$50,000 distracted driving accident settlement for our injured client. The serious crash occurred on West Grand Street in Elizabeth, New Jersey. The other driver swerved and crashed into our client’s vehicle because she was distracted by seeing a spider in her car. Due to this distracted driver crash, or client suffered cervical disc herniations in the accident at the C6-C7 level as well as disc herniations at the L5-S1 level with a dorsal annular tear. He also suffered an injury to his left knee. The most serious injury was a left shoulder partial rotator cuff tear, superior labral tear, and posttraumatic impingement syndrome, for…
distracted driving
Questions for New Jersey Drivers What happens when you are driving along the roads of New Jersey and your phone dings with a notification or message? Do you resist the urge to check it? Unfortunately, many people are not resisting this temptation and the numbers of accident-related injuries and deaths from distracted driving are climbing. Do you ever see other drivers staring endlessly at their phones and wonder if they might actually be watching a whole movie as they navigate through traffic on the NJ Turnpike? Do you ever see other drivers typing like crazy on their phones and think they are trying…
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has released their final data for 2015 and the numbers are alarming. As Elizabeth, New Jersey accident lawyers and top personal injury law firm, we at Mintz & Geftic take these reports very seriously.. We represent many victims of serious accidents that are suffering with devastating injuiries. In addition, unfortunately, we at times represent the loved ones of a victime that has lost their life as a result of an accident.. According to the U.S. DOT’s report, 35, 092 people were killed in traffic crashes across the country last year. These numbers include…