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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Gaido v. Weiser - 6/15/1989
The judgment is affirmed substantially for the "plain error" reason expressed in the majority opinion of the Appellate Division. We agree that " o now reverse this judgment because the trial court on its own did not define...
Covino v. Peck - 6/14/1989
Plaintiff Salvatore Covino appeals from an order entered by the Law Division granting summary judgment to defendant Wayne J. Peck, dismissing all claims with prejudice, and denying plaintiff's cross-motion for summary judgment. ...
Young v. Latta - 6/7/1989
The novel question presented by this appeal is whether the negligence of both a settling tortfeasor and a non-settling tortfeasor may be decided by the jury in the absence of a claim for contribution by the non-settler. We agree...
Emmer v. Merin - 6/7/1989
[233 NJSuper Page 571] This appeal challenges the validity of regulations promulgated by the Commissioner of Insurance to implement recent
legislative revisions to New Jersey's no-fault automobile insurance law, L. 1988...
In re Allegations of Official Misconduct - 6/5/1989
Samuel H. Rodriguez appeals from an order of the Law Division dated October 11, 1988, directing that a transcript of his testimony before the Union County Grand Jury on August 24, 1988, be released to the Mayor of the City of...
Graves v. Church & Dwight Co. - 6/1/1989
The members of the Court being equally divided, the judgment of the Appellate Division is affirmed.
O'HERN, J., concurring.
This appeal presents an essentially factual controversy about the application of the discovery...
Scarfi v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. - 5/30/1989
[233 NJSuper Page 510] Defendant Aetna Casualty & Surety Company appeals from a summary judgment of the Law Division entered in favor of plaintiffs John Scarfi, Michael Scarfi, Al De Santis and Donald
De Santis in...
Spaulding v. Hussain - 12/27/1988
Plaintiff Harry L. Spaulding brought this action on both contract and tort theories against defendant S. Khalid Hussain, a neurologist who had treated him for the serious injuries he suffered when he fell into a pit at a scrap...
Antheunisse v. Tiffany & Co. - 12/22/1988
Plaintiff Susan Antheunisse appeals from a judgment dismissing her complaint for personal injuries allegedly sustained while working for defendant Tiffany & Company, Inc. The trial judge granted defendant's motion for summary...
DeBolt v. Parker - 12/14/1988
This opinion considers the propriety of counsel fee allowances in circumstances governed by our Rule of Professional Conduct ("RPC") 1.8(i). That rule permits spouses to represent "directly adverse" consenting interests after...
Heldor Industries Inc. v. Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co. - 12/13/1988
[229 NJSuper Page 392] Plaintiff Heldor Industries, Inc. (Heldor), appeals from orders for summary judgment dismissing its declaratory judgment action against defendants Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company (Atlantic), Lincoln Insurance...
Matter of Serterides - 12/8/1988
ORDER
The Disciplinary Review Board having duly filed a report with the Supreme Court recommending that LOUIS SERTERIDES of JERSEY CITY, who was admitted to the Bar of this State in 1970, be publicly reprimanded for his...
Thompson v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. - 12/7/1988
[229 NJSuper Page 232] Plaintiffs John Thompson, an infant, by his Guardian ad litem, Carol Thompson, and Carol Thompson, individually instituted a malpractice action against defendants for deformities sustained at birth by John as a...
Manole v. Carvellas - 12/6/1988
Plaintiff Theresa Manole, whose husband Leon Manole sues per quod, appeals, on leave granted, from a summary judgment dismissing her personal-injury automobile-liability action against defendant Thomas Carvellas. The issue raised...
Landi v. Gray - 11/28/1988
[228 NJSuper Page 620] Plaintiff was a passenger in an automobile when a friend accidentally drove it off the road into a tree, causing her serious injuries. Plaintiff had borrowed the automobile from her brother Donald, its owner,...
Tronolone v. Palmer - 3/23/1988
Plaintiff Robert Tronolone was a passenger in a vehicle driven by defendant Peter Palmer, and was injured when it collided with a utility pole. He started this action for damages against Palmer and Bridgewater Township, on whose...
Westinghouse Electric Corp. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. - 3/22/1988
[227 NJSuper Page 505] These declaratory judgment actions have been consolidated for the purpose of deciding the motion for dismissal on the basis of forum non conveniens.
FACTS
Westinghouse v. Liberty Mutual...
Morris v. Township of Clinton - 3/16/1988
[225 NJSuper Page 59] Plaintiff appeals from summary judgments in favor of defendants County of Hunterdon (County) and State of New
Jersey (State). We affirm as to the State, but reverse and remand as to the County. ...
