Legal Resources
Personal injury lawyers provide a valuable service to the communities we serve. By holding those accountable who break safety rules and endanger people, the community is made safer. Ultimately, this results in fewer victims, fewer lawsuits and a safer New Jersey.
By working together we can make a difference and all become top personal injury lawyers. This is especially so when it comes to “usual suspects” experts hired by corporations and insurance companies to typically give the same kind of opinion in nearly every case. They will almost always say a defendant never did anything wrong, they will blame the injured person the safety rules were meant to protect, or otherwise deflect blame away from the party that hired them. When it comes to injuries they will almost always state or imply the plaintiff is “faking” or “exaggerating” their injuries or that the problems are a “pre-existing degenerative condition” or a “sprain/strain” or that “the objective signs do not meet the subjective complaints” or similar pro-defense “opinions.”
We hope the below resources will help you in your legal practice to better represent your injury case clients.
BREHME V. IRWIN – NJ SUPREME COURT GRANTS PETITION FOR CERTIFICATION ON FUTURE MEDICAL BILLS
- Linda Brehme Appeal Brief- recovering future medical expenses in auto case
- Brehme- Appellate Division Reply Brief
- Appellate Division Decision- Dec 27 2023 Denying Appeal Re Future Med Expenses
- Brehme- Petition for Certification and Appendix
- Brief in Opposition to Plaintiff’s Petition for Certification
- Brehme- Petition for Certification Reply Brief
- Brehme ORDER- (GRANTED)
INJURY CASE LIABILITY EXPERTS AND DEPOSITION TRANSCRIPTS
- Timothy J. Carlsen, P.E.
- Report.Wilks_.11-06-13
- John Desch
- Stephen Emolo
- John Desch
- Jason Randle, P.E. deposition transcript
INJURY CASE DAMAGE EXPERTS AND DEPOSITION TRANSCRIPTS
- Edward-Decter-M.D.-trial-testimony-in-Fernandes-v.-DAR
- 9T_Munoz v. LP Ciminelli – Transcript of de bene esse deposition of Edward M. Decter, M.D. (full size)
- Jeffrey Lakin, MD
- Carta-04-19-18-Petry-v-Wilkin-Maria-Carta
- Maria Carta deposition 2/18
- Maria Carta- Motion to edit
- Keith Benoff- Deposition Heafy v Fernandez – 5-2-17
- Keith Benoff- Deposition Transcript Kim v Aberdeen 07-23-13
- Keith Benoff- Deposition Transcript 07-23-13
- Keith Benoff- Deposition Transcript -Barta v. Infrastructure- 6.9.15
- Keith Benoff- Ferdandez dep
- Keith Benoff- Response to NP Admitting No Reports finding TBI 2012-2013
INJURY CASE- VARIOUS EXPERT REPORTS
LEGAL BRIEFS- VARIOUS
- Physicians-Duty-to-Cooperate-in-Litigation1
- Physicians-Duty-to-Cooperate-in-Litigation2
- Physicians-Duty-to-Cooperate-in-Litigation3
- spontaneous breakage of glass- summary judgment brief
- spontaneous breakage of glass- summary judgment reply
- lost-wages-dont-need-tax-returns-or-other-documents
- Lost-Wages-no-cross-on-tax-returns-dont-need-tax-returns-to-prove
- Medical-Expenses-you-can-get-future-meds-in-auto-case
- experts- must be helpful to trier of fact
- spoliation-of-evidence-various-briefing1
- spoliation-of-evidence-complaint
- tort claim notice- substantial compliance
- change-venue-opp
- Products-Liability-brief-various-issues
- Products liability brief- various issues
- Gomez v. Cumberland Brief
- post verdict motion to mold collateral source medical bills
- Workers Compensation Lien Issue- Brief
- Workers Compensation lien issue- reply brief
- Workers Compensation lien issue- court orders
- protective order- opposition to confidentiality
- protective order- confidentiality opposition
- negligent security – no prior acts – opp mot to bar expert as net opinion
- Negligent security- boilerplate
- Negligent security- no allocation to criminal
- Motion to enforce settlement
- punitive damages- drunk driving brief
- worker’s comp bar- exceptions- Nelson Prante case
- auto- when principal liable for agent employee use of vehicle- Filemon DaCruz SJ briefing
- contention interrogatories- brief
- contention interrogatories- article
- confidentiality- amos v. comm’r, 2003 tax ct. memo lexis 330
- confidentiality- Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Group_ LLC_ 809 F.3d 1
- confidentiality- Vares-Ebert v. Kelberg_ 2012 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 29- confidentiality in release
- surveillance video legal research memo
