The following list of cases is a sample of The Epstein Law Firm's settlements, verdicts, and role in developing new law:
$4.25 million confidential settlement in a wrongful death and survival action; a husband and father from Teaneck burned to death after a tire fell off while he was driving, causing the car to flip over and catch fire. A major mechanic operations company was at fault for failing to attach the tire properly.
$3.5 million verdict for Garfield resident who became paralyzed from the waist down while a passenger in a limousine that drove off the Garden State Parkway in Clifton.
$1.65 million settlement for husband and wife from Paramus who sustained severe injuries from head on collision while driving their car on Forest Avenue in Paramus.
$1,622,750 verdict in Bergen County on behalf of widow whose husband was struck in a crosswalk on Kinderkamack Road in Oradell, New Jersey by a pizza delivery man. After being struck in the crosswalk, the man sustained three fractures of his right leg, and lived in hospital for approximately three months before dying from complications from his injuries sustained in the car accident.
$1.5 million jury verdict on behalf of husband and wife against doctors for injuries to the male genitalia.
$1.2 million settlement for legal guardian of 78-year old Wyckoff resident who sustained a fractured pelvis and brain injuries after volunteer fireman struck him while he was walking in a crosswalk on Franklin Avenue in Wyckoff. The brain injuries left the man permanently disabled and incapacitated, and he now requires twenty-four hour care in a medical center.
$1.2 million settlement for eleven year old passenger who sustained significant neurological injuries in a car accident.
$1.2 million jury verdict for Edgewater families who lost houses and personal property from a fire caused by general contractor’s failure to maintain and supervise job site.
$1.1 million in confidential settlements in 2005.
$1 million jury verdict for the estate of a 42-yr old Wayne resident against a life insurance company for an accidental death benefit where the jury found that the man died from a car accident, and not from a heart attack.*
$1 million jury verdict for inventor of patent against former business partner for breach of implied contract.
$1 million settlement for Clifton motorcycle driver who sustained severe, permanent, and disfiguring injuries to his leg, arm, and shoulder after being cut off by a car on Route 3 West in Secaucus.
$850,000 settlement of a medical malpractice case for a Wayne woman who had a facial nerve severed during surgery.
$750,000 verdict for a passenger of a limousine who sustained severe injuries after the limousine drove off the Garden State Parkway in Clifton.
$710,000 settlement on behalf of the Borough of Old Tappan against Travelers Insurance Company, which held a surety bond for a road contractor that went bankrupt, in an insurance law/surety bond dispute. The bankrupt contractor had performed services related to a public sewer project, and its compaction of the soil under the roads was done improperly causing the roads to sink. As a result, the Borough of Old Tappan had to repair the roads, and sued Travelers who as the surety stood in the shoes of the contractor.
$700,000 jury verdict in favor of discharged employee based on company's violation of its employment manual.
$550,000 settlement in head-on collision where male plaintiff sustained serious injuries, but had returned to work as a warehouseman.
$550,000 jury verdict against orthopedic surgeon who negligently supervised patient’s physical therapy and caused the patient to suffer significant injuries to his shoulder.
$550,000 settlement in wrongful death and survival action on behalf of widow whose eighty-year old husband was hit and killed by a truck while he was crossing a street within a crosswalk in Teaneck.
$550,000 settlement for a Metuchen woman who required a fusion surgery to her lower back and needs a fusion surgery to her neck as a result of a commercial van striking the rear of her car while she was stopped in a parking lot.
$500,000 jury verdict against doctor for failure to timely diagnose tuberculosis.
$500,000 settlement for man who was in a coma as a result of doctors failing to monitor the patient properly after an operation.
$500,000 confidential settlement against orthopedic group and emergency care center for failing to diagnose tumor (sarcoma) in lower back.
$350,000 jury verdict for woman who injured head and neck from head-on collision.
$339,000 jury verdict for woman who fractured her ankle after falling down stairs.
$306,000 jury verdict for injuries to knee involving torn meniscus and partially torn ligament from collapsing step.
$300,000 confidential settlement for a family whose mother/wife died while a patient of the critical care unit when her tracheotomy tube became dislodged.
Confidential settlement for injured child who suffered spinal cord injuries and neurological impairments in motor vehicle accident.
Confidential settlement on behalf of employee contending statements of supervisor directed towards Jewish religion, created hostile work environment.
Cusseaux v. Pickett, 279 N.J. Super 335: established first case nationally recognizing civil claim for battered women’s syndrome.
Eyoma v. Falco, 247 N.J. Super 435: established recognition for claims of unconscious or comatose patients/loss of enjoyment of life.
Izhaky v. Jamesway Corp., 195 N.J. Super 103: established applicable standards of care for landowners/general contractors to employees of subcontractors; jury verdict in favor of plaintiff; affirmed on appeal.
*Reversed by trial court following the verdict.
