Summary judgment awarded for national trucking company.

We obtained summary judgment for a national trucking company in a lawsuit filed in Middlesex County, New Jersey, arising from a multi-vehicle trucking accident on the New Jersey Turnpike in which a young girl was killed and her mother seriously injured. In addition to being granted summary judgment, we recovered for our client all of its property damage, towing, and related costs from the other vehicles involved in the accident.

No-cause verdict on behalf of national trucking company.

We obtained a no cause verdict following a one day non-jury trial (conducted virtually) in the Law Division of Hudson County for our client, a national trucking company. The plaintiff alleged the truck swerved into his lane causing property damage.

Claimant injured in car accident while on a morning “lunch break.” Judge denies compensability as the lunch break was purely personal in nature and of no benefit to the employer. Judge also held that neither the special hazard nor dual purpose exceptions

This case involves an employee who took  her lunch break in the morning so that she could take her son to school. What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp is prepared by Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin to provide information on recent legal developments of intere