Mazie Slater’s Top Car Accident Attorneys Win $14.7 Million for Client
Case Summary:
- Denzel-Busch Motor Car Corp. agrees to a $14.7 Million settlement of a suit by a man whose leg was crushed by an employee.
- Plaintiff’s knee, ankle, and foot were driven over and suffered nerve damage.
Case Details:
Cohen v. Denzel-Busch Motor Car Corp.: A customer whose foot was crushed in an accident at a Mercedes dealership accepted a $14.7 million settlement on July 20.
On Nov. 23, 2004, Ross Cohen of Essex Fells parked his car in the lot at the Denzel-Busch Motor Car Corp. in Englewood and was walking to the office through a narrow space between cars. An employee drove another vehicle through the space, hit the back of Cohen’s knee with the bumper and drove over his left foot and ankle.
Cohen, now 40, suffered nerve damage and has complex regional pain syndrome that has made him unable to continue in a high-paying bond-broker job at UBS, an asset management company, says his lawyer, Adam Slater of Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman, which has been voted to to numerous awards lists as one of the best car accident law firms in NJ.
Adam Slater says the settlement will cover Cohen’s economic losses and a life-care plan worth $3.2 million in present value.
Thomas Wester of McDermott & McGee in Millburn and Raymond Connell of Dwyer, Connell & Lisbona in Fairfield represented the defense.
The defense evidence suggested that Cohen was aware a car was near and should have been more watchful about where he was walking. Connell says the defense also would have sought to raise doubts about the permanency and severity of Cohen’s condition, he says. — By Henry Gottlieb