By: Samantha E. Hahn [1] Director and Chief Judge of the New Jersey Division of Workers’ Compensation, Hon. Russell Wojtenko, Jr., issued a memorandum eliminating the Division’s prior policy allowing medical monitoring and coverage settlements as a stand-alone form of workers’ compensation benefit for public employees who receive accidental disability pensions (“ADP”). When a public… [Read More]

GRSLBG&B is pleased to announce Edward W. Chen has joined the Firm’s Litigation Department as an Associate. Edward represents the interests of insurance carriers and self-insured companies in all aspects of litigation, including trials and appellate practices. Edward concentrates his practice in the area of General Liability and Construction Law, including labor law, personal injury,… [Read More]

  GRSLBG&B is pleased to announce Patrick J. Nemes has joined the Firm’s Workers’ Compensation Department as an Associate. Patrick represents insurance companies and self-insured companies in the defense of these claims. Patrick graduated from Coastal Carolina University with a B.A. in History in 2010 and received his law degree from Roger Williams School of… [Read More]

By: Hristo Zevlikaris [1] and Minal J. Acharya [2] In an unpublished opinion, Harrington vs. South City Prime Montvale, LLC, Docket No. A-3355-18T3, the Appellate Division addressed the issue of whether evidence of Plaintiff’s alcohol consumption alone, is admissible to infer Plaintiff’s intoxication, and thus negligence, at the time of trial.  In overruling the trial… [Read More]

  GRSLBG&B would like to congratulate Philip A. Lundell, Jr., Philip A. Garubo, Jr., Jeffrey S. Bell, Audrey L. Shields, and Eric S. Schlesinger, who have been named Super Lawyers for 2021. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive… [Read More]

  GRSLBG&B is pleased to announce Vincent L. Gonzalez has joined the Firm’s Litigation Department as Counsel. Vincent represents the interests of insurance carriers and self-insured companies in all aspects of litigation, including trials and appellate practices.  Vincent concentrates his practice in the area of General Liability and Construction Law, including labor law, personal injury,… [Read More]

By: Eric S. Schlesinger [1] and Aran J. O’Gara [2] On February 25, 2021, the Supreme Court State of New York Appellate Division, First Judicial Department unanimously affirmed the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to GRSLBG&B’s clients in a weather related fall down case. The litigation arose when plaintiff slipped on black ice on… [Read More]

On January 22, 2021, the New Jersey Appellate Division affirmed the Trial Court’s ruling dismissing all legal malpractice claims against GRSLBG&B’s clients with prejudice. The litigation arose from the July 5, 2016 purchase of a single family home in Hunterdon County. Beyond a purported border fence, on the rear of the property, was a structure… [Read More]

  On December 4, 2020, GRSLBG&B’s Jeffrey S. Bell and Joseph C. Valenzuela obtained a dismissal in a personal injury matter wherein Plaintiff asserted various claims alleging the action of GRSLBG&B’s client, a New York based pharmacy, resulted in Plaintiff’s addiction to opioids and other prescription medications.  Specifically, Plaintiff alleged that the pharmacy was negligent… [Read More]

  By: Hristo Zevlikaris [1]   On January 7, 2021, the New Jersey Supreme Court ordered the resumption of virtual civil trials under a two-phase approach, beginning with eight counties on February 1, 2021.  Virtual jury trials will then be expanded, statewide to all counties starting on April 5, 2021.  A complete copy of the… [Read More]