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A man who suffers from cognitive problems as a result of auto accident injuries received an $850,000 settlement last Tuesday. Winston Hilton claimed he was driving west on Meadow Road on Sept 24, 2001 when he collided with an oncoming car that made a left turn in his path. The accident occurred in a construction zone where the road was lined with barrels.

The other driver was driving his own vehicle but was an employee of DMJM Harris of New York, which was overseeing the road project. Hilton suffered a closed-head injury that led to a loss of concentration and other cognitive problems, and lost most of his work as a selfemployed accountant.

(This information was obtained from the New Jersey Law Journal)

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An electrician accepted a $3 Million on Dec 14 to settle his Essex County suit over career-ending injuries suffered when a tractor-trailer hit his van at the side of a highway. Robert Stevens of Lincoln Park was standing next to the van on the shoulder of Route 3 in East Rutherford on Aug 7, 2002 when the tractor-trailer hit. The impact caused the van to strike Stevens, throwing him over a guard-rail and causing leg, pelvic, shoulder and rib fractures.

Stevens who had been sent by the van's owner, Viacom, to work on roadside billboards underwent several surgeries including the implantation of plates, screws and rods in his legs. Now 65, he has a limited range of motion, has difficulty walking or standing and had to retire.
- Mary P Gallagher, New Jersey Law Journal

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A Passaic County jury awarded $3.69 million in an obstetrics malpractice claim, but the plaintiffs will receive only $45,000 from the trial because a doctor who settled for $1 million was found 90% liable. The parents of Yaritza Parra of Paterson, born July 15, 1993, alleged that the obstetrician, anesthesiologist and two nurses at Barnert Hospital in Passaic failed to respond in a timely manner to fetal distress, and that a one-hour delay in performing a Caesarian section caused the girl's mental retardation.

The obstetrician settled in April for $1 million policy limits. At trial, the plaintiff won $3.69 million on Nov 3. The evidence presented that the chief of anesthesiology failed to prepare for the possibility of a C-section and that the nurses failed to alert superiors to the obstetrician's delay.

The jury, after finding the obstetrician 90 percent liable, apportioned the remaining liability. The defense did not contest the damages and presented evidence that the settling doctor was at fault.
- Henry Gottlieb, New Jersey Law Journal

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A man who injured his neck and back in a car accident settled his underinsured motorist's claim for $650,000 on Nov 29. Mark Rowland was about to exit the Atlantic City Expressway on March 22, 2001 when another car struck his. He required a lumbar laminectomy and interior cervical fusion and was out of work for more than 14 months.

The other driver had an Allstate policy capped at $15,000. Rowland settled with his insurer less than two months after he sued over its decision to appeal an arbitration award. Selective claimed Rowland's injuries stemmed from a pre-existing condition; he had two prior car accidents and in the collision at issue, his car had little damage.

(This information was obtained from the New Jersey Law Journal)

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A contractor paid $800,000 on Nov. 18 in settlement of an Ocean County uit by a worker injured in a two-story fall. Christopher Mansfield was bending back a reinforcement bar on the second floor of a school under construction in Englishtown on Dec. 13, 2000 when the bar snapped. The reaction propelled him backward to the ground.

The plaintiff argued that general contractor GP Parlamas of New Brunswick was liable because it didn't have a guard rail on the open floor or give Mansfield a harness. Mansfield suffered an ankle fracture that required three surgeries and, though he returned to work, he limps and will need less lurative, sedentary work within a few years.

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$1.85 million was awarded to Ira Miller Jr. for having taken on herniated discs in his abdomen and lumbar, and stiffening bruises while car shopping at their local Chevrolet dealership. While walking through the icy parking lot, Miller slipped and suffered permanent injuries.

Miller underwent decompression and laminectomy surgery on two lower back discs and his thoracic herniation caused him to develop ‘drop foot’, which requires that he have a walker and a supportive vest. Miller’s surgery involved fusing two discs and moving his heart out of the way so that they could deflate one of his lungs which sent him into respiratory failure and a 10-day coma. The surgery got rid of the drop foot, but he must use a cane now and cannot sit for long periods of time.

The defense argued the iced parking lot, but photographs in the spring later proved that there were drainage problems that management was fully aware of.
- Mary P. Gallagher, New Jersey Law Journal

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On Feb 1997, infant Alexander Arce was struck by a 30 inch Plexiglas sign at the Children’s Place in Quakerbridge Mall. Young Arce was left with fractures in his skull, damages to the left side of his brain and left him with comprehension and reading difficulties.

The Plaintiff argues that poor design and manufacturing deficiencies led the sign to fall. Judge McManimon approved the settlement between the store’s insurers and the sign manufacturer.

(This information was obtained from the New Jersey Law Journal)

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