Tag: automobile accident
Judge Rules That Plaintiff Injured While Crossing a Roadway Was Not Entitled to Jury Charge As to an Unmarked Crosswalk
Plaintiff Aiyonna Daniels was struck and injured by defendant Chaunsa Bussey’s motor vehicle while she was attempting to cross a T-intersection of a two-lane road with a four-lane road. She characterized this area as qualifying as an “unmarked crosswalk.” The issue in Daniels v. Bussey, 2025 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1159 (App. Div. June 26, […]
Court Denies Defendant Motorist Request for Mockler Jury Charge
Plaintiff Melissa Presbery was stopped at a red light when she was rear ended by defendant Jason Willitts. Willitts was unable to stop due to a wet roadway. The issue in Presbery v. Willitts, 2025 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 406 (App. Div. Mar. 17, 2025) was whether the trial court correctly denied the defendant’s request […]
Plaintiff’s Bodily Injury Claim Dismissed Due to Her Failure to Provide a Comparative Analysis With Her Pre-Existing Condition
Plaintiff Debbie Williams-Siraj claims to have been injured in an automobile accident on September 28, 2017, when the vehicle driven by defendant Lynne Schwartz collided with her. Although plaintiff claimed to have suffered significant injuries to her lower back including spinal disc herniations and fractures, she had been previously diagnosed with chronic and progressive lumbar […]
Plaintiff Barred From Pursuing Appeal After Executing Warrant to Satisfy Judgment
Plaintiff Linda Brehme filed a lawsuit against defendant Thomas Irwin for a rear end accident in which she claimed to have suffered bodily injuries. At trial, plaintiff filed a motion to admit into evidence her projected future medical expenses. This motion was denied by the trial court judge because she had not exhausted her personal […]
Court Dismisses Lawsuit Filed by Driver Turning Left From Middle Lane
Plaintiff Mildred Green filed a lawsuit against defendants Ricardo Arboleda Guapacha and Alba Vidal due to an automobile accident. Green and Arboleda Guapacha were both stopped at a red light before the accident occurred. Green was in the middle lane and Arboleda Guapacha was in the left lane. The issue in Green v. Arboleda Guapacha, […]
Appellate Division Reverses Summary Judgment Order Granted Due to Plaintiff’s Medical Experts Failure to Apportion Her Injuries Among Two Accidents and Her Preexisting Condition
Plaintiff Hellen Bayer was in an automobile accident with defendant Michael Roman on November 22, 2017. The parties contested the severity of the accident, but plaintiff alleged to have suffered injuries to her neck and back. The issue in Bayer v. Roman, 2024 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2605 (App. Div. Oct. 25, 2024) was whether […]
Plaintiff’s Personal Injury Lawsuit From Auto Accident Barred Due to Her Failure to Provide a Timely Certification of Permanency
Plaintiff Renee Ransdell was involved in an automobile accident with defendant Shari Waldron in January 2018. At the time of this accident, plaintiff had an automobile insurance policy which subjected her to the limitation on lawsuit threshold, requiring her to prove a permanent injury to recover damages for her noneconomic loss (i.e., her pain and […]
State Found Immune From Liability for Auto Accident Based Upon Tort Claims Act Immunities
Plaintiff Ralph Jameson was injured in an automobile accident while he was driving around a traffic circle (Cranbury Circle) in Cranbury Township. His vehicle collided with a truck driven by defendant Richard Kyle. The issue in Jameson v. DRD Int’l, Inc., 2024 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1481 (App. Div. July 8, 2024) was whether the […]
Plaintiff’s Bodily Injury Claim Dismissed Due to Failure to Show How a Subsequent Accident Aggravated Pre-existing Injuries From Prior Accident
Plaintiff Tony Polite was involved in two automobile accidents within thirty days. The first accident occurred on May 15, 2019, and the second one occurred on June 16, 2019. Plaintiff claimed to have injured his neck, back, left shoulder, and right knee in the first accident and alleged that those injuries became significantly worse following […]
Police Officer Found to Be Immune From Liability for an Accident Caused by High Speed Chase
Plaintiffs Omer Jackson and Sharonda Jackson sued defendants County of Hudson, Hudson County Sheriff’s Office, and Officer Renato Maure-Cascaret for injuries suffered by Omer when his car was hit by a car that was being pursued in a high speed chase by Officer Maure-Cascaret. The defendants successfully filed for a motion for summary judgment, obtaining […]
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