Liability

Plaintiff Abigail Perdomo appealed the trial court’s decision barring the expert report of her treating physician, Dr. Wayne Petermann, a chiropractor, as a net opinion.  Plaintiff had been in two different motor vehicle accidents in December, 2010 and, three years later, in November, 2013.  The issue in Perdomo v. Orgacki, 2018 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS […]

On January 30, 2019, plaintiff, Don Washington, drove his car from his home state of New York to North Bergen, New Jersey.  After shopping and leaving a store, he walked in a crosswalk towards his parked car when he was struck by a vehicle and injured.  The issue in Washington v. Progressive Insurance Company, 2020 […]

Plaintiff Josselyn Berniz (“Berniz”) worked as a housekeeper for defendants Jeffrey and Aisha Atkins. After cleaning their home, while leaving, she fell on their snow covered driveway.  It was still snowing when she left the defendants’ home. The issue in Berniz v. Atkins, 2020 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1900 (App. Div. Oct. 8, 2020) was […]

Plaintiff Alisette Russo “Russo” was a customer at a jewelry store (Creations by Stefano, Inc.) when she was bitten by the dog owned by defendant Stefano Simone (“Simone”). The building was owned by defendant Platinum Realty Group, LLC (“Realty”). The issue in Russo v. Creations by Stefano, 2020 N.J. Unpub. LEXIS 1615 (App. Div. Aug. […]

Defendant Mark Zwierzynski (“Zwierzynski”), age 19, permitted his underage adult friends to consume alcoholic beverages in his home. Two of his guests, plaintiff’s decedent Brandon Tyler Narleski (age 19) and plaintiff Nicholas Gomes (age 20) left his home severely intoxicated. Shortly thereafter, Gomes lost control of his vehicle and crashed, causing Narleski’s death. In Estate […]