On November 10, 2020, Partner Michael Brottman achieved a $122,280 settlement on behalf of his client in a workers' compensation case. His client, an auto mechanic, injured his neck and shoulder while performing auto repairs during the course of his employment. More specifically, our client tore his rotator cuff, glenoid labrum and bicep tendon, [...]
Michael R. Paglione recently negotiated a $425,000 Workers’ Compensation settlement for a Szaferman Lakind client. This was the largest Workers Compensation settlement, pursuant to Section 20 of the compensation statute, in New Jersey for all of 2008. Our client, a mason working for a local school board, was injured in 2000 when a brick and [...]
$2.75 Million Settlement in Trucking Accident Case Michael R. Paglione, Personal Injury and Workers’ Compensation, recently negotiated a $2,750,000 settlement for a forklift operator injured in a workplace accident. The accident occurred in 2004 as our client was loading cargo onto a tractor trailer at a loading dock. As he backed his forklift off [...]
Hahn v. Heisler A retired Mercer County sheriff’s officer and his wife won a $6 million dollar judgment against the man who shot him, causing severe injuries that ended his law enforcement career. Szaferman Lakind partner Craig Hubert represents the plaintiffs, Joshua and Doris Hahn. The defendant, Vasil “Billy” Heisler, was convicted of attempted murder and [...]
A Somerset County woman, suffering from serious, permanent injuries after being struck by a pick up truck, settled her claims against the driver of the vehicle and her own insurance carrier, which provided underinsured coverage, for a total amount of $1.27 million dollars. Michael Paglione, a partner with the firm, represented the plaintiff. The [...]
Michael Paglione recently settled a case against Montgomery Township for $3.575 million on behalf of a retired university professor who was rendered quadriplegic. The case made statewide news when it was filed in 2008. The client fell backwards from the township’s senior bus while assisting a 93-year-old woman to remove her wheelchair. At the [...]
A Hunterdon County client has agreed to settle his case for $1.05 million, according to Craig Hubert, who represents David Mummey. Mr. Mummey suffered severe, permanent head injuries as a result of an accident in June 2007. He was hired to unload a large piece of heavy equipment, a pavement sealer, from a tractor trailer [...]
On NJ.com: NJ Pays $1.25 M to Settle Foster Child Sex Abuse Lawsuit
June 2019 Partner Michael Paglione, at the onset of trial, recently settled a case involving a 48-year-old male who sustained significant injuries in a 2012 motor vehicle accident. The victim was injured when a motor vehicle suddenly and without warning veered from the left turn lane into the right travel lane, striking the driver’s [...]
June 2019 Partners Craig Hubert and Brian Heyesey recently settled a case against a private boarding school in Mercer County where their client, a former student of that institution, was sexually assaulted by a member of the faculty. After details about the repeated sexual assaults were discovered, local law enforcement began a criminal investigation. [...]
