Greiner secured a $175,000 settlement on behalf of a young girl who injured her arm and suffered scarring after falling at a local swim club. As case records show, Brett’s client was a 14-year-old girl who had ...