Workplace Injuries

• $101 Million Paid to Tropicana Workers Killed and Injured in Garage Collapse

  Mike Ferrara | April 12, 2007 2:40 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  www.philly.comTropicana Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City and several contruction companies agreed to pay the the families of four workers who were killed a total of $101 Million Dollars. The money will also be shared by those who were injured when the parking garage collapsed during contruction. The project was being rushed to compete with another casino also under contruction. Needless...

• Great Day for New Jersey Police Officers and Firefighters: Supreme Court Abolishes "Firefighter's Rule"

  Mike Ferrara | March 17, 2007 3:51 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  In a signifcant victory for our police officers and firefighters, the New Jersey Supreme Court in an unanimous opinion in the case of Ruiz v. Mero, abolished the common law doctrine referred to as the Firefighter's Rule. This rule prevented first responders, such as police officers and firefighters, from recovering damages from a property owner for injuries they sustain while confronting...

• Lost Leg in Train Accident Results in $7.9 Million Settlement

  Mike Ferrara | March 15, 2007 6:59 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  It's hard to believe that there are still railroad workers being injured on the job. Just recently an worker from Indiana won a $8.4 millon dollar jury verdict when he lost his leg. He was run over by a train. The jury did find the worker to be partially at fault for his injury and assessed his degree of fault at 10%. The railroad and the worker reached a settlement after the verdict...

• General Contractor Settles Worksite Accident Case With Construction Worker

  Staff Writer | March 13, 2007 2:25 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  Ronald Kustrup, an iron worker, fell 15 feet through an unguarded elevator shaft while working at a construction site in Mercer County, New Jersey. According to Mr. Kustrup's expert, the area should have been secured to prevent workers from accidentally falling in the open shaft. The general contractor and the owner of company where the construction project was being done had a non-delagable...

• Niki Trunk Appointed to Trial Lawyer Board of Governors

  Mike Ferrara | February 06, 2007 1:21 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  Congratulations to Niki Trunk on her appointment to the Board of Governors of the ATLA-NJ, The New Jersey Trial Lawyer Association. President Marc Saperstein made the appointment on January 1, 2007. Niki joins about 70 personal injury lawyers on the Board of Governors. ATLA-NJ is composed of 2500 attorneys who represent consumers who are injured by defective products, injured in car...

• Power Worker Survives 7,200-Volt Shock

  Christina Cole | December 31, 2006 10:25 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  After touching a 7,200-volt power line with his head, the worker is okay and without serious injury!Alton Fire Chief Al Johnson said the 28-year-old White Mountain Cable worker was pulling cable lines from a bucket truck when his head touched the line. "It was just a huge spark, and he wasn't responding," said a cable worker on the scene.The shock entered through his head and went through his...

• Mike Ferrara, Trial Lawyer

  Staff Writer | May 04, 2005 5:57 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  Michael A. Ferrara, Jr. has been an attorney since 1972. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the New Jersey Supreme Court, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and the Federal Courts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He is certified by both the National Board of Trial Advocacy and the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Certified Civil Trial Attorney. He is the founder and former chair...