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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Carvalho v. Toll Bros. and Developers - 5/6/1996
(This syllabus is not part of the opinion of the Court. It has been prepared by the Office of the Clerk for the convenience of the reader. It has been neither reviewed nor approved by the Supreme Court. Please note that, in the...
London v. Lederle Laboratories - 4/30/1996
The opinion of the court was delivered by DREIER, P.J.A.D.
Defendant, Lederle Laboratories, appeals from a judgment in favor of plaintiff Cathy A. London in the net amounts of $43,200 for dental expenses and $7500 for past and...
Batson v. Lederle Laboratories - 4/30/1996
The opinion of the court was delivered by DREIER, P.J.A.D.
Defendant appeals on leave granted from an interlocutory order of the trial Judge determining that he would apply the principle of offensive collateral estoppel based...
Rogan Equities - 3/28/1996
The opinion of the court was delivered by NEWMAN, J.A.D.
Defendants appeal from the Chancery Division's December 13, 1994 order denying their motion to vacate the judgment of foreclosure entered in favor of plaintiff Rogan...
Jepson Refrigeration Corp. v. Trenton City - 3/25/1996
This is a motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to N.J.S.A. 54:51A-1(c) for failure to prosecute at the county board of taxation.
Plaintiff Jepson Refrigeration Corporation appealed its 1995 local property tax assessments on...
Icabalzeta v. Sea-Land Services - 3/25/1996
(This syllabus is not part of the opinion of the Court. It has been prepared by the Office of the Clerk for the convenience of the reader. It has been neither reviewed nor approved by the Supreme Court. Please note that, in the...
Little by Little v. McIntyre - 3/25/1996
The opinion of the court was delivered by KIMMELMAN, J.A.D. (temporarily assigned).
In this toxic-tort matter involving lead poisoning of four minor plaintiffs, the court is asked to reconsider its order of October 3, 1995,...
DaGraca v. Laing - 3/14/1996
The opinion of the court was delivered by MICHELS, P.J.A.D.
Plaintiffs Charles DaGraca, Jr. and his wife Barbara DaGraca appeal from a judgment of the Law Division entered in favor of defendant Kevin Bell, M.D. (Dr. Bell) and...
Wolkoff v. Villane - 3/14/1996
The opinion of the court was delivered by BROCHIN, J.A.D.
Plaintiff Arlette Wolkoff appeals from the Law Division's denial of her motion to vacate its order for the entry of judgment dismissing her case as settled. For the...
Hampton Hosp. v. Bresan - 3/13/1996
The opinion of the court was delivered byKLEINER, J.A.D.
Plaintiff Hampton Hospital sued defendants Joseph Bresan and Lynn Bresan in the Cape May County Special Civil Part to collect $1,504.68, the balance of a bill for hospital...
Kerwien v. Melone - 3/11/1996
The opinion of the court was delivered by
SHEBELL, P.J.A.D.
The opinion of the court was delivered by SHEBELL, P.J.A.D.
Universal Insurance Company ("Universal") appeals from an order of the Law Division compelling...
Jones v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. - 3/8/1996
The opinion of the court was delivered by KLEINER, J.A.D.
Plaintiff Anna M. Jones, Individually and as Administratrix Ad Prosequendum of the Estate of Clayton C. Jones, appeals the dismissal of her complaint seeking damages...
State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Crocker - 3/8/1996
The opinion of the court was delivered by
HAVEY, P.J.A.D.
The issue raised by this appeal is a narrow one. Is defendant, a nonresident insured under an out-of-state automobile policy, who was injured in a New Jersey...
Alloway v. General Marine Industries - 3/8/1996
The opinion of the court was delivered by KLEINER, J.A.D.
Plaintiffs Samuel P. Alloway, III, and New Hampshire Insurance Co. appeal from an order dismissing their complaint filed against defendant General Marine Industries, L.P....
Mendoza v. Monmouth Recycling Corp. - 3/7/1996
The opinion of the court was delivered by PRESSLER, P.J.A.D.
The question raised by this appeal is whether an illegal alien who is injured on the job is entitled to workers' compensation benefits even if he is not authorized by...
