Michael Paglione recently represented a 31 year old who fell 30 feet through a commercial rooftop while working at a construction site. His employer was a roofing contractor hired by the project’s General Contractor to replace the roof on a commercial building. Although our client was required to wear a fall protection harness at [...]
By: Michael Brottman According to the Center for Disease Control, someone in the United States suffers a heart attack every 40 seconds. This equates to approximately 800,000 heart attacks each year. “Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men, women, and people of most racial and ethnic groups in the United States,” [...]
By: Marc A. Brotman A recent study has shown that New Jersey is the 19th most dangerous state for pedestrians. This is obviously bad news for the most densely populated State in the country, where walking should be a safe and viable transportation option for all residents. Further, obtaining insurance coverage for personal injuries [...]
By: Michael Brottman While we all hope that the COVID-19 pandemic is nearing its end, the reality is that COVID-19 cases continue, driven by the recent surge of the Omicron variant. Even if you have not personally been infected, we have all suffered from this pandemic. Lost opportunities for business, education, medical treatment, travel [...]
On July 4, 2015, a family of five attended a backyard Fourth of July party at the home of the defendants. Approximately 40 to 50 people attended the party throughout the day. There were multiple activities simultaneously taking place, such as whiffle ball, trampoline, and swimming in the defendants’ in-ground pool, with a slide [...]
Marc Brotman, a trial attorney in the firm’s Personal Injury department, recently settled a negligence and abuse case against a New Jersey nursing home for $275,000. The case involved head and hip injuries to a nursing home resident who was found on the floor following a fall. Mr. Brotman argued that the nursing home [...]
By: Thomas Manzo Many factors bear on the value of a personal injury case and, as such, the ability to predict a numeric value for a client is impossible. This is especially true when that unknown number is assessed by a group of six-to-eight future jurors who ultimately make the final call. That being [...]
Partner Brian A. Heyesey recently “virtually” picked a jury from the Monmouth County Superior Courthouse in Freehold, New Jersey to hear an automobile accident case. The case involved a 22-year old client who was t-boned while operating her vehicle on her way home from her waitressing job. As a result of the collision, the [...]
Partner Thomas Manzo resolved a case on behalf of his client who fell while at work as a teacher at a local private school. A career teacher of young children, Tom’s client slipped and fell on a wet floor when entering the school’s kitchen, where she sustained a fractured wrist and a concussion after [...]
Szaferman Lakind Partners Michael Paglione and Michael Brottman worked together on behalf of their client to achieve a total settlement of $439,000 resulting from a job-related injury. The client sustained serious spinal injuries while lifting construction materials in 2004. The injuries necessitated a prolonged course of medical treatment and he was required to undergo [...]
