New Jersey Personal Injury Case Law
Please find, below, selected case laws decided by Supreme Court of New Jersey or Court of Appeals of New Jersey where the terms personal injury or related terms have been mentioned. These cases are not necessarily personal injury and may include cases where the facts or court decision merely mentions personal injury related legal terms. You are not to rely on these cases as legal advice nor should you rely on them for accuracy. Please see Terms of Service.
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Nascimento v. King - 12/15/2005
NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION
APPROVED FOR PUBLICATION
Argued November 29, 2005
Before Judges Coburn, Lisa and S.L. Reisner.
This case presents an issue of substantial...
Agurto v. Guhr - 12/9/2005
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Argued November 15, 2005
Before Judges Coburn, Lisa and S.L. Reisner.
Plaintiff, an employee of Baker Adhesive Co., was...
Juarez v. J.A. Salerno & Sons - 11/23/2005
Submitted November 7, 2005
Plaintiff brought suit for damages arising out of an August 7, 1999, automobile accident. Defendants successfully sought summary judgment, and plaintiff appealed. On July 21, 2005, the Appellate...
Kennelly-Murray v. Megill - 11/17/2005
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APPROVED FOR PUBLICATION
Argued October 24, 2005
Before Judges Alley, C.S. Fisher and Yannotti.
In this verbal threshold matter, we hold, among...
Community Hospital Group - 11/2/2005
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Argued September 27, 2005
Before Judges Coburn, Collester and Lisa
The Community Health Group, Inc., t/a JFK Medical...
Miskelly v. Lorence - 10/13/2005
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Submitted September 14, 2005
Before Judges Stern, Fall and Levy.
Plaintiff appeals from an "order of judgment," entered...
Jerista v. Murray - 10/12/2005
Argued January 3, 2005
This case concerns the application of the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur when a supermarket's automatic door unexpectedly closes on and injures a customer. The central issue is whether res ipsa loquitur...
Kelly v. County of Monmouth - 10/12/2005
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Argued September 19, 2005
Before Judges Alley, C.S. Fisher and Yannotti.
In this appeal, we consider, among other...
Princeton Insurance Co. v. Qureshi - 10/6/2005
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APPROVED FOR PUBLICATION
Argued September 13, 2005
Before Judges Skillman, Axelrad and Payne.
Princeton Insurance Company appeals from an order...
Afram v. Heller - 10/4/2005
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APPROVED FOR PUBLICATION
Argued: September 13, 2005
Before Judges Kestin, R. B. Coleman and Seltzer.
Plaintiff appeals from an order granting...
Allstate Insurance Co. v. Sabato - 10/3/2005
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Submitted September 12, 2005
Before Judges Cuff, Lintner, and Gilroy.
Defendant, Dr. Ulises Sabato, appeals from a Law...
Boryszewski v. Burke - 9/27/2005
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Argued: January 11, 2005
Before Judges Kestin, Alley and Fuentes.
This case arises from a motor vehicle accident that...
Gonzalez v. Safe and Sound Security Corp. - 9/19/2005
Argued January 3, 2005
Plaintiff Antonio Gonzalez initiated a civil action against several defendants to recover damages for personal injuries that he suffered when he was shot in an apartment complex in Atlantic City. At trial,...
Charles Beseler Co. v. O'Gorman & Young - 9/9/2005
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APPROVED FOR PUBLICATION
Argued March 15, 2005
Before Judges Stern, S.L. Reisner and Graves.
New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Company (NJM)...
R.A.C. v. P.J.S. - 8/31/2005
RECORD IMPOUNDED
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Argued: December 13, 2004
Before Judges A.A. RodrÃguez, Cuff and Weissbard.
A year after being...
Gonzalez v. Ideal Tile Importing Co. - 7/27/2005
Argued May 2, 2005
Plaintiff, Armando Gonzalez, was seriously injured when he was struck by a forklift operated by a co-worker. He sued the forklift's first-stage manufacturer (defendant Komatsu), contending that it should have...
Ferejohn v. Vaccari - 7/21/2005
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Argued July 6, 2005
Before Judges Stern, Skillman and Seltzer.
This is an insurance coverage case.
On March 26,...
Juarez v. J.A. Salerno & Sons - 7/21/2005
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Submitted November 9, 2004
Before Judges Kestin, Fuentes and Falcone.
