$200,000 settlement of premises liability

$500,000 settlement during trial, Product Liability-Consumer Product Defect, commonly used type of sponge mop recoiled with such force that the retracting slide caught the users’ wedding band causing it to slice into the ring finger joint amputating the finger. (Jeffrey E. Strauss, Middlesex County 2009).

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

  $400,000 settlement for major injuries suffered in a rear-end accident on RT 31 in Washington Township, New Jersey .  This rear-end accident involved a truck hitting our client from behind.  Our client sustained post concusion syndrome, or mild traumatic brain injury, after she was struck by a truck in the accident. She underwent years of cognitive and speech therapy. (Warren County, 2021)

Our attorneys have over a century of experience in representing seriously injured victims of motor vehicle accidents, slip and falls, defective products, and dangerous construction sites.  Our attorneys have a broad range of expertise in lawsuits involving personal injuries, workers’ compensation, medical malpractice, business disputes, wage and hour violations, and class actions.  We have the distinction of garnering millions of dollars in recoveries for our clients through trial verdicts and settlements. You can see samples of some of the success we obtained for our clients under the Results section.  Our courtroom recoveries for our clients who had suffered serious injuries in car accidents, fall…

$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).

$450,000 settlement in premises liability case. (Middlesex County, New Jersey 2013).

$10 Million settlement of a class action against Discover Financial Services relating to the bank’s credit cards. alleging that the bank imposed payment protection without consent , deceptively marketed the service, and improperly administered the plan harming consumers (Bryan H. Mintz, with co-counsel, Northern District of Illinois, 2013).

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…

$725,000 settlement, Truck-Pedestrian accident, Pedestrian crossing street was hit by a construction truck resulting in loss of smell and orthopedic injuries. (Jeffrey E. Strauss, Union County 2011).

$405,000 settlement of a premises liability action in which the Plaintiff’s foot became snagged in a gap in the floor of a busy office building.  The Defendant created a gap in the floor through construction and failed to repair the gap in a timely manner.  The Plaintiff suffered injuries to her upper extremities triggering a complex regional pain syndrome that forced her into extensive medical care and disability from work for over two years. Her injury is permanent yet under control. The recovery included compensation for pain, suffering and disability as well as reimbursement for medical bills owed.  (Middlesex County, 2016).

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…

Our client, a 41-year-old Jersey City firefighter, who resided in Elizabeth, New Jersey, tripped on steps at his apartment due to worn treads on the interior steps and a wobbly railing. As a result of the fall, he underwent surgery to repair a right knee quadriceps tear, after which he received significant physical therapy.  His lawsuit against the landlord of the Elizabeth, New Jersey apartment building settled for $210,000. (Union 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…

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…

January 8, 2016 –We are very pleased to congratulate Jeffrey E. Strauss, of counsel to Mintz & Geftic, LLC and Strauss Law Offices, LLC, who, through a relentless and lengthy hard fought legal battle, secured a $15 million settlement in a medical malpractice suit on behalf of an 11-year-old girl from Irvington, New Jersey. An Essex County, New Jersey Superior Court Judge approved the settlement on December 18, 2015, just 10 days before the trial was scheduled to begin.

Our client, a 28-year-old airport worker was injured while making her way to her seat on an airport shuttle bus. The bus driver began driving before our client could be seated and then abruptly jammed on his brakes. Our client injured her right knee resulting a torn medial meniscus. She underwent arthroscopic surgery to repair the knee and received physical therapy. The case against the bus driver and his company settled for $99,900, and the corresponding workers’ compensation case resolved for an additional $16,000. (Essex County, 2019) MINTZ & GEFTIC  FREE CONSULTATIONS AND NO FEE UNLESS WE WIN YOUR CASE All cases involving truck…