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.
$4.195 million -- Verdict for 59-year old Oradell resident who sustained multiple fractures to his legs while a passenger of a drunk driver who was served while visibly intoxicated at a bar in South Hackensack. The jury found the driver 80% at fault and the bar 20% at fault for causing the man's physical injuries, lost wages, and medical costs, including the costs of a nursing home where he lives since the accident.
$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.
$2.483 million -- Settlement in Bergen County for Ho-Ho-Kus woman who sustained severe and permanent injuries when she was struck by a commercial truck while she was waiting for the bus on Route 17 in Ho-Ho-Kus. As a result of being struck, the Ho-Ho-Kus resident suffered multiple fractures in her left foot and ankle that required twelve surgeries to save her foot.
$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.
$1.276 million -- Verdict on behalf of Ridgewood and Wayne obstetrical and gynecological practice against St. Joseph's Medical Center for breach of contract and against the Chief Executive Officer and the Chair of the Obstetrical and Gynecological Department for unlawful interference with the practice's contract with the Medical Center.
$1.265 million -- Confidential settlement in a wrongful death and survival action on behalf of thirty-two year old Hudson County woman who died shortly after child birth; the settlement was entered into with multiple doctors who were alleged to have mismanaged the Hudson County patient's care after she delivered her daughter.
$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.
$839,000 -- Jury verdict in Bergen County against a tavern for serving a patron after she became visibly intoxicated. The verdict was in favor of a 59-year old Oradell man who was the passenger of the drunk driver who drove into a pole in Ridgefield, New Jersey. He sustained multiple leg fractures and is confined to a nursing home. The jury found the tavern 20% responsible for causing the accident.
$750,000 -- Settlement for Maywood man who required ankle reconstruction and a spinal fusion after his car was struck by cement truck on Route 17 in Rochelle Park, New Jersey.
$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.
From law offices in Rochelle Park, New Jersey, the business and personal injury lawyers of The Epstein Law Firm serve Hackensack, Paramus, Morristown, Elizabeth, New Brunswick, Passaic, Newark, Kearny, Glen Rock, Saddle Brook, Montclair, Nutley, Hawthorne, Jersey City, Union City, Teaneck, Westwood, Paterson, Montvale, Clifton, Lodi, Wayne, Fort Lee, Englewood, Ridgewood, Livingston, Fair Lawn, West Orange, Bergen County, Passaic County, Essex County, Morris County, Middlesex County, Monmouth County, Ocean County and Hudson County, NJ.
