New Brunswick, NJ
Personal injury Lawyer at New Brunswick, NJ
Practice Areas: Personal Injury
OUTCOME: 100% liability and $350,000 verdict against rear-ending driver
Client gradually stopped in the right lane of a highway to permit a tractor trailer to make a right turn from the center lane, as it was cutting her off. Client was then rear-ended by a car. Client s ... uffered a shoulder injury that required arthroscopic surgery, and spinal injuries that required initial conservative therapy and then pain management treatment.
OUTCOME: Settled for $600,000
Elderly resident of apartment building tripped on elevator that failed to level at the lobby floor, breaking her leg. She required two surgeries.
OUTCOME: Settled for total of $365,000
Client was a passenger in a car that collided with a truck. Although the host driver likely was the sole cause of the collision, the client's injuries were worth well in excess of the host driver's mi ... nimal insurance coverage. A $350,000 settlement was achieved with the insurance company for the other driver.
OUTCOME: $3,000,000 settlement
Client was driving on the highway when a drunk driver attempted an illegal left turn through the Jersey median at at intersection, hitting her car head on. The drunk driver was on his company's busine ... ss at the time of the collision. Client suffered multiple fractures and underwent multiple surgeries.
OUTCOME: $3,500,000 settlement
Single mother was rear-ended on her way to work in the morning, killing her. She left a young son to be raised by her parents.
OUTCOME: $100,000 jury verdict
45 year old man was rear-ended at a traffic light in February 2013. He treated with a chiropractor 22 times through May 2013. He suffered 2 herniated discs in his neck and 1 in his low back. Defenda ... nt's insurance company made no settlement offer because Montanez's claim was subject to the 'limitation on lawsuit" tort threshold.
OUTCOME: $325,000 jury verdict
31 year old woman was rear-ended at a red light. She suffered 2 herniated discs in her neck. She treated with a chiropractor, with no invasive pain management treatment. She had undergone prior chir ... opractic treatment, but not for 2 years prior to the collision. Insurance company offer was $2,500. Jury verdict was $325,000.
OUTCOME: $490,000 settlement
50 year old truck driver with an empty low boy trailer was rear-ended at a rest stop by another tractor trailer driver. He received emergency room treatment, a course of physical therapy, and 3 epidur ... al injections in his low back to treat the aggravation of pre-existing but not symptomatic degenerative discs.
OUTCOME: $400,000 settlement
In January 2014, a 33 year old man slipped and fell on an icy sidewalk in his condominium development, injuring his low back. He treated with physical therapy at first, but when that did not work he u ... nderwent pain management injections. Finally, he underwent lumbar disc surgery. Only missed work for three months after the disc surgery in 2016.
OUTCOME: $90,000 settlement
64 year old woman was rear-ended in Piscataway while waiting at a yield sign. She suffered a fracture in her mid back that required surgery. The other driver had only $100,000 of insurance, about $7, ... 000 of which was used to fix my client's car.