$228 Million
Settlements in natural resource damage litigations
On behalf of the State of New Jersey.
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$225 Million
ExxonMobil Settlement
Laid the groundwork for ExxonMobil settlement in Nature Resource Damage Litigation on Behalf of the State of New Jersey
$225 Million
Settlement-Laid the Groundwork for Settlement with ExxonMobil on Behalf of the State of New Jersey
Nagel Rice assists DEP in obtaining $225 million pollution settlement between New Jersey and Exxon Mobil Corp. The litigation against Exxon was handled by Kanner & Whiteley of New Orleans and Nagel Rice of Roseland. According to the retainer agreement, they are expected to receive roughly $45 million in fees, on top of reimbursement. For…
$200 Million
Class Action Settlement With Horizon Involving Out-Of-Network Providers. NJ Law Journal 10/25/2010.**
Horizon Agrees To Settle Class Action
$160 Million
Class Action Settlement With Horizon Blue Cross
On Behalf Of New Jersey Ambulatory Surgery Centers
$98 Million
Class action settlement
Against major brokerage firm.
$54 Million
Settlements Reached with Credit Card Companies
Nagel Rice led by Diane Sammons settled three class action for $54 million alleging improper marketing and sales practices. Nagel Rice was appointed co-lead counsel in two class actions and was named to the plaintiff’s steering committee in a third class action.
$50 Million
Class action settlement
Against major brokerage firm.
$39 Million
Motorcycle accident case
$39 million verdict in motorcycle accident case (settled on appeal)
$39 Million
Jury verdict against owner of industrial park for unsafe premises
$30.1 Million
Settlement and jury verdict
Commercial disparagement case brought against short-selling hedge funds and related parties.
$24 Million
Medical malpractice case
$24 million verdict in medical malpractice case
$23.5 Million
Class action settlement against HSBC
For improper marketing and sales practices
$21 Million
Settlement in workplace accident
$20.5 Million
Settlements in injuries related to the Paramus school bus accident
$20 Million
Class Action Settlement Against Bank of America
For improper marketing and sales practices
$18.5 Million
Medical malpractice verdict because of a delay in treatment
$16.5 Million
Settlement in Ski Train Fire in Kaprun, Austria
Involving 155 victims. Firm represented multiple Foreign and American victims’ families
$15.2 Million
Settlement
Insurance coverage action, reversed on appeal*
$14.2 Million
Jury verdict against a division of Goldman Sachs
For the sale of $90 million variable life insurance policy.
$14.2 Million
Verdict in breach of fiduciary duty against investment advisor
(Settled on appeal)
$13 Million
Settlement against shopping mall for unsafe
$11 Million
Settlement
Estate Litigation
$10.5 Million
Class Action Settlement Against Discover Card
For improper marketing and sales practices
$10.1 Million
Award in dispute between law firms
$10 Million
Settlement in medical malpractice case due to misdiagnosis of aneurysm
$9.75 Million
Settlement
Turnpike accident
$9.1 Million
Settlement in cyberbullying case
$9 Million
Class Action Judgment
Reversed on appeal
$9 Million
Jury Verdict
Medical malpractice case, Reduced by court***
$9 Million
Jury Verdict
Medical malpractice case, reduced by court
$9 Million
Settlement in Business Dispute
Involving trade secrets
$8 Million
Settlement in workplace accident involving an elevator
$7.5 Million
Settlement in Medical Malpractice Action
New York hospital involving brain damage sustained by 7 year old child after surgery
$7.5 Million
Settlement involving $90 million private equity acquisition
$7.2 Million
Settlement in medical malpractice case involving misdiagnosis and treatment of a brain bleed
$7.15 Million
Settlement Reached in Medical Malpractice/Wrongful Birth Case
Misdiagnosis of Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome
$7.15 Million
Settlement Reached in Medical Malpractice/Wrongful Birth Case
November 2013 – Bruce Nagel and Greg Kohn settled a medical malpractice / wrongful birth action where an amniocentesis was done so that prenatal cytogenetic testing could be performed to determine if the fetus was afflicted with any genetic disorders. The results of this testing were reported as normal and the mother gave birth to a baby-girl afflicted…
$7 Million
Jury Awards
Auto Accident Case
$5.7 Million
Settlement in workplace accident
$5.2 Million
Howard Case for Medical Malpractice
The Star-Ledger 11/24/2002
$5.1 Million
Medical Malpractice Settlement
Plaintiff Patricia O’Brien was a 53 year old college graduate employed by Easter Seals of New Jersey. She went to Morristown Medical Center on November 9, 2013 after pulling over to the side of the road with shortness of breath, confusion, and incoherence. She complained of a dull frontal headache and her mental status remained…
$5 Million
Settlement in workplace wrongful death
$4.5 Million
Judgment in Partnership Dispute
Against major real estate developer Hartz Mountain
$4.5 Million
Award after 95-day trial in partnership dispute
Involving development of office building in Newark, New Jersey.
