A subcontractor agreed to pay $800,000 to a Chatham carpenter who alleged that a lack of safety gear caused a crippling fall. According to the suit, the accident occurred while Vincent Schwartz was part of a work-force building a bank in Madison. He and several other carpenters were ordered to sheath a wet pitched roof, even though no safety harnesses…Read More
Kin Sues Breathing Apparatus Firm In The Death Of Rutherford NJ Fireman The family of a volunteer Rutherford New Jersey firefighter killed in the line of duty last year has filed a lawsuit against the company that manufactures a breathing apparatus he was wearing at the time of the incident. The lawsuit was filed in Superior Court in Hackensack, a…Read More
$440,000 Verdict – Employment Contract – Breach Of Written Guarantee U.S. Dist., Newark This was an action in which the plaintiff, an engineer in his late 50’s at the time, contended that the individual defendant principal of the parent corporation of his employer and the parent corporation itself breached a written contract in which the defendants guaranteed that the underlying…Read More
Court Hikes Disability Aid For Toma David Toma, the former Newark detective whose colorful career inspired the television shows “Toma” and “Barretta” was awarded an increased disability pension by a state appeals court on the basis of work-related injuries. As a detective investigating vice, gambling and narcotics, Toma became a master of disguises and gimmicks in order to infiltrate a…Read More
RANDY WASHINGTON VS. TRIPLE R TRUCKING. The estate of a woman fatally injured on Route 21 in Belleville agreed to a $1,040,000 settlement of a suit against a trucking company and a motorist. According to Martin F. Kronberg, attorney for the estate, Michelle McCullough was driving north on Route 21 in Belleville when she came upon a traffic slowdown caused…Read More
A jury awarded Michael Kovar the sum of $390,000 in Superior Court, Toms River for injuries he suffered when he fell down a flight of stairs in a rented condominium. Kovar, who placed second in the Mr. America competition was coming down stairs when he started to lose his balance. He instinctively grasped the handrail which was loose causing him…Read More
