Robert H. Solomon

Robert Solomon is a partner at Nagel Rice and has over 30 years of experience representing clients in a wide range of areas including personal injury, complex commercial litigation, class actions and appellate practice. Class action cases include a $160 million class action settlement involving ERISA claims and under reimbursement of surgery center fees where he was appointed co-lead class counsel, a nationwide class action against an entertainment business where he was appointed class counsel and a $7.5 million nationwide class action settlement against a major bank involving consumer fraud. Robert has also litigated and successfully resolved numerous multi-million dollar personal injury matters including medical malpractice and wrongful death. In addition, Robert has been at the cutting edge of business and commercial disputes, including winning a $4.5 million judgment against a major real estate developer after a lengthy trial.

Robert is a former adjunct professor at Seton Hall Law School where, for many years, he taught all aspects of New Jersey practice and the New Jersey Court Rules.

He has been selected to the New Jersey Super Lawyers list every year since 2008 and has been chosen as one of the Top 100 attorney in the New Jersey Super Lawyers list every year since 2010.

Robert was a law clerk to the Honorable Freda L. Wolfson, U.S. District Court Judge, District of New Jersey. He was admitted to practice in New Jersey and the United States District Court, District of New Jersey in 1990, the United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit in 1997, and the United States Supreme Court in 2014.

Robert has argued before the New Jersey Supreme Court and has 21 published opinions in state and federal court involving diverse and important legal issues. See, e.g., Finkelman v. Nat’l Football League, 236 N.J. 280 (2019); Escobar v. Mazie, 460 N.J. Super. 520 (App. Div. 2019); Finkelman v. Nat’l Football League, 877 F.3d 504 (3d Cir. 2017) and Couri v. Gardner, 173 N.J. 328 (2002).

Settlements and Verdicts

• $160 million – final approval granted to a $160 million class action settlement involving the under-reimbursement by Horizon for out of network ambulatory surgical centers. Robert Solomon was appointed class counsel.
• $4.5 million – judgment in partnership dispute against major real estate developer Hartz Mountain
• $4.2 million – settlement in case for wrongful birth action involving misread ultrasound
• $3.1 million – settlement in wrongful birth case involving failure to detect Tay-Sachs
• $2.7 million – settlement in wrongful birth action involving misread ultrasound
• $2.6 million – settlement of wrongful birth action involving misread ultrasound
• $2.55 million – settlement of medical malpractice action involving failure to properly intubate resulting in comatose patient.
• $2.5 million – settlement in wrongful birth action for failure to detect Canavans Disease, Jury Verdict, Vol. 29, Issue November 2008.
• $2.3 million – settlement in wrongful birth action involving negligent genetic testing for Trisome 18
• $2.1 million – class action settlement in Medieval Times litigation
• $2 million – settlement of wrongful birth action involving negligently performed genetic test
• $1.65 million – settlement in wrongful birth action involving failure to test for Tay-Sachs
• $875,000 – settlement for car accident injuries
• $700,000.00 – settlement of wrongful birth action involving failure to perform prenatal genetic test
• $615,000.00 – settlement of a wrongful birth action for failure to detect Niemann Pick Disease

• $500,000 – settlement of a wrongful birth action for failure to detect missing limb

• $415,000 – settlement of medical malpractice case involving sponge left in patient during surgery

Published and Unpublished Decisions

• Finkelman v. Nat’l Football League, 236 N.J. 280 (2019)
• Escobar v. Mazie, 460 N.J. Super. 520 (App. Div. 2019)
• Serico v. Rothberg, 234 N.J. 168 (2018)
• Finkelman v. Nat’l Football League, 877 F.3d 504 (3d Cir. 2017)
• Serico v. Rothberg, 448 N.J. Super. 604 (App. Div. 2017)
• Finkelman v. Nat’l Football League, 810 F.3d 187 (3d Cir. 2016)
• Clark v. Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., 940 F. Supp. 2d 186 (D.N.J. 2013)
• Clark v. Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., 289 F.R.D. 144 (D.N.J.) reconsideration denied, 940 F. Supp. 2d 186 (D.N.J. 2013)
• USI Ins. Servs. LLC v. Miner, 801 F. Supp. 2d 175 (S.D.N.Y. 2011)
• Noble v. Porsche Cars N. Am., Inc., 694 F. Supp. 2d 333 (D.N.J. 2010)
• Clark v. Prudential Ins. Co. of America, 736 F.Supp.2d 902 (D.N.J. 2010)
• Geler v. Akawie, 358 N.J. Super. 437 (App. Div. 2003)
• Meyers v. Epstein, 282 F.Supp. 2d 151 (S.D.N.Y., 2003)
• Meyers v. Epstein, 232 F.Supp. 2d 192 (S.D.N.Y., 2002)
• Couri v. Gardner, 173 N.J. 328 (2002)
• Howard v. UMDNJ, 172 N.J. 537 (2002)
• Lodato v. Kappy, 353 N.J. Super. 439 (App. Div. 2002)
• Moscatello v. UMDNJ, 342 N.J. Super. 351 (App. Div. 2001)
• Michelman v. Ehrlich, 311 N.J. Super. 57 (App. Div. 1998)
• Caputo v. Antiles, 296 N.J. Super. 123 (App. Div. 1996)
• 1530 Owners Corp. v. Borough of Fort Lee, 135 N.J. 394 (1994)