$4.25 Million
Verdict In Medical Malpractice Case
Involving radiologists’ misdiagnosis of salivary gland tumor
$4.25 Million
Verdict In Medical Malpractice Case
After a month trial in New Brunswick, a private school teacher in Martinsville was awarded $4.25 Million by a jury in a medical malpractice claim against several radiologists who failed to detect a facial tumor on a series of MRI’s. Kelly Jordan, a French teacher at the Pingry School, was sent for radiologic studies in 2008 following…
$4.2 Million
Settlement in Yepez Case
For wrongful birth action involving misread ultrasound. NJ Law Journal 9/16/2002
$4.2 Million
Settlement in medical malpractice case involving surgical and anesthesia errors
$4.05 Million
Settlement in Auto Accident
Involving spinal cord injury leading to paralysis. NJ Law Journal 11/16/2009
$3.5 Million
Jury Verdict in Medical Malpractice Case
Involving failure to diagnose
$3.5 Million
Jury Verdict in Medical Malpractice Case
Involving failure to diagnose Hepatitis C*
$3.25 Million
Settlement
Commercial lease dispute
$3.1 Million
Settlement
Ungerleider case (wrongful birth- failure to detect Tay-Sachs). Self Magazine 10/2005
$3.1 Million
Settlement in a Product Liability/Negligence Action
Involving injuries sustained by an infant injured in a shopping cart accident
$3 Million
Settlement of Medical Malpractice Case
Mishandled labor and delivery, cerebral palsy
$2.85 Million
Global Settlement
Bar fire case, $890,000 to our clients
$2.7 Million
Settlement in Wrongful Birth Action
Involving misread ultrasound
$2.6 Million
Settlement in 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
Failure to detect Canavan’s Disease, Jury Verdict, Vol. 29, Issue November 2008
$2.4 Million
Medical Malpractice Settlement
Involving orthopedic surgery
$2.4 Million
Class Action Settlement
Involving eating disorder coverage by Aetna
$2.3 Million
Settlement in Wrongful Birth Action
Involving negligent genetic testing for Trisome 18
$2.2 Million
Settlement
On behalf of woman struck and killed by truck
$2.2 Million
Jury verdict
On behalf of man struck and killed in auto/truck accident
$2.2 Million
Settlement in Medical Malpractice Case
Involving below the knee amputation
$2.2 Million
Jury Verdict
Wrongful death action
$2.1 Million
Class Action Settlement
Medieval Times litigation
$2 Million
Jury Verdict
For Fatal Motorcycle Accident
$2 Million
Settlement of Wrongful Birth Action
Involving negligently performed genetic test
$1.9 Million
Settlement
For Lost Eye in Auto Accident
$1.73 Million
Jury Verdict
On behalf of iron worker injured in construction site accident
$1.7 Million
Jury Verdict
On behalf of pedestrian struck by a car while crossing the street
$1.65 Million
Settlement in Wrongful Birth Action
Involving failure to test for Tay-Sachs
$1.65 Million
Woman Struck by Car
$1.65 Million
For Woman Struck by Car
March 23, 2015 – Andrew O’Connor settled a hit pedestrian case for $1.65 million. Ruth Vincent was struck by a car because a street light wasn’t working. Ruth, then 18, suffered closed-head injuries, a broken femur, lacerated femoral artery and bilateral fracture at L5 after she was hit by a car in Union on Oct. 19, 2008. Since…
$1.6 Million
Jury Verdict
Sharpe case (train derailment). NJ Law Journal 7/3/2006
$1.58 Million
Settlement in Wrongful Death/Medical Malpractice Action
Plaintiff was over-prescribed methadone
$1.55 Million
Jury Awards in Suicide Case
$1.55 Million
Jury Awards $1.55 Million in Suicide Case