Ryan v. Biederman Industries 1 - 3/14/1988
Defendant-appellant Bidermann Industries U.S.A., Inc. (Bidermann) appeals from a summary judgment granted to codefendant Hartz Mountain Associates Inc., whose true name is Import-Hartz Associates (Hartz), on the latter's...
Healey v. Allstate Insurance Co. - 3/8/1988
Defendant Travelers Insurance Company (Travelers) and plaintiff Robert R. Healey appeal from Law Division orders determining that Personal Injury Protection (PIP) benefits were awardable to plaintiff under a Travelers' auto...
Wasserman v. Wharton - 3/2/1988
[223 NJSuper Page 395] This controversy arises out of the unilateral deletion by an automobile liability insurer, defendant Newark Insurance Company/Royal Insurance Company, of the underinsured motorist coverage (UIM) it had...
Goodwin v. Rutgers Casualty Insurance Co. - 3/1/1988
This case raises two questions for our resolution: (1) may plaintiff, a passenger in a motor vehicle insured by Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company, recover under the uninsured motorist (UM) coverage where the tort-feasor is a...
Longworth v. Houten - 3/1/1988
These appeals, which we have consolidated on our own motion, raise novel and complex questions not heretofore decided by the appellate courts of this state respecting underinsured motor vehicle coverage (UIM). Implicated here are...
Vispisiano v. Ashland Chemical Co. - 6/29/1987
[107 NJ Page 419] The "discovery rule" is an equitable principle by which the accrual of a cause of action is delayed "until the injured party discovers, or by the exercise of reasonable diligence and intelligence should have...
Unifoil Corp. v. CNA Insurance Companies - 6/29/1987
[218 NJSuper Page 463] Plaintiff appeals from a summary judgment dismissing its complaint for a judgment declaring insurance coverage for losses allegedly occasioned by plaintiff's defective product. Plaintiff produces foil-laminated...
Cogdell v. Brown - 6/26/1987
Plaintiffs brought this malpractice action against an obstetrician and a pediatrician as a result of the birth of a handicapped baby.
Plaintiffs at the trial sought to call as their witness an examining doctor initially...
In re Farrell - 6/24/1987
[108 NJ Page 340] Death comes to everyone. However, in our society, due to great advances in medical knowledge and technology over the last few decades, death does not come suddenly or completely unexpectedly to most people....
In re Jobes - 6/24/1987
Today, in In re Peter, 108 N.J. 365 (1987), we set forth the guidelines and procedures under which life-sustaining medical treatment could be withdrawn from an elderly nursing home patient in a persistent vegetative state who,...
Maro v. Potash - 6/19/1987
This motion presents the interesting jurisdictional question whether a New Jersey court can entertain an action by New Jersey plaintiffs for a tort committed in Philadelphia, Pa. during a Philadelphia Eagles -- Atlanta Falcons...
In re Pauk - 6/19/1987
This disciplinary proceeding arises out of five presentments filed by the District VIII Ethics Committee (the Ethics Committee), which concluded in each matter that respondent was guilty of unethical conduct. The Disciplinary...
Rivera v. Westinghouse Elevator Co. - 6/17/1987
In this case, plaintiff's husband, Jose Rivera, had been employed as a maintenance worker at City Federal Savings and Loan in Elizabeth. On January 19, 1981, Rivera was part of a work crew that was assembled to move a bulky,...
Nickerson v. City of Newark - 6/15/1987
While crossing a street the two plaintiffs were injured when hydraulic hoses on a city sanitation truck burst, causing their eyes and faces to be sprayed with liquid. They brought this action for medical expenses, permanent...
Meyers v. Donnatacci - 6/12/1987
This is a motion for summary judgment brought by Defendant National Spa and Pool Institute ("NSPI") improperly pleaded as National Swimming Pool Institute. The underlying cause of action involves injuries sustained in a swimming...
Lamb v. Global Landfill Reclaiming - 6/3/1987
[219 NJSuper Page 447] Defendant-appellants, consisting of certain governmental entities including the State of New Jersey, appeal from an order dated November 7, 1986 allowing plaintiffs to file a late notice of tort claim under...
Ramos v. Ramos - 5/29/1987
[219 NJSuper Page 680] This is an application for approval of the settlement of an infant's claim and the investment of the infant's net recovery in something other than the surrogate's co-mingled investment funds. For the reasons...
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