$550,000 settlement of wrongful death

$32,000 settlement for our client who was a passenger in an accident that occurred in Newark on the NJ Turnpike. As a result of the NJ Turnpike accident, our client endured injuries and severe back pain. She had MRIs showing C3-C4, C4-C5, and C5-C6 broad based disc bulges.  Our client underwent chiropractic treatment to help with her pain.  The case resolved without the filing a lawsuit. (NJ Turnpike, Newark, NJ, essex county, 2022) MINTZ & GEFTIC – Top-RATED NJ ACCIDENT INJURY LAW FIRM All cases involving a rear-end accident, truck accident, car accident, slip and falls accident, or work-related accident require NO FEE unless…

$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…

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…

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

$650,000 settlement, Medical Malpractice, failing to timely diagnose and refer for treatment a middle age high risk male patient for treatment of cardiac symptoms substantially contributing to the necessity of a heart transplant. (Jeffrey E. Strauss, Morris County 2005).

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. 

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….

$2.45 million pre-trial mediated settlement, sexual abuse of high school student by a teacher, disease transmission & emotional injury. (Jeffrey E. Strauss, Essex County 2010).

$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).

$3 million pre-trial mediated settlement, Medical Malpractice against a major New York medical center, negligent performance of a diagnostic medical procedure that caused a stroke and partial paralysis in a 50 year old woman. (Jeffrey E. Strauss, New York County-Manhattan, NY) (2013).

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

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…

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

$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).

$88,400 settlement for our client who suffered significant injuries in an accident involving an Uber vehicle. Our client’s vehicle was struck by a UBER vehicle causing her accident-related injuries. As a result of this crash with an Uber driver, she underwent a series of epidural streroid injections at the bilateral L4-L5 and L5-S1 levels. MINTZ & GEFTIC  FREE CONSULTATIONS AND NO FEE UNLESS WE WIN YOUR CASE All cases involving any accident with an Uber vehicle, a truck accident, car accident, slip and fall accident, or work-related accident require NO FEE unless we are successful in securing you a recovery to compensate you for your…