A jury in Newark awarded the widow of a Short Hills man $1.55 million in connection with her husband’s suicide. On August 7, 2008, Betty Movitz sued Dr. Sostowski of Bernardsville and Dr. Del la Torre of Montclair who had treated her husband, Mark Movitz, for his bipolar disorder. The jury found both of these…
$1.5 Million
Settlement of Medical Malpractice Action
Involving negligent anesthesia
$1.5 Million
Settlement in Medical Malpractice Action
Involving negligent cataract surgery
$1.5 Million
Punitive Damages Award
Partnership dispute
$1.5 Million
Settlement in Legal Malpractice Action
Against large NYC firm
$1.45 Million
Settlement After Jury Verdict
Wrongful birth, Spina Bifida
$1.45 Million
Settlement in Lasik Malpractice Case
Involving high-profile lasik surgeon, Dr. Joseph Dello Russo
$1.4 Million
Settlement of Medical Malpractice Action
Involving failure to monitor hospital patient resulting in death
$1.3 Million
Legal Malpractice Settlement
Against major New Jersey firm
$1.2 Million
Settlement
Environmental litigation on behalf of the State of New Jersey
$1.2 Million
Settlement
Environmental case involving natural resource damages
$1.2 Million
Settlement of Medical malpractice Action
Involving negligent anesthesia
$1.2 Million
Settlement
Involving sexual assault of a student on school property
$1.18 Million
Settlement Medical Malpractice Case
Against a neurological surgeon
$1.02 Million
Settlement in Medical Malpractice Action
Involving negligent lasik surgery (Dodge). NJ Law Journal 8/11/2008
$1 Million
Settlement in Lasik Malpractice Case
Involving high-profile lasik surgeon, Dr. Joseph Dello Russo
$1 Million
Settlement of Construction Litigation
Involving claims of poor design and faulty workmanship on a condominium complex in Bergen County, New Jersey
$950,000
Settlement in Medical Malpractice Action
Involving failure to diagnose lung cancer
$950,000
Settlement in Medical Malpractice Action
Involving misdiagnosis of cardiac condition resulting in death
$950,000
Jury Verdict
Partnership dispute between investors in medical centers
$900,000
Settlement in Medical Malpractice Action
Involving misdiagnosis of cardiac condition
$875,000
Settlement
For car-accident injuries
$850,000
Settlement Reached In Medical Malpractice Case
Decedent Rohan Ryan, a 38 year old married father of two young children, suffered an Achilles injury on March 24, 2014 while exercising on his front lawn. He treated with orthopedist defendant Dr. Bechler on two occasions post-injury. In the days following the second appointment, Ryan began to experience fatigue, coughing and other respiratory issues…
$750,000
Settlement of Tort Claims Act case
Wrongful death of police officer on “black ice” in roadway
$750,000
Settlement
Closed head injury to boy who falls from Jeep after prom party, children served alcohol
$750,000
Settlement
Case involving serious head injuries sustained in a bicycle accident
$730,000
Settlement in Medical Malpractice Action
Involving negligent lasik surgery
$700,000
Settlement in Medical Malpractice Action
Involving failure to diagnose breast cancer
$700,000
Settlement of Wrongful Birth Action
Involving failure to perform prenatal genetic test
$700,000
Settlement Reached In Personal Injury Case
A $700,000 settlement has been reached with all but one defendant in this personal injury action involving injuries sustained in an accident where Plaintiff Jonathan Pierantozzi was working on a oil tank that exploded. On June 29, 2016, Mr. Pierantozzi, 23 at the time of the accident, was working for Environmental Management Consultants, Inc. (“EMC”) who was…
$650,000
Settlement in Medical Malpractice Case