Harrah's Atlantic City - 3/7/1996
The opinion of the court was delivered by KEEFE, J.A.D.
Plaintiff, Harrah's Atlantic City, Inc., d/b/a Harrah's Marina Hotel & Casino (Harrah's), appeals from the entry of summary judgment in favor of defendant, Harleysville...
CSC Ins. Services as Servicing Carrier for MTF of New Jersey v. Graves - 3/6/1996
Goldman, J.S.C.
On July 10, 1995, the court heard summary judgment motions brought by CSC Insurance Services (CSC) and Ida Graves (Graves) as to CSC's liability for personal injury protection (PIP) benefits claimed by Graves....
Continental Ins. Co. v. McClelland - 3/1/1996
VILLANUEVA, J.A.D.
Defendant Blanche McClelland appeals from a partial summary judgment striking her verbal threshold defenses in this statutory subrogation action brought by plaintiff Continental Insurance Company against her to...
Kelly v. Geriatric and Medical Services - 2/29/1996
The opinion of the court was delivered by
SHEBELL, P.J.A.D.
Plaintiff, Joan P. Kelly, appeals from an order granting summary judgment to defendant, Geriatric and Medical Services, Inc., t/a Cooper River Convalescent Center...
Ravich - 2/29/1996
The opinion of the court was delivered by VILLANUEVA, J.A.D.
Plaintiff appeals from a Special Civil Part order, purportedly based upon stipulated facts, that plaintiff is not entitled to a referral fee under a written agreement...
General Motors Corp. v. City of Linden - 2/29/1996
(This syllabus is not part of the opinion of the Court. It has been prepared by the Office of the Clerk for the convenience of the reader. It has been neither reviewed nor approved by the Supreme Court. Please note that, in the...
Gerszberg v. Jacuzzi Whirlpool Bath - 12/27/1995
The opinion of the court was delivered by LANDAU, J.A.D.
This appeal by plaintiff Rose Gerszberg, individually and as executrix of the estate of Shepherd Gerszberg, deceased, is taken from part of a final Law Division order of...
Johnson & Johnson v. Aetna Cas. and Sur. Co. - 12/11/1995
The opinion of the court was delivered by HAVEY, P.J.A.D.
The question before us is whether excess liability policies issued by defendants to plaintiffs Johnson & Johnson (J&J; and Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation (Ortho)...
Derfuss v. New Jersey Mfrs. Ins. Co. - 11/8/1995
The opinion of the court was delivered by HAVEY, P.J.A.D.
Plaintiff Karin I. Derfuss is insured by defendant New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Company (NJM) under a policy providing underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage....
Gardner v. Pawliw - 11/6/1995
The opinion of the court was delivered by SKILLMAN, J.A.D.
This is an appeal from the dismissal of a medical malpractice action. Plaintiffs allege that defendant, who was Mrs. Gardner's obstetrician, failed to diagnose a defect...
Trisuzzi v. Tabatchnik - 10/31/1995
The opinion of the court was delivered by
A.M. STEIN, J.A.D.
This is a dog bite case. Plaintiff John Trisuzzi, who was bitten by the dog, appeals a verdict of no cause for action entered in favor of defendants, the dog...
Jeter v. Stevenson - 9/26/1995
The opinion of the court was delivered by PRESSLER, P.J.A.D.
This is an automobile negligence, personal injury action. Plaintiff Jacquelin S. Jeter claims to have sustained injuries when the vehicle she was driving was struck in...
Miglicio v. HCM Claim Management Corp. - 9/12/1995
WINKELSTEIN, J.S.C.
This matter comes before the court on a motion by defendant Hertz Claim Management Corporation (HCM) for summary judgment. The primary issue to be addressed, not heretofore decided in this jurisdiction, is...
Bennett v. Hand - 8/28/1995
The decision of the court was delivered by A.M. STEIN, J.A.D.
We reverse the order entering summary judgment in favor of defendant. We conclude that a plaintiff who is involved in an automobile accident and does not satisfy the...