Plaintiff appeals from trial court orders entered...
In re Morell - 7/19/2005
Argued May 23, 2005
On an Order to show cause why respondent should not be disbarred or otherwise disciplined.
I.
Respondent Philip M. Morell was admitted to practice law in New Jersey in 1988, and in New York in...
LaManna v. Proformance Insurance Co. - 7/14/2005
Argued November 9, 2004
Reargued March 28, 2005
In this personal injury action, we consider the constitutionality of the statutory provision, N.J.S.A. 2B:23-17, which authorizes parties in a civil action to stipulate that a...
Shankman v. State - 7/13/2005
Argued March 28, 2005
This is a consolidated personal injury case involving claims by a husband and wife against multiple defendants. The posture of the appeal is influenced by the fact that the wife's claims included a count of...
Greer v. Naklicki - 7/11/2005
APPROVED FOR PUBLICATION July 11, 2005 APPELLATE DIVISION
Argued February 9, 2005
Before Judges Newman, R. B. Coleman and Holston, Jr.
On January 4, 2000, plaintiff Brian Greer, a minor, sustained serious physical...
Williams v. Kenney - 7/8/2005
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Argued May 2, 2005
Before Judges Cuff, Hoens and King.
This case involves the scope of the absolute litigation...
Webb v. Witt - 7/8/2005
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Argued December 13, 2004
Before Judges A., A. RodrÃguez, Cuff and Weissbard.
This case presents a novel issue:...
Stricklen v. Ferruggia - 6/30/2005
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Argued April 6, 2005
Before Judges Newman, Axelrad and Landau.
In this appeal, we are faced with the novel issue of...
Bryant v. Ohio Casualty Insurance Co. - 6/30/2005
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Argued April 26, 2005
Before Judges Skillman, Grall and Gilroy.
This is an action against an automobile insurer for...
Cooper Hospital University Medical Center v. Prudential Insurance Co. - 6/27/2005
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Argued October 19, 2004
Before Judges Skillman, Collester and Parrillo.
At issue is whether the 1998 amendment to...
Marshall v. Klebanov - 6/22/2005
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Argued May 17, 2005
Before Judges Lefelt, Alley and Fuentes.
Ellen Marshall, a thirty-six year old married mother of...
Farrell v. TCI of Northern New Jersey - 6/20/2005
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Argued May 18, 2005
Before Judges Axelrad, Holston, Jr. and King.
Plaintiffs, Harry F. Farrell (Farrell) and Doris...
Goldberger - 6/14/2005
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Submitted May 23, 2005
Before Judges Petrella, Yannotti and Bilder.
Plaintiff Goldberger, Seligsohn & Shinrod, P.A....
DiProspero v. Penn - 6/14/2005
Argued November 29, 2004
The 1998 Automobile Insurance Cost Reduction Act (AICRA), N.J.S.A. 39:6A-1.1 to --35, provides automobile insurance policyholders with a choice: lower premium payments in exchange for limiting their right...
Skeete v. Dorvius - 6/10/2005
Argued January 4, 2005
The facts in this case are detailed in the decision of the Appellate Division, Skeete v. Dorvius, 368 N.J. Super. 311 (App. Div. 2004). We repeat only those that are necessary to our disposition. On June 5,...
Rivers v. LSC Partnership - 6/7/2005
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Submitted May 11, 2005
Before Judges Newman, Axelrad and R.B. Coleman.
Plaintiff Monica Rivers appeals from an order...
Pinto v. New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Co. - 6/6/2005
Argued October 27, 2004
This insurance appeal involves the application of an underinsured motorist (UIM) step-down clause in an employer's business automobile policy to a case in which an employee has been injured in a covered...
Murawski v. CNA Insurance Co. - 6/6/2005
Argued October 27, 2004
This appeal is the companion to Pinto v. New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Company, ___ N.J. ___ (2005), also decided today. Like Pinto, this case involves the application of an uninsured motorist (UIM)...
[W] Skeete v. Dorvius - 6/6/2005
Argued January 4, 2005
The facts in this case are detailed in the decision of the Appellate Division, Skeete v. Dorvius, 368 N.J. Super. 311 (App. Div. 2004). We repeat only those that are necessary to our disposition. On June 5,...
Beasley v. Passaic County - 5/26/2005
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Submitted March 15, 2005
Before Judges Lefelt, Falcone and Kimmelman.
