$430,000 settlement arising out of automobile accident. (Bergen County, New Jersey 2001).
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After a five-day trial in Hudson County, Mintz & Geftic’s Bryan H. Mintz obtained a jury verdict against New Jersey PATH for work-related injuries suffered by his client. The NJ PATH worker tripped and fell while carrying a bridgeplate, which is used to bridge the gap between the train platform and the train. Mintz & Geftic’s client suffered serious injuries from his work accident. The injuries included herniated discs in his back requiring a four-level decompression surgery and he later endured another surgery for a post-surgical infection. The client also underwent months of physical therapy. Since New Jersey’s workers’ compensation laws do not apply…
0$850,000 settlement, Auto Accident, Injuries included Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome that caused early retirement as a Librarian. (Jeffrey E. Strauss, Essex County 2005).
0Bryan Mintz, of New Jersey Personal Injury Law Firm Mintz & Geftic, has been selected to the Super Lawyers list for 2022. Bryan has achieved this recognition for the 9th straight year! This year’s list of attorneys will displayed in Super Lawyers® magazine and other publications. Bryan, and all of the attorneys of Mintz & Geftic, fight on behalf of people that are suffering with serious injuries. This includes representing the injured victims of car and truck accidents, slip and falls accidents, construction accidents, and work-related accidents, including workers’ compensation claims. With offices in Elizabeth and throughout New Jersey, Mintz & Geftic Law Firm will fight…
0Most New Jersey drivers have had it happen to them at least a couple of times. You’re sitting at a red light and it turns green. You step on the gas pedal. Just as your car starts to move. a vehicle comes speeding through the intersection from your left or right, completely ignoring their red light. You (hopefully) hit your brakes just in time, avoiding a major accident. You then utter to yourself (or maybe shout out the window), “you could have killed somebody driving like that!”. Perhaps you also included an expletive or two. Well, that statement is even more true now than…
0“I remember waking up in the hospital screaming. I have never screamed so much in my life,” she said. “I kept forgetting where I was and I would just scream and not stop because the pain was so intense.” (Ganim, Zamost, cnn.com) The quote above is from Elora Lencoski describing the night in late 2013 when she was a passenger on a Greyhound bus that crashed into the back of a tractor-trailer, killing one woman and injuring dozens of other people. Whether you regularly ride on a Greyhound bus like Elora did or on a New Jersey Transit bus like so many of our readers…
0$21 million verdict, Child Services Negligence-inflicted damages upon a child in foster care. Infant child was improperly placed in foster care and was abused suffering “shaken baby syndrome” resulting in brain damage and multiple bone fractures. State was held liable for breaching its own procedures and regulations in child placement and required oversight. Foster parents were held jointly liable for the inflicted physical damage. (Jeffrey E. Strauss, co-counsel, Burlington County N.J.)(2006).
0******ATTN: Drivers****** You can click here to jump down the page and get right to the bottom-line of what this new law means for you. The New Jersey Insurance Fair Conduct Act (IFCA) The state legislature has passed a bill that will reshape insurance bad faith litigation in New Jersey going forward. Governor Murphy officially signed senate bill 1559 into law recently, which is titled The New Jersey Insurance Fair Conduct Act (IFCA). The Act establishes a private cause of action for claimants who are injured in a motor vehicle accident for insurance bad faith in the handling and payment of claims for…
4$225,000 mediated settlement of premises liability case (Hudson County, New Jersey 2009).
0November 17, 2015 – Mintz & Geftic settled a lawsuit for $1.1 million that involved work-related injuries suffered by their client.
0$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…
0$775,000 settlement arising out of trench collapse during sewer construction. (Burlington County, New Jersey 2006).
0Our 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…
0Mintz & Geftic is pleased to announce that Bryan Mintz has been selected to the Super Lawyers list for 2021. Bryan has earned this prestigious honor for the 8th straight year! Only five percent of attorneys across the whole state of New Jersey are named to the Super Lawyers list. This list of attorneys will be displayed in Super Lawyers® magazine as well as New Jersey Monthly. Super Lawyers list- the Selection Process Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. Selections are made on an annual, state-by-state basis. The objective is to create a credible, comprehensive and diverse…
0$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).
0A New Jersey bill has been signed into law that will regulate ride sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft in the Garden State. This new law, known as the Transportation Network Company (TNC) Safety and Regulatory Act, includes some important info that effects both drivers and passengers. Here’s the top things you should know: Insurance Coverage for Uber Passengers Injured in Accidents In the past, auto insurance companies have told ride-share passengers injured in accidents that their personal policies would not cover them. Under this new law, every passenger will now be covered. As New Jersey accident lawyers, this part of the law is something…
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