Verriest v. INA Underwriters Ins. Co. - 8/23/1995
(This syllabus is not part of the opinion of the Court. It has been prepared by the Office of the Clerk for the convenience of the reader. It has been neither reviewed nor approved by the Supreme Court. Please note that, in the...
Giovine v. Giovine - 8/11/1995
The opinion of the court was delivered by KLEINER, J.A.D.
On July 1, 1994, plaintiff Christina Giovine filed an eleven count complaint against defendant Peter J. Giovine denominated: "Complaint for divorce, domestic torts,...
Strasenburgh v. Straubmuller - 8/8/1995
The opinion of the court was delivered by EICHEN, J.S.C. (temporarily assigned)
Plaintiffs are minority stockholders of Wheaton Industries of Millville, New Jersey (Wheaton), a large, privately held, family-owned company with...
Matter of Estate of Travarelli - 8/7/1995
The opinion of the court was delivered by MICHELS, P.J.A.D.
Petitioner MaryBeth Travarelli appeals from: (1) an order of the Chancery Division denying her motion for the return or refund of attorney fees paid to respondent...
Hammock by Hammock v. Hoffmann-LaRoche - 8/2/1995
(This syllabus is not part of the opinion of the Court. It has been prepared by the Office of the Clerk for the convenience of the reader. It has been neither reviewed nor approved by the Supreme Court. Please note that, in the...
Martin v. Home Ins. Co. - 7/31/1995
(This syllabus is not part of the opinion of the Court. It has been prepared by the Office of the Clerk for the convenience of the reader. It has been neither reviewed nor approved by the Supreme Court. Please note that, in the...
Wickner v. American Reliance Ins. Co. - 7/31/1995
(This syllabus is not part of the opinion of the Court. It has been prepared by the Office of the Clerk for the convenience of the reader. It has been neither reviewed nor approved by the Supreme Court. Please note that, in the...
Astro Pak Corp. v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co. - 6/30/1995
The opinion of the court was delivered by DREIER, P.J.A.D.
Defendants, The Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company and Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, appeal from a declaratory judgment determining that the comprehensive...
Doto v. Russo - 6/29/1995
(This syllabus is not part of the opinion of the Court. It has been prepared by the Office of the Clerk for the convenience of the reader. It has been neither reviewed nor approved by the Supreme Court. Please note that, in the...
Docteroff v. Barra Corp. of America - 6/21/1995
STERN, J.A.D.
Plaintiffs claimed that their roof leaked and was in need of repair before the expiration of a written five-year guarantee. After defendant Barra Corporation of America (Barra) declined to remedy the problem,...
Brandt-Shaw v. Sands Hotel - 6/16/1995
BILDER, J.A.D. (retired and temporarily assigned on recall).
Petitioner Barbara Brandt-Shaw appeals from a judgment of the Division of Workers' Compensation dismissing her application for review or modification of an earlier...
A.B.C. v. XYZ Corp. - 6/15/1995
PER CURIAM
The plaintiff in this appeal seeks permission to prosecute an employment discrimination claim against his former corporate employer using pseudonyms so that he may litigate his claim anonymously, without disclosing his...
Parker v. Marcus - 6/14/1995
HAVEY, J.A.D.
Plaintiff Raymond T. Parker appeals from an order denying his application to vacate an order dismissing his personal injury action. The case was dismissed on December 18, 1991 when plaintiff's attorney failed to...
Demers v. Snyder - 6/9/1995
EICHEN, J.S.C. (temporarily assigned)
In this verbal threshold personal injury negligence action, plaintiff appeals from an adverse judgment entered on a jury verdict determining that her injuries had not satisfied the verbal...
Aubrey v. Harleysville Ins. Companies - 6/8/1995
(This syllabus is not part of the opinion of the Court. It has been prepared by the Office of the Clerk for the convenience of the reader. It has been neither reviewed nor approved by the Supreme Court. Please note that, in the...
McLaughlin v. Acme Pallet Co. - 6/6/1995
KEEFE, J.A.D.
Plaintiffs appeal from the entry of summary judgment in favor of defendants Acme Pallet Co., Inc., incorrectly pleaded as Acme Pallet Company (Acme), and Berry Industrial Group, Inc., incorrectly pleaded as Berry...
