Posted On: January 20, 2005 by Richard Console

$941,600 for Workplace Injuries

In January 2001, James Cerdes, 27 fell about 20 feet while remodeling a house in Mantoloking and suffered severe brain injuries. Cerdes sued contractor Beachcraft Builders Inc. and a subcontractor, Michael Scully Inc. Selective Insurance Company. The subcontractor’s insurance company covered 75% of the settlement and Highland insurance covered 25%.

The settlement was in the amount of $941,600.
- Michael Booth, New Jersey Law Journal