A jury found Passaic County liable for violating...
Szalontai v. Yazbo's Sports Cafe - 5/26/2005
Argued November 29, 2004
This appeal requires that we again examine the boundaries that delimit the application of the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur, this time within the confines of the discovery deadlines that are part of our...
Knight v. Essex Plaza - 5/23/2005
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Argued January 4, 2005
Before Judges Wecker and S. L. Reisner.
Telephonically Reargued April 6, 2005
Decided...
Cumberland Mutual Fire Insurance Co. v. Murphy - 5/23/2005
Argued February 15, 2005
The members of the Court being equally divided, the judgment of the Appellate Division is affirmed.
CHIEF JUSTICE PORITZ, and JUSTICES LONG and ZAZZALI concur in the judgment of the Court. JUSTICE...
Thiedemann v. Mercedes-Benz USA. - 5/18/2005
Argued January 19, 2005
The New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act (CFA), N.J.S.A. 56:8-1 to --20, authorizes a private cause of action when a plaintiff has suffered an "ascertainable loss of moneys or property, real or personal" as a...
Olivo v. Exxon Mobil Corp. - 5/5/2005
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APPROVED FOR PUBLICATION May 5, 2005
Argued April 13, 2005
This appeal is from a summary judgment dismissing a survival and wrongful death action...
Starozytnyk v. Reich - 4/25/2005
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Argued March 16, 2005
The issue in this appeal is whether under our Supreme Court's decisions in Perna v. Pirozzi, 92 N.J. 446 (1983), and Howard v....
Kellam v. Feliciano - 4/21/2005
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Argued March 16, 2005
This appeal requires that we consider whether trial judges may authorize the use of discovery procedures -- beyond those expressly...
Reliance National Insurance Co. In Liquidation v. Dana Transport - 4/20/2005
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Argued February 9, 2005
Plaintiff-respondent Reliance National Insurance Company in Liquidation did not participate in this appeal.
The trial court...
Marcinkiewicz v. Marrero - 4/18/2005
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Argued March 15, 2005
Plaintiff, Christina R. Marcinkiewicz, suing individually and on behalf of the Estate of Everette R. Marrero, appeals from an order...
Grubbs v. Knoll - 4/15/2005
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Argued February 9, 2005
In this fraud/legal malpractice action involving a residential real estate transaction, defendant Louis B. Chapman, Esq., and...
Schaefer v. Allstate New Jersey Insurance Co. - 4/15/2005
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Argued March 15, 2005
The common issue presented by these appeals is whether the medical expense benefits an insurer of a bus company is required to provide...
Nav-Its - 4/7/2005
Argued January 4, 2005
JUSTICE RIVERA-SOTO did not participate.
This case concerns the applicability of a pollution exclusion provision in a commercial general liability insurance policy. The question presented is whether...
Community Hospital Group - 4/5/2005
Argued November 30, 2004
In this case and in the companion case of Pierson v. Medical Health Center, P.A., ___ N.J. ___ (2005), also decided today, we granted leave to appeal to re-examine the issue decided in Karlin v. Weinberg,...
Nardello v. Township of Voorhees - 4/4/2005
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Argued March 16, 2005
Before Judges Braithwaite, Lisa and Winkelstein.
Plaintiff, Jeffrey Nardello, appeals from the...
Robinson v. Coia - 3/29/2005
Argued February 14, 2005
The judgment of the Appellate Division is reversed substantially for the reasons expressed in the thorough and persuasive dissenting opinion of Judge Wecker below. Robinson v. Coia, 369 N.J. Super. 336,...
Greczyn v. Colgate-Palmolive - 3/21/2005
Argued January 3, 2005
On this appeal, we address the interplay of the statute of repose protecting designers and builders, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1, and the rule governing our fictitious-party practice. R. 4:26-4. The case arose when...
State v. Mahoney - 3/17/2005
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Argued January 25, 2005
Defendant, Anthony Mahoney, was tried before a jury and convicted of third-degree theft by failure to make required disposition of...
Ostrowski v. Cape Transit Corp. - 3/17/2005
Argued February 28, 2005
The judgment is affirmed, substantially for the reasons expressed in Judge Skillman's opinion of the Appellate Division, reported at 371 N.J. Super. 499 (2004).
CHIEF JUSTICE PORITZ and JUSTICES...
