- July 13, 2015
Lynn Miles, 72, originally from New Jersey, has lost his tragic battle with mesothelioma after many months of battling the disease. A dedicated human rights activist focused on helping to introduce democracy in Taiwan, Miles was in Taipei, Taiwan at the time of his death, and received care at Tzu …Categories: Mesothelioma, Wrongful Death - June 12, 2015
A New Jersey Appellate Court recently affirmed an award of $1.6 million dollars in damages for a mesothelioma victim who alleged that his disease was caused by contamination in his father’s line of work. The victim’s father had worked for Whittaker Clark & Daniels Inc., the maker of Old Spice …Categories: Mesothelioma, Product Liability - March 3, 2015
Red Bank, NJ: Keefe Law Firm represented the Estate of Vincent Cook and his widow, Muriel Cook in an asbestos case filed in Middlesex County, New Jersey (The Estate of Vincent Cook v. A.W. Chesterton Company, et al. Docket No. MID-L-4659-05 AS). Mr. Cook was a member of Local 28 Boilermakers Union, …Categories: Verdicts & Settlements - October 17, 2014
Red Bank, N.J. – October 28, 2011. John E. Keefe, Jr. and Stephen T. Sullivan, Jr. of Keefe Law Firm announced that they have settled a wrongful death action against New Jersey Transit Corporation and New Jersey Transit Rail Operations after a sixteen hour mediation with the Honorable L. …Categories: Wrongful Death - October 17, 2014
HD (not high definition radio) HD Radio, which is the trademark of iBiquity Digital Corporation, claims to provide superior quality sound to FM and AM radio. In particular, it has been described as providing “‘CD quality to FM and FM quality to AM.’” HD Radio, however, does not stand for “High …Categories: Blog - October 17, 2014
Manchester Little League and the Township of Manchester agreed to pay $1.25M to settle a lawsuit filed by a Manchester, NJ man who was seriously injured while attending a mandatory “Coaches Cleanup” Day at the Manchester Little League Complex, Manchester Township, New Jersey. Hon. …Categories: Verdicts & Settlements - October 17, 2014
A trucking company agreed to pay $2.6M to settle a lawsuit filed by an Easton, PA man who was injured in a multi-vehicle collision on the eastbound express lanes of Interstate 78 in Union Township, New Jersey. William Wilder, of Easton, Pennsylvania, was 50 years old and employed by Sheridan …Categories: Verdicts & Settlements - October 17, 2014
John E. Keefe, Jr. of Keefe Law Firm announced that following binding arbitration, in a case arising from a pedestrian being struck by a motor vehicle, judgment was entered in the amount of $900,000 for his client, Jose Nogueira. Coming after a two year tooth-and-nail battle to obtain the full …Categories: Verdicts & Settlements
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