Notable Wins

Client: Sprint PCS Court:  Appellate Division Trial Attorney:  Michelle L. Duffield, Esq. Petitioner obtained an award of 30% permanent partial disability in 2003 arising from a work-related motor vehicle accident dating back to 1999. The award was for a bulging disc at C6-7 and di...

Client: Board of Education of the Township of Hainesport Court: Commissioner of Education Brief Attorney:  Sanmathi (Sanu) Dev, Esq. The parents of a student sought to overturn a determination by the Hainesport Board of Education that their child had engaged in conduct against a fe...

Client: Oaks Integrated Care, Inc. Court:  Appellate Division Brief Attorney:  Joseph F. Betley, Esq. and Sanmathi (Sanu) Dev, Esq. Plaintiff, who is African-American, alleged that he was improperly terminated from his position at Oaks Integrated Care, Inc. (“Oaks”), because of his...

A number of medical providers for New York workers’ compensation claimants had filed medical reimbursement applications in the Division of Workers’ Compensation in New Jersey seeking the higher New Jersey rates.  We filed motions to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction with briefs arguing...

Client:  Claims Management, Inc. Attorney:  Ana-Eliza T. Bauersachs, Esq. Petitioner filed a Motion for Temporary and/or Medical Benefits requesting lumbar spine surgery and injections to the cervical spine, as well as temporary disability benefits.  The respondent opposed the motio...

Client: Orange Board of Education Brief Attorney:  Jessica M. Anderson, Esq. Plaintiff, a 17 year old senior at Orange High School, left school without permission in the early afternoon to go skateboarding and was injured when he hit a defect in the roadway.  Plaintiff’s claimed inj...

Client: Oaklyn Borough Board of Education Venue: New Jersey State Office of Administrative Law Brief Attorney: Robert A. Muccilli, Esq. The parents of a special education student brought a due process petition against the Oaklyn Borough Board of Education seeking,...

Client: Camden County Educational Services Commission Venue: New Jersey State Office of Administrative Law Brief Attorney: Robert A. Muccilli, Esq. Heather Deitch alleged that the Camden County Educational Services Commission violated her tenure and s...

Client: NIP Management Services, LLC, Claims Administrator for the Garden State Municipal Joint Insurance Fund Court:  Mercer County Superior Court Trial Attorney:  Christopher J. Carlson, Esq. Plaintiff brought a claim alleging a variety of very serious injuries to several parts of h...

Client: St. Barnabas Health Trial Counsel: Christina M. Adinolfi Shea, Esq.  Capehart Scatchard recently prevailed at trial in the matter of Emily Manuel v. St. Barnabas.  In that case the court bifurcated the trial to first address whether the injury sustained by the petitioner was...

Client: Pennsauken Board of Education Appeal argued by: Adam M. Segal, Esq.  In Malone v. Pennsauken Board of Education, A-3181-16T1 (App Div June 29, 2018), the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division reversed the decision of a workers’ compensation judge finding compensabi...

Client: Pleasantville Public Schools Brief Attorney:  Jessica M. Anderson, Esq. Plaintiff, a special needs student at Pleasantville High School, claimed that he was assaulted by a substitute teacher who pulled down his pants in the hallway of the high school causing him emotional inju...

Client: PMA and GSMJIF Court:  Appellate Division Brief Attorney:  Christopher J. Carlson, Esq. In Marano v. Clifford J. Schob, M.D., A-33915-16T2 (App. Div. June 20, 2018), the Appellate Division held that New Jersey’s lien provision does apply to funds that an injured worker receive...

Client: County of Monmouth Brief Attorney:  Jessica M. Anderson, Esq. Plaintiff suffered a broken collar bone, two fractured vertebrae, and required fifty stitches to his head when he dove into a piling at Whiting Beach.  Plaintiff claimed that the area was marked off by flags indic...

Client: The Defendant Employer, Mall Chevrolet, Inc. Trial Attorney:  Laura D. Ruccolo, Esq. The Plaintiff, who was an immigrant from Moldavia, claimed that he was the victim of discrimination based on his national origin.  Plaintiff alleged that he followed his employer’s anti-disc...