$2.1 Million Settlement for injuries in an automobile accident

Mintz & Geftic’s Bryan H. Mintz and Jeffrey E. Strauss settled a motor vehicle accident lawsuit at mediation for $1.9 million. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a 37-year-old woman who endured serious injuries when her car was hit by a commercial van in a rear-end collision. Mintz & Geftic’s client initially suffered with extreme neck pain following the accident. She spent years with a diagnosis of possible displacement of the cervical disc and possible C5-6 disc compression on the left C6 nerve root. After years of physical therapy, epidurals, and a nerve ablation, an x-ray revealed an instability in the C4-5 level…

New York and New Jersey personal injury law firm representing victims of truck accidents A large percentage of fatalities in motor vehicle accidents involve a truck. Every year thousands of motorists and truck drivers are either killed or seriously injured in accidents involving a truck. The accidents may be caused by driver error, the negligence of the trucking company, including mechanical failures, reckless driving, inadequate driver training and often driver fatigue. Finding the precise cause can be difficult and time consuming. We will carefully examine the facts of each accident. We will retain experienced engineering experts to help determine which trucking regulations and Federal…

Elizabeth, New Jersey’s premier personal injury lawyers providing assistance for victims of seat back failure. Seat back failure is a serious defect in many vehicles that causes numerous injuries and fatalities every single year, often times to children. Seat back failure occurs when a car is rear-ended and the defective front seat breaks at the hinge, sending the occupant backwards into the seat behind them with great force and no restraint. Rear-end collisions may be caused by distracted driving or texting while driving. Seat back failure can make these types of accidents far more dangerous. At Mintz & Geftic, our seat back failure attorneys have a proven…

October 30, 2015 – The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey granted a motion to remand Mintz & Geftic’s high-stakes wage & hour class action case from federal court to state court.

Jeffrey M. Strauss’s client suffered a knee injury that will likely require knee replacement surgery when she slipped and fell.  The serious injury occurred at the Cheesecake Factory in Freehold, New Jersey. Bryan H. Mintz assisted Mr. Strauss with motion practice and ultimately at trial before The Honorable Owen C. McCarthy.  The case settled after three days of trial for $250,000. (Monmouth County, 2019) MINTZ & GEFTIC  FREE CONSULTATIONS AND NO FEE UNLESS WE WIN YOUR CASE All cases involving truck accidents, car accidents, slip and falls accidents and work-related accidents require NO FEE unless we are successful in securing you a recovery to compensate…

$430,000 settlement arising out of automobile accident. (Bergen County, New Jersey 2001).

Our client, a 48-year-old shop owner, who resided in Elizabeth, New Jersey, sustained serious injuries when she slipped on ice and snow. The ice and snow was located on the sidewalk/metal grating in front of a commercial furniture store. As a result of the fall, she underwent arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff, with biceps tenotomy, subacromial decompression, glenohumeral debridement, acromioplasty and a distal clavicle resection after which she received additional physical therapy. Her lawsuit against the property owner settled for the arbitration award of $144,000. (Essex County, 2019) MINTZ & GEFTIC  FREE CONSULTATIONS AND NO FEE UNLESS WE WIN YOUR CASE…

$15 million settlement in a medical malpractice suit on behalf of an 11-year-old girl from Irvington, New Jersey. The suit alleged that the hospital and girl’s cardiologist deviated from the accepted standards of care by not following up about an appointment for a corrective surgery in early 2005, which could have treated her congenital abnormality and prevented a stroke that caused brain-damage. An Essex County, New Jersey Superior Court Judge approved the settlement on December 18, 2015. (Jeffrey E. Strauss, Essex County, New Jersey 2015).    

$500,000 settlement in a premises liability matter. (Essex County, New Jersey 2012).

  Mintz & Geftic of Elizabeth is pleased to announce that Bryan Mintz has been selected to the 2016 New Jersey Super Lawyers list.  This is the third year in a row that Mr. Mintz has received this recognition. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Bryan H. Mintz   Published by Thomson Reuters, New Jersey Super Lawyers announced its new listing of attorneys who have “attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.” The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a…

$475,000 for serious injuries suffered in a New Jersey construction accident where our client fell from a roof while working. Our client was painting a house in Union County, New Jersey, while standing on a sloped roof. The general contractor did not provide any safety harness or take any steps to insure that workers had fall protection while working on the roof. Our client fell from the roof sustaining a number of serious injuries. These injuries included multiple fractures to the head and face, knee fracture, shoulder fracture, hand fractures,. Our client endured significant pain and suffering as a result of this construction accident…

Mintz & Geftic’s client, a New Jersey worker,  was involved in a multi-vehicle accident.  While driving his truck for work, our client was struck by a car that was pushed forward after it was struck by a truck. Our client suffered with serious injuries as a result of the accident. Injuries included herniated C4-5 and C5-6 discs in his neck. Our client underwent epidural injections for pain, as well as physical therapy. The case settled shortly after a settlement conference at Union County Courthouse for $125,000.    Our client also received a settlement from this corresponding workers’ compensation case. (Union County, 2019) MINTZ & GEFTIC …

$4.1 million settlement involving a construction accident with a related defective product case. (with co-counsel, Essex County, New Jersey).

March 25, 2015 – Mintz & Geftic attorney, Bryan H. Mintz, has been selected to the New Jersey’s Super Lawyers list for the second year in a row.  Only five percent of the lawyers in New Jersey were selected. 

$350,000 verdict, Medical Malpractice, surgeon damaged a nerve that should have been protected during an operation resulting in diminished movement of the plaintiff’s arm. (Jeffrey E. Strauss, Union County, NJ 2002).