Radiology mistake, failure to diagnose bone tumor
$650,000
Settlement in Medical Malpractice Action
Involving loss of vision in one eye in an 85 year old woman following cataract surgery
$615,000
Settlement
A wrongful birth action for failure to detect Niemann Pick Disease
$600,000
Settlement
On behalf of workmen exposed to toxic chemicals (TCA III) at workplace
$550,000
Settlement in Product liability Action
Involving an unsafe machine
$500,000
Award in an Automobile Accident
In which our client suffered orthopedic injuries
$500,000
Jury Verdict in Medical Malpractice Case
Involving burns suffered during gynecological procedure
$500,000
Settlement in a Medical Malpractice Case
On behalf of child who became ill after pediatrician failed to give Prevnar vaccine
$500,000
Settlement
Involving negligent maintenance of building which burned resulting in death of plaintiffs
$500,000
Settlement in Toxic Tort Case
Involving exposure to solvents and cleaning products
$500,000
Settlement In Dog Bite Case
On November 22, 2017, Plaintiff Mallory Kliegman, now 31, was a social guest at the home of Defendants Nicholas Cutalo and Gina Rizzo in Morris Plains, New Jersey. When Mallory was leaving the home, she said goodbye to Defendants’ dog who violently lunged at her, biting her in the face and ripping her skin off. Mallory…
$450,000
Settlement in Medical Malpractice Action
Involving failure to diagnose breast cancer
$400,000
Settlement Against Municipality
Police officer claimed hostile work environment harassment
$400,000
Settlement of medical malpractice case
Mishandled delivery, Shoulder Dystocia
$400,000
Settlement in Medical Malpractice Action
Involving negligent cataract surgery
$135,000
A House Painter Injured
When a skeet machine discharged settled his suit on November 30
$890,000
Settlement of Bar Fire Case
$2.85 Million global settlement of bar fire case, $890,000 to our clients
$75 Million
Settlement of Case Involving Serious Head Injuries
Serious head injuries sustained in a bicycle accident
$50 Million
Settlement in Toxic Tort Case
involving exposure to solvents and cleaning products
$135,000
House Painter Injured
When a skeet machine discharged settled his suit on November 30
$3.1 Million
Settlement in a Product Liability/Negligence Action
involving injuries sustained by an infant injured in a shopping cart accident
$1.73 Million
Jury Verdict On behalf of Iron Worker
Injured in construction site accident
$1.7 Million
Jury Verdict On Behalf of Pedestrian
Struck by a car while crossing the street
$1.2 Million
Settlement involving sexual assault
Sexual assault of a student on school property
Settlement with Blue Cross
Over flawed health plan reimbursements
Class Action Settlement Reached in Flawed Health Plan Reimbursements
November 15, 2013 – Bruce Nagel and Nagel Rice reached a settlement with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Inc. that accused the insurer of under-reimbursing health plan subscribers for out-of-network services. As part of the settlement, Horizon has agreed to stop using a database that produced allegedly flawed calculations. Horizon will stop using the Ingenix…
Robert Solomon Featured In NJ Law Journal
March 12, 2012 – Robert Solomon was featured in NJ Law Journal for the settlement of a class action lawsuit against Medieval Times. Medieval Measures – Castle-themed dinner theater Medieval Times will pay $525,000 and give out 25,000 free tickets to settle a legal joust. The federal class-action suit, O’Hara v. Medieval Times USA Inc., alleged the Buena…
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