Real Estate Closing Overcharging and RESPA Class Actions
$525,000 – Blasini v. Weichert
A common fund cash settlement to reimburse approximately 8,000 sellers of real estate who paid an alleged illegal “Administrative Fee” to Weichert in the sale of their property. 2011
$270,000 – Baraldi v. Prudential Fox and Roach
A common fund cash settlement to reimburse approximately 4,000 sellers of real estate who paid an alleged $200 illegal “Administrative Fee” to Weichert in the sale of their property. 2011
Blasini v. Trident Title
A settlement wherein Trident Title agreed to a claims procedure to provide a 100% refund to any of its 17,000 customers in the last 6 years after being sued for charging alleged illegal Deed and Mortgage recording fees. 2011
Environmental and Toxic Tort Class Actions
$5,100,000 – Carnival v. Waste Management Inc. – Civil Action No. 97 5122
A $5,100,000 settlement paid by Waste Management, Inc. for the property devaluation of approximately 2,000 property owners due to the alleged negligent operations of a municipal waste dump. September 1998.
$1,450,000 – Staub, et al. v. Hoeganaes, BUR-L-2080-03
On August 16th, 2006, the Court granted final approval of a $1.45 million class action settlement for industrial emissions damaging boat windows. Plaintiffs claimed that particulate iron from Hoeganaes Corporation plant in Riverton caused deterioration of transparent sheet windows called Isinglass on their motorboat. The settlement provided boat owners with compensation ranging between $325 to $1,330 depending on the boat’s size, window repairs and other factors. Docket Number BUR-L-2080-03. August 2006.
Personal Injury Awards
$7,100,000 – Ingling v. Ryder Truck Rental Inc. et al., Docket No. CAM-L-7910-04
A settlement was reached for a man who suffered a catastrophic brain injury due to a slip and fall on ice that occurred on a Ryder Truck parking lot in Pennsauken, New Jersey. This settlement was the largest individual slip and fall recovery ever reported in the State of New Jersey. March 23, 2007.
$4,250,000 Medeiros v. Cooper Hospital
$900,000 Patel v. Rosa
$1,000,000* Moore v. Sarappa Septics
$435,000 Weller v. State of New Jersey
$650,000 settlement
$750,000 Schiffrin v. Vistana
$310,000 Pebble v. Bilco Door
$550,000 settlement
$975,000 settlement
Verdicts and Settlements Disclaimer: These verdicts and settlements are actual cases. More details are available from the firm. Each case is different. The facts, the law, the age of the injured person, the severity of the injury, the makeup of the jury, the rulings of the judge, are some of the factors that make each case different. The cases listed here are not a guarantee that if you have a similar claim, you will get a similar result.