$20 Million Class Action Settlement vs Bank of America

$550,000 settlement of wrongful death and survivorship case brought by widow of a man fatally injured by a falling tree limb (Morris County, New Jersey 2009).

Mintz & Geftic, LLC, along with co-counsel, Jonathan Meyers of Meyers Fried-Grodin, obtained final approval from the New Jersey Superior Court in Middlesex County approving a $2.25 Million settlement of a wage and hour class action. Bryan Mintz, of New Jersey’s Mintz & Geftic Law Firm, brought the case on behalf of current and former delivery drivers of a food distribution company. The primary allegation in the class action lawsuit was that the food distributor failed to pay overtime wages. The food distributor vigorously denied that New Jersey’s Wage and Hour laws even applied to them or that they violated any laws. Mintz &…

$1.7 million settlement, Medical Malpractice in failing to timely diagnose, refer and treat a patient with cardiac symptoms resulting in a heart attack and severe heart muscle damage. (Jeffrey E. Strauss, Bergen County, New Jersey 2004).

$400,000 settlement for Burn injuries, plaintiff was a truck driver unloading chemicals and was caused to be covered with the chemicals due to poor unloading procedures by the chemical plant. (Jeffrey E. Strauss, Passaic County 2004).

December 14, 2015 – On the eve of trial, Mintz & Geftic of Elizabeth negotiated a settlement of a lawsuit for $531,000.

$825,000 settlement, Construction Site-Defective Tree Truck, outrigger was improperly placed and had insufficient line of sight and warnings to alert workers in the area, crushed forefoot. (Jeffrey E. Strauss, Warren County 2009).

$6 Million settlement of a class action against Discover Financial Services related to its merchant membership program and the allegation that the bank was charging merchants for the program without authorization (Bryan H. Mintz, with co-counsel, Southern District of Florida), 2011).

Our client, a security guard working at a security booth under the George Washington Bridge, fell when she stepped into a snow covered gap right outside the guard booth. The gap was very dangerous and was neglected by the Defendant Port Authority for a long time.  Even months after the fall, the Port Authority still did not repair the gap. The Port Authority, through a contractual relationship with the security guard company, was able to weasel out of the responsibility for its own negligence. The Port Authority pushed everything on to the security guard company. The case against The Port Authority resolved for $195,000….

$400,000 settlement of pedestrian struck by automobile case (Passaic County, New Jersey 2009).

$150,000 settlement for our client in a dental malpractice lawsuit. A Union County, New Jersey orthodontist failed to properly diagnose and treat the girl resulting in her having to undergo jaw surgery. In addition, our client was put at risk of more dental problems in the future after having to wear braces for too long of time period. (Union County, New jersey 2021) 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 you…

$1.5 Million settlement of a class action against a major New Jersey food distributor alleging violation of New Jersey’ Wage and Hour laws and the failure to pay overtime to truck drivers and helpers.  (Bryan H. Mintz, with co-counsel, Middlesex County, New Jersey 2016)

July 9, 2015 – Mintz & Geftic has filed a class action lawsuit against Horizon alleging that Horizon failed to safeguard its customers’ sensitive personal information, including their protected health information as defined by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”), Social Security numbers, names, dates of birth, mailing addresses, demographic information, medical records, and health insurance identification numbers (collectively, their “Sensitive Data”).  As a healthcare insurance provider, Horizon is required to protect its customers’ Sensitive Data by adopting and implementing the specific data security regulations and standards set forth under HIPAA. Many of these same data security protection practices are mandated by…

$1 million settlement, Medical Malpractice in a neurosurgical operation that caused paralysis. (Insurance policy limits)(Jeffrey E. Strauss, Essex County 2010).

$450,000 settlement arising out of truck accident.  Client suffered serious injuries as a result of the truck accident.(Essex County, New Jersey 2005).

Mintz & Geftic’s client, a New Jersey firefighter, was involved in a serious slip and fall accident. He suffered a serious knee and quadriceps injury requiring emergent surgery when he slipped and fell on the stairwell leading to the third floor of an apartment complex building in Elizabeth, New Jersey. We alleged that the treads on the stairs were worn and that the railing was wobbly and unsafe.  Our client is a firefighter and he was out of work for almost  a year because of the accident. Our client was out of work for almost a year because of the accident and serious injuries….