Jan
30
$5.75 Million Personal Injury Settlement Awarded for Atlantic City Man’s Slip and Fall Injuries
Posted by Editor | Posted in Personal Injury Cases in the News
An Atlantic City man was awarded what’s believed to be the biggest personal injury settlement for slip and fall injuries in the southern New Jersey area last week. Thomas Malick was given $5.75 million for the herniated disc injury that he suffered in 2003 after slipping on a patch of oil while installing a remote alarm starter in a car at the Seaview Lincoln-Mercury car dealership. Malick sued both the car dealership—now called Holman—and ACR Mobile Detailing, which was working on the dealership’s garage at the time of his personal injury.
The attorneys for the car dealership and detail shop argued that Malick made the injury up because he did not report it immediately. Malick’s New Jersey personal injury attorney said his client waited about six days. After two hours of deliberation, the jury found the car dealership 99 percent negligent and the detailing company 1 percent negligent. Malick’s Atlantic City personal injury attorney also added that Seaview’s insurance carrier will pay the entire settlement amount, according to a confidential agreement.
Malick deserve his $5.75 Million Personal Injury Settlement Award, it’s not easy to be injured like that. A company should be responsible of the accident.