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Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Jersey City Pedestrian Left With Limp Gets $675,000 Crash Settlement
A pedestrian who had several bones broken when he was hit by a Bergen County manufacturing company's vehicle while crossing a Jersey City street has accepted $675,000 to settle a lawsuit. Jose Rojas, 33, was crossing Barrow Street in a crosswalk when he was knocked down by a vehicle owned by a Moonachie company when its driver turned from York Street on Nov. 19, 2018, according to the NJ Law Journal. Rojas suffered right leg and ankle fractures requiring surgery and leaving him with what his attorney said will be a permanent limp. Rojas claimed that the driver, Guido Openner, disregarded a…
Newark, NJ
News
Family Of Essex County Mom Paralyzed By Falling Pole Gets $125M Verizon Payout
In what is reportedly the largest settlement in New Jersey history, the family of an Essex County mom who was paralyzed by a falling utility pole will get $125 million from Verizon, reports say. West Orange mom Maria Moser Meister, 50, was waiting for a bus on her way to work when a the pole fell in Union City on Jan. 23, 2017, NJ.com reports. The pole, which was co-owned by Verizon through an agreement with PSE&G, was rotted at the base and snapped after 43 years, causing lifelong injuries to Meister’s body and head. As a result of the incident, Meister suffered from multiple spinal a…
Bergenfield, NJ
Police & Fire
Bergenfield Mom: Unleashed Pit Bulls Killed Special Needs Son's Support Cat
A Bergenfield mom is suing the owner of two pits bulls who she claimed killed her special-needs son’s support cat in front of their eyes. Martha Cardona and her son “helplessly watched” the dogs attack the leashed feline during a walk around the Georgian Court garden apartment complex in June 2018, a lawsuit filed in Superior Court in Hackensack alleges. Both were “consumed by the terrorizing fright and horror” of the cat being ripped to pieces until it died, says the suit, a copy of which was obtained by northjersey.com. The dogs then knocked Cardona down, but she fought them off, it says…
Bergenfield, NJ
News
Bergenfield Mom: Unleashed Pit Bulls Killed Special Needs Son's Support Cat
A Bergenfield mom is suing the owner of two pits bulls who she claimed killed her special-needs son’s support cat in front of their eyes. Martha Cardona and her son “helplessly watched” the dogs attack the leashed feline during a walk around the Georgian Court garden apartment complex in June 2018, a lawsuit filed in Superior Court in Hackensack alleges. Both were “consumed by the terrorizing fright and horror” of the cat being ripped to pieces until it died, says the suit, a copy of which was obtained by northjersey.com. The dogs then knocked Cardona down, but she fought them off, it says…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
News
Lawsuit: Walmart Worker Crushed Morris County Man's Hand With Shopping Carts
A Morris County man is suing Walmart, saying his hand was severely injured by a worker who apparently rammed him with a shopping cart. Roxbury Township resident Nicholas Puco claims he sustained “severe and disabling injuries” to his left hand at the Walmart on International Drive South in Mount Olive Township on April 19, 2019. The suit, which was filed in Morris County Superior Court, claims that the store is unsafe because its workers were not properly trained, monitored and supervised in the operation of work equipment. Puco also states in the suit that he had to take time off of work …
Elizabeth, NJ
News
Expert Says State Trooper Was Texting Before Westfield Teen Fatally Hit: Report
An expert hired by the family of a 14-year-old Westfield girl who was killed when a state trooper hit her with his patrol car says he was texting moments before striking her and did not have his eyes on the road, TAPintoWestfield reported Wednesday. The family of Terry DiFalco is suing Trooper Alexander Gelfand, who was driving on Central Avenue the evening of March 4, 2017, when he hit the girl, who was taking part in a scavenger hunt. Gelfand, of Cranford, was not criminally charged. An attorney for the DiFalco family stated in court documents that the text from Gelfand was ti…
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Police & Fire
NJ Transit Driver Injured In Ridgefield Park School Bus Crash Gets $2.25M In Settlement
A driver who suffered spinal injuries that kept him from ever returning to work when his NJ Transit bus was struck from behind by a school bus in Ridgefield Park received a $2.25 million settlement, a published report says. Miguel Alvarez had stopped to collect passengers on eastbound Route 46 when his bus was struck from behind on June 22, 2017, aggravating a previous injury, attorney Edward Capozzi, told New Jersey Law Journal. Capozzi filed a personal injury suit on Alvarez’s behalf against Felix Rodriguez-Esprit, the driver of the Morgan Educational Services bus, in Superior Court in Ha…
Englewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Englewood Homeowner Falls From Ladder
An Englewood homeowner was hospitalized Friday morning after falling from atop a ladder outside his house. The 60-something Lafayette Place homeowner was semi-conscious after falling while doing work on his house shortly before 9:45 a.m., Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, the deputy chief said.
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Police & Fire
Driver, Resident Hospitalized After Pickup Crashes Into Ridgefield House
UPDATE: A pickup driver from North Bergen and a Ridgefield resident were both hospitalized with minor injuries after the truck slammed into a house, authorities said. Ridgefield detectives were trying to determine why the 2019 Dodge 1500 crossed over Edgewater Avenue from southbound Oak Street and barreled into the home just before noon on Monday, Deputy Police Chief Robert Meurer said. Both the truck and the house sustained significant damage, the deputy chief said. The 47-year-old driver and the resident, 49, both were treated at local hospitals, he said. No summonses were immediately i…
Stony Point, NY
Police & Fire
Motorcyclist Severely Injures Leg After Losing Control In Area, Police Say
A motorcycle rider received serious injuries to his leg after losing control of his vehicle and plowing into a guide rail in Tuxedo. The crash took place around 12:12 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 26, when New York State Park Police Units responded to a report of a motorcycle accident on County Route 106 in the Town of Tuxedo, said Dan Keefe, spokesman for the state Office of Parks and Recreation. Upon arrival at the scene, park police found that a 26-year-old man had lost control of his motorcycle, and slide into a guide rail on the shoulder of the roadway, Keefe said. The man sustained a c…
Newark, NJ
News
Man Hit By Bus In Newark's Ironbound Settles Lawsuit For $1.2M: Reports
A Newark man who was hit by an NJ Transit bus while crossing a city street three years ago accepted a $1.2 million award to settle his lawsuit against the agency, according to published reports. Jose Rodrigues-Marques, 52, was crossing Ferry Street on March 19, 2016, when one of the bags of groceries he was carrying burst open. When he bent down to retrieve the items, an approaching bus honked but did not stop in time and struck him, his attorney said. Rodriques-Marques suffered knee, back and spine injuries and had only partly recovered after more than a year and a half, when h…
Elizabeth, NJ
News
Man Hit By NJ Transit Bus In Summit Gets Nearly $13M Settlement: Report
A man who suffered traumatic brain injuries and was left disabled after he was hit by a bus three years ago was awarded a $12.75 million settlement, The New Jersey Law Journal reported this week. Jason Gillespie was crossing Summit Avenue Nov. 2, 2016, when an NJ Transit bus hit him in the crosswalk. He suffered multiple serious injuries and had to be placed in a medically induced coma. The driver, Ronald Lewis, was found to have cocaine in his system. NJ Transit argued that it was therefore not liable because the driver was guilty of willful misconduct. If Lewis were guilty of …
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