• Martino v. Mazie, 21CV20056, 2022 WL 1443689 (D.N.J. May 6, 2022)
• Escobar v. Mazie, A-3761-20, 2022 WL 1210207 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Apr. 25, 2022)
• McCarthy v. Care One Mgmt., LLC, A-2542-19, 2021 WL 2909000 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. July 12, 2021), cert. denied, 249 N.J. 61 (2021)
• Ringel v. BR Lakewood, LLC, 2020 WL 3263221 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. June 17, 2020)
• Finkelman v. Nat’l Football League, 749 Fed. Appx. 119 (3d Cir. 2019)
• Agiz v. Heller Indus. Parks, Inc., A-5173-16T4, 2018 WL 2089978 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. May 7, 2018)
• Bianchi v. Ladjen, 2018 WL 1901945 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Apr. 23, 2018)
• McDonough v. Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, 641 Fed. Appx. 146, 147 (3d Cir. 2015)
• NAF Holdings, LLC v. Li & Fung (Trading) Ltd., 2015 WL 3896792 (Del.)
• Reed v. Swatch Grp. (US), Inc., 2015 WL 5822669 (D.N.J.)
• Reed v. Swatch Grp. (US), Inc., 2014 WL 7370031 (D.N.J.)
• McDonough v. Horizon Healthcare Servs., Inc., 2014 WL 3396097 (D.N.J.)
• WorldScape, Inc. v. Sails Capital Mgmt., 2014 WL 1342983(D.N.J.)
• Leibholz v. Hariri, 510 F. App’x 112 (3d Cir. 2013)
• Friedfertig Family P’ship 2 v. Lofberg, 2013 WL 6623896 (D.N.J.)
• Worldscape, Inc. v. Sails Capital Management, 2011 WL 3444218 (D.N.J.)
• Glen Ridge SurgiCenter, LLC v. Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey, Inc., 2011 WL 5882019 (D.N.J.)
• McDonough v. Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, Inc., 2011 WL 4455994 (D.N.J.)
• Glen Ridge SurgiCenter, LLC v. Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey, Inc., 2011 WL 5881924 (D.N.J.)
• Clark v. Prudential Ins. Co. of America, 2011 WL 1833355 (D.N.J.)
• Leibholz v. Hariri, 2011 WL 1466139 (D.N.J.)
• Clark v. Prudential Ins. Co. of America; 2011 WL 940729 (D.N.J.)
• Rabinowitz v. Rayman, 2010 WL 2867909 (N.J.App.Div.)
• Wayne Surgical Center v. Concentra, 2009 WL 961389 (D.N.J.)
• Gregory Surgical Center v. Horizon, 2009 WL 749795 (D.N.J.)
• Glen Ridge SurgiCenter, LLC v. Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey, Inc., 2009 WL 3233427 (D.N.J.)
• Abrahams v. Hygrosol Pharmaceutical Corp., 2009 WL 3055372 (D.N.J.)
• Clark v. Prudential Ins. Co. of America, 2009 WL 2959801 (D.N.J.)
• McDonough v. Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, Inc., 2009 WL 3242136 (D.N.J.)
• Gregory Surgical v. Horizon, 2007 WL 4570323 (D.N.J.)
• Wayne Surgical v. Concentra, 2007 WL 2416428 (D.N.J.)
• Fairfax Financial v. S.A.C. Capital Management, 2007 WL 1456204 (D.N.J.)
• ABS Associates v. Hartz Mountain, 2006 WL 1519577 (N.J. Ch. Div. 2006)
• Gregory Surgical v. Horizon, 2006 WL 3751385 (D.N.J.)
• Kantha v. Pacific Life, 2006 WL 2583239 (D.N.J.)
• Gregory Surgical v. Horizon, 2006 WL 1541021 (D.N.J.)
• Samco Rockaway 90, Inc. v. Lawyers Title, 1995 WL 328141 (D.N.J.).

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• Nagel Rice Obtains $14.2 Million Verdict for Former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio
• April 17, 2014 – Nagel Rice Brings Suit Against Live Nation For Illegal Ticket Practices
• March 2014 – Nagel Rice Attorneys Recognized as Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
• February 21, 2014 – Nagel Rice Brings Suit Against AEG For Illegal Ticket Practices
• February 1, 2014 – Nagel Rice’s Class Action Against the NFL Featured in the NY Times
• Nagel Rice Brings Suit Against NFL for Withholding Super Bowl Tickets
• March 2013 – Nagel Rice, LLP Attorneys Recognized as New Jersey Super Lawyer’s and Rising Stars
• April 2012 – Congratulations to Robert Solomon, chosen as a Top 100 New Jersey Super Lawyer in 2012
• March 12, 2012 – Robert Solomon settles class action against Medieval Times for failure to comply with Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act
• $875,000 – settlement for car-accident injuries
• March 2011 – Congratulations to Robert Solomon, chosen as a Top 100 New Jersey Super Lawyer in 2011
• $4.2 million – settlement in case for wrongful birth action involving misread ultrasound
• $3.1 million – settlement in wrongful birth case involving failure to detect Tay-Sachs