Schiavo v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. - 6/5/1995
DREIER, P.J.A.D.
Defendant appeals compensatory damage and punitive damage awards entered in this mesothelioma death case. This matter is a companion case to Ripa v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., N.J. Super. (App. Div. 1995). ...
Ripa v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. - 6/5/1995
DREIER, P.J.A.D.
Defendant Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. appeals from a compensatory damage award in favor of plaintiff of $380,344.50, including prejudgment interest, and from a punitive damage award of $5,500,000. Owens-Corning...
Stigliano by Stigliano v. Connaught Laboratories - 5/31/1995
(This syllabus is not part of the opinion of the Court. It has been prepared by the Office of the Clerk for the convenience of the reader. It has been neither reviewed nor approved by the Supreme Court. Please note that, in the...
Duffy v. O'Connell - 2/28/1995
The opinion of the court was delivered by P.G. LEVY, J.A.D.
Plaintiff sought non-economic damages for personal injuries arising out of an automobile accident. After discovery was complete, defendants moved for summary judgment,...
Leonard & Butler - 2/27/1995
The opinion of the court was delivered by DREIER, P.J.A.D.
Plaintiff, the law firm of Leonard & Butler, P.C., appeals from a declaratory judgment holding, inter alia, that several paragraphs of plaintiff's employment contract...
Prevratil v. Mohr - 2/27/1995
The opinion of the court was delivered by LANDAU, J.A.D.
This is an appeal by plaintiffs Joseph Prevratil and his wife Lisa from an adverse judgment entered following a summary judgment motion instituted by defendants George Mohr...
Tyberg v. Kokinidis - 2/21/1995
FITZPATRICK, J.S.C.
This matter comes before the court by way of cross motions for summary judgment filed by plaintiff Reuven Tyberg, defendants George Kokinidis and Enviroplan, Inc. and the parties' respective insurance...
Haggerty v. Cedeno - 2/21/1995
The opinion of the court was delivered by D'ANNUNZIO, J.A.D.
The issue is whether the trial court erred in applying a New York statute governing the liability of a vehicle owner, rather than New Jersey's common law rule. ...
Stamps v. New Jersey Auto. Full Ins. Underwriting Ass'n - 2/17/1995
The opinion of the court was delivered by
SKILLMAN, J.A.D.
Plaintiff suffered personal injuries on July 31, 1990, when her automobile collided with an uninsured truck. On the date of this accident, plaintiff had an...
Brett v. Great American Recreation - 2/8/1995
The opinion of the court was delivered by
BRODY, P.J.A.D.
Plaintiffs in this consolidated personal injury action are five of thirteen college friends, then twenty and twenty-one years old, who had planned to be together for...
Nowacki v. Community Medical Center - 2/7/1995
The opinion of the court was delivered by
STERN, J.A.D.
Defendants Community Medical Center, Angela Pellegrina, Marilyn Clayton and Patricia Meyers appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiff Edward Nowacki as executor of...
Rodriguez v. Cordasco - 2/6/1995
The opinion of the court was delivered by
PETRELLA, P.J.A.D.
The issue in this appeal is whether a person who feeds stray dogs on her property owes a duty to the public to protect against the danger those animals may...
Standard v. Vas - 2/2/1995
The decision of the court was delivered by
LANDAU, J.A.D.
This appeal by plaintiff Jason Standard is from a summary judgment entered in favor of defendants Anthony E. Vas, Marie N. Domingues, and the New Jersey Automobile...
State v. Cruz Const. Co. - 2/2/1995
The opinion of the court was delivered by
MICHELS, P.J.A.D.
We granted defendants Cruz Construction Corporation (Cruz) and Safeco Insurance Company of America (Safeco) leave to appeal from an order of the Law Division that...
Abbamont v. Piscataway Tp. Bd. of Educ. - 12/22/1994
[138 NJ Page 409] The opinion of the Court was delivered by
HANDLER, J.
In this case, a non-tenured public school industrial arts teacher claimed that his employer, the local board of education, through its...
Owens-Illinois - 12/22/1994
The opinion of the Court was delivered by O'HERN, J.