- surveillance video- reply brief
- not ethical to agree to hold harmless- new york committee on professional ethics
- Collateral Source Rule- full medical bills go in
- comparative negligence- pointing finger at employer- construction
- Group Home- Complaint- First Amended1
- Group Home- SJ Opp- charitable immunity
- Group Home- complaint1
- Opp to Defendants SJ- going and coming rule- workers comp bar
- Adverse side can’t call treating docs or other side’s experts
- Construction injury case highway safety OSHA violations- Silva
- Construction injury case summary judgment brief OSHA violations – Dos Santos – filed
- Settling Defendants
- Discussing with Witness over Weekend
- Motion to Compel Assets Information
- Mold Contamination Injury Case Brief
- LEGAL BRIEFS- INSURANCE COVERAGE
- Fitzpatrick-insufficient-reservation-of-rights-letter
- insurance-3rd-party-beneficiary-conflict-of-interest
- insurance-coverage-const-case
- Welber DeOliveira- public policy- bogus coverage- subcontractor exclusion
- SJ.Opp.Proformance.Brief 3- Estate of Raquel Figueroa brief
- insurance coverage- late claim denial- Griggs- another version
- insurance coverage – Griggs. Estoppel – Copy
- insurance coverage – Griggs. Estoppel
- Griggs- Estopple- late claim denial- late DJ action- waiver- Nelson Prante brief – Copy
- Griggs- Estopple- late claim denial- late DJ action- waiver- Nelson Prante brief
- Estate of Ricardo Mendonca- public policy- duty Coverage.SJ.Opp.2wpd- Carlos Ferreira brief
IMMIGRANT ISSUES
- Can’t threaten a plaintiff with deportation to thwart his case
- immigrant issues- opp to dismiss wages
- immigrant issues- status inadmissible at trial
OTHER RESOURCES FOR PERSONAL INJURY CASES
- Fernandes v. DAR Development
- Incompetent Contractor- Appeal- brief cover
- Incompetent Contractor- Appeal– brief
- Appeal-reply-brief
- Brief-Slatina
- Brief-Slatina-reply
- Case-Slatina-Law-Division-Opinion
- Brief-Coronel
- Motion.No_.Compartive-no-point-at-employer-or-dismissed-parties
- Why New Jersey Is a Safer Place after the Supreme Court Decision in Fernandes
- Evidence about lack of prior accidents is not admissible
- Motion-in-limine-bar-hearsay-in-medical-records
- Settlement-Demand-Letter
- Costa v. Gaccione- ltr to publish
- app div publication letter 2
- freeze assets- OTSC (LM003770)
- freeze assets- ORDER1 (LM009043)
- freeze assets- OTSC- brief (LM003762)
- freeze assets- Verified.Complaint- First Amended (LM003774)
- freeze assets- Appeal- Brief2 (LM028646)
- construction case jury charge- OSHA violations- Gualberto
- construction case Jury Charge1- 287 trial
- construction case jury charge2 Fernandes form
- construction case jury charge- Munoz- general
- Andy Fraser– trial audio
- Tower Painters Electrocution Construction Injury
SEAMON v. STATE FARM BAD FAITH MATTER
- Order.Denying-Dfndt-Motion-to-Mold-Judgement-with-Decision.08-25-16
- NOM-to-Mold-Judgment.06-24-16
- Opp.NOM-Mold-Judgment.CrossMotion.07-26-16
- Opp.NOM-Mold-Judgment.Ltr-Brief2.07-26-16
- Order.Denying-Plntff-XMotion-for-fees-costs.08-25-16
- Reply-to-Opp-to-Mold.07-29-16
WASHINGTON MUNOZ TRIAL
- 1T_ Munoz v. LP Ciminelli – Transcript 7-11-17
- 2T_Munoz v. LP Ciminelli – Transcript 7-12-17 (Vol. 1)
- 3T_Munoz v. LP Ciminelli – Transcript 7-12-17 (Vol. 2)
- 4T_Munoz v. LP Ciminelli – Transcript 7-13-17
- 5T_Munoz v. LP Ciminelli – Transcript 7-14-17 (Vol. 1)
- 6T_Munoz v. LP Ciminelli – Transcript 7-14-17 (Vol. 2)
- 7T_Munoz v. LP Ciminelli – Transcript 7-17-17
- 8T_Munoz v. LP Ciminelli – Transcript 7-18-17
- 9T_Munoz v. LP Ciminelli – Transcript of de bene esse deposition of Edward M. Decter, M.D.
- 10T_Munoz v. LP Ciminelli – Transcript of de bene esse deposition of Paula C. Sociedade, Ph.D
- 11T_Munoz v. LP Ciminelli – New Trial Motion 10-13-17
- Appeal-brief
- Appeal- court decision
DEFENSE MEDICAL EXAMS
- Essex-Judge-Davidson-Dr.-Mazur
- Essex-Judge-Rosenberg-Dr-.Steven-Robbins
- Essex-Judge-Rosenberg
- Essex-Judge-Vichness-Dr.-Goldstone
- Middlesex-Judge-Currier-Dr.-Masur-Fremed-Dennis
- Middlesex-Judge-Ferencz-Dr.-Fremed
- Middlesex-Judge-Gapputo
- Middlesex-Judge-Ryan
- Middlesex-Judge-Williams-Dr.-Argagona
- Middlesex – Judge Cresitello – PSEG
- AAOS-Mandatory-Standards-for-Testimony
- Brehme v Irwin-condensed Louis Rizio 6-22-22
- Opp Motion to Bar 3rd Party at DME
- Order Permitting Nurse at neuropsyc DME – 6-7-24