Newell v. Hudson - 3/16/2005
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Submitted February 2, 2005
Defendant Dora Hudson ("Hudson") appeals from two orders for summary judgment in favor of plaintiff Paul E. Newell, Charles S....
State v. Muhammad - 3/15/2005
Argued October 12, 2004
A suspect has a right to remain silent while in police custody or under official interrogation, in accordance with his state law privilege against self-incrimination. In this case, we reaffirm that a...
Huszar v. Greate Bay Hotel & Casino - 3/10/2005
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Argued December 6, 2004
Plaintiff appeals from dismissal of the complaint for her failure to conduct any meaningful discovery or obtain an expert's report...
Baduini v. Serina - 3/10/2005
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Argued December 14, 2004
Plaintiffs appeal from an order of February 5, 2004, granting defendant's motion for summary judgment, denying plaintiffs' motion...
Hojnowski v. Vans Skate Park - 3/10/2005
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Submitted October 20, 2004
Plaintiffs Andrew Hojnowski, a minor, and his parents, Jerry and Anastasia Hojnowski, appeal from an order of the trial court...
Pavlova v. Mint Management Corp. - 3/7/2005
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Argued January 19, 2005
We granted leave to appeal from the denial of defendants' partial summary judgment motion to dismiss the punitive damages claim...
Pandya v. State - 2/28/2005
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Argued November 30, 2004
The appeals in these consolidated cases arise out of a horrific October 2000 accident on Route 7 in Jersey City that killed four...
Maldonado v. Leeds - 2/3/2005
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Submitted November 15, 2004
On leave granted, plaintiff Barbara Maldonado appeals from a grant of partial summary judgment dismissing her claims for...
Gorman v. Waters & Bugbee - 2/2/2005
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Argued January 5, 2005
Under N.J.S.A. 34:15-64(c), where an employer makes a timely voluntary tender to its employee of a payment for permanent partial...
Diocese of Metuchen v. Prisco & Edwards - 1/25/2005
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Argued October 4, 2004
By leave granted, third-party defendant Remington & Vernick Engineers (Remington) appeals from the October 3, 2003 order of the...
Szczuvelek v. Harborside Healthcare Woods Edge - 1/24/2005
Argued September 13, 2004
The members of the Court being equally divided on the issue of the timeliness of the filing of plaintiff's complaint against Harborside Healthcare Woods Edge t/a Harborside Nursing Home (Harborside), the...
Martin v. Chhabra - 1/21/2005
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Submitted November 30, 2004
Thirty-six-year-old plaintiff Howard Martin was involved in a motor vehicle accident with defendant Niraj Chhabra. Plaintiff...
Connelly v. McVeigh - 1/7/2005
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Argued October 5, 2004
This appeal presents a new issue arising out of the relationship between an injured party's auto negligence suit and his claim for...
Sullivan v. Aslanides - 1/6/2005
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Argued October 6, 2004
Plaintiff has appealed from trial court orders granting summary judgment to defendants on the ground that the complaint was barred by...
New Jersey Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection v. Pace - 1/4/2005
NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION
Argued December 6, 2004
Plaintiff New Jersey Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection (the Fund), established pursuant to R. 1:28, appeals from orders entered...
Henderson v. Herman - 12/23/2004
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Argued November 17, 2004
Plaintiffs, the Estate of a deceased child John Tyler Henderson (J.H.) and J.H.'s parents, Jennifer and John Henderson,...
Sussman v. Mermer - 12/21/2004
NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION
Telephonically Argued November 18, 2004
Plaintiff, Stanley J. Sussman, appeals from a summary judgment dismissing his personal injury negligence complaint...
Rivera v. Morales - 12/17/2004
NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION
Submitted November 16, 2004
This case presents the issue whether the $100 per week personal injury protection (PIP) income continuation benefit payable,...
Tonelli v. Board of Education of Township of Wyckoff - 12/7/2004
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Argued September 27, 2004
In Hamel v. State, 321 N.J. Super. 67 (App. Div. 1999), and again in Gerber v. Springfield Bd. of Educ., 328 N.J. Super. 24 (App....
Cherry Hill Manor Associates v. Faugno - 12/6/2004
Argued October 28, 2004
These consolidated petitions for certification present the question whether a defendant can seek statutory contribution against third-party defendants when the original plaintiff is legally barred from...
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