NJ Car Accident Attorneys - New Jersey Wrongful Death Lawyers

$907,000. Combined Settlement and Verdict
Automobile Accident ~ Wrongful Death

Attorney: Harris S. Feldman
Settlement & Verdict: $907,000.
Winter 2010

Harris S. Feldman represented the estate and the father of a 16 year old girl who was killed when the driver of the vehicle drove into a telephone pole. The driver and front seated passenger claimed that another 16 year old passenger jumped into the front seat - without warning - causing the accident.

The teen who jumped into the front seat called our client’s father immediately after the accident. He arrived at the scene minutes after the crash, witnessing his daughter, still alive, bleeding and seriously injured. The defendants argued that the father’s claims for emotional distress caused by witnessing his daughter at the scene should not be allowed, but Harris successfully argued that the father’s claim should go forward.

Harris partially settled the case prior to trial, and tried the case obtaining a verdict against the driver of the vehicle. The combined recovery for the estate and the father was $907,000.

Motor Vehicle Accident
Wrongful Death

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