This appeal involves two aspects of a dispute between a manufacturer of an asbestos product and its insurers concerning the coverage afforded to the manufacturer under its...
Goss v. American Cyanamid - 12/22/1994
The opinion of the court was delivered by MICHELS, P.J.A.D.
Defendant Porter Hayden Company (Porter Hayden) appeals from a judgment of the Law Division entered on a molded jury verdict that awarded plaintiffs Edward Goss...
Otto v. Prudential Property and Cas. Ins. Co. - 12/21/1994
LEVY, J.A.D.
In this declaratory judgment action, plaintiff sought to obviate reimbursing her automobile insurer for monies it paid on plaintiff's behalf. Cross-motions for summary judgment were filed, and the trial court...
Lindstrom by Lindstrom v. Hanover Ins. Co. on Behalf of New Jersey Auto. Full Ins. Underwriting Ass'n - 12/19/1994
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
CLIFFORD, J.
Plaintiff Kurt Lindstrom sustained grave injuries resulting from a gunshot wound inflicted in a drive-by shooting. He seeks recovery of personal-injury-protection...
Kiss v. Jacob - 12/14/1994
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
CLIFFORD, J.
Plaintiffs' appeal challenges the Appellate Division's interpretation of the collateral-source statute, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-97. The court below held that the statute...
Ingersoll v. Aetna Cas. and Sur. Co. - 12/13/1994
Per Curiam
The New Jersey Automobile Reparation Reform Act, N.J.S.A. 39:6A-1 to -35 (No-Fault Law), contains what is commonly known as an anti-stacking provision, N.J.S.A. 39:6A-4.2 (section 4.2). That statute prohibits...
Kane v. Hartz Mountain Industries - 12/13/1994
The opinion of the court was delivered by SHEBELL, P.J.A.D.
In this personal injury action, plaintiff appeals from an adverse jury verdict. On December 20, 1985, plaintiff, John Kane, was severely and permanently injured,...
Rutgers - 12/8/1994
The opinion of the court was delivered by
KEEFE, J.A.D.
We granted Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.'s (Liberty) motion for leave to appeal from the entry of an order for partial summary judgment requiring Liberty to...
Cellucci v. Bronstein - 12/6/1994
The opinion of the court was delivered by
MUIR, JR., J.A.D.
This appeal stems from an order granting defendants' motion for involuntary dismissal of plaintiffs' legal malpractice complaint at the close of all evidence....
Rumbauskas v. Cantor - 11/30/1994
The opinion of the Court was delivered by O'HERN, J.
In an earlier time, the great Judge Wilfred Jayne might have written of this case: "In several of its aspects this cause is an unfashionable one to be introduced to a...
Unsatisfied Claim & Judgment Fund Bd. v. New Jersey Mfrs. Ins. Co. - 11/23/1994
[138 NJ Page 186] The opinion of the court was delivered by
CLIFFORD, J.
The Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund (UCJF or Fund) paid personal-injury-protection (PIP) benefits to passengers in an uninsured automobile...
Dillard v. Hertz Claim Management - 11/22/1994
The opinion of the court was delivered by
VILLANUEVA, J.A.D.
Defendant, New Jersey Automobile Full Insurance Underwriting Association (NJAFIUA), appeals from a declaratory judgment holding it liable for benefits...
Fischer v. Canario - 11/21/1994
The opinion of the court was delivered by
BROCHIN, J.A.D.
In June 1987, Rachel Fischer, plaintiff's decedent, was diagnosed as suffering from metastatic lung cancer. She underwent radiation therapy and two cycles of...
Harvester Chemical Corp. v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co. - 11/18/1994
The opinion of the court was delivered by
PETRELLA, P.J.A.D.
This appeal arises from the grant of a cross-motion for summary judgment against Harvester Chemical Corporation (Harvester) dismissing its declaratory...
Molnar v. Hedden - 11/17/1994
The opinion of the court was delivered by CLIFFORD, J.
We granted certification, 135 N.J. 303 (1994), to review the Appellate Division's determination that the statute of limitations did not bar defendant's personal-injury...
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