Amos Gern

HIGHLIGHTS:

• $17 million jury verdict on behalf of a patent attorney who was the victim of negligent eye surgery and an additional $3.5 million for his wife.
• $1.235 million settlement in a medical malpractice action involving a client who lost his sight as a result of negligent post-surgical treatment following open heart surgery at a local hospital.
• $1.2 million jury verdict in a medical malpractice case involving a failure to diagnose vascular insufficiency and negligent arterial stenting.
• $1.1 million settlement of elevator accident, negligent design and maintenance.
• $1.1 million settlement in a construction accident case involving OSHA violations and other negligent work-safety procedures.
• $1 million binding arbitration award on behalf of a trial attorney who suffered a closed head injury and fractures in an automobile accident.
• $835,000.00 settlement on behalf of a 32 year old man who required cervical spine surgery as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
• $750,000.00 settlement in a wrongful death action filed on behalf of an 87 year old man who was seriously injured in a motor vehicle accident, and died of a stroke which developed subsequent to his injuries.
• $725,000.00 settlement on behalf of a 33 year old truck driver who suffered a hip fracture after being involved in an accident with a tractor-trailer.
• $675,000.00 settlement on behalf of an ironworker who sustained spinal injuries during a construction accident.
• $670,000.00 settlement on behalf of a 72 year old woman who suffered a hip injury in an automobile accident.
• $625,000.00 settlement at trial on behalf of several members of the same family who were injured in an intrastate truck accident.
• $600,000.00 settlement at trial on behalf of a victim of negligent retinal surgery.
• $550,000.00 settlement on behalf of a victim of sexual assault in an inadequate security case at a university campus.
• $500,000 settlement on behalf of a 63 year old man who developed a stroke one month following a motor vehicle accident, where the medical causation was strongly contested.
• $355,000.00 settlement on behalf of a woman who injured her hand in a die press machine.
• Certified Civil Trial Attorney, certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court, since 1985.
• Certified Civil Trial Specialist, National Board of Trial Advocacy, since 1989.
• Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of New Jersey, 1971-1974.
• President, N.Y.U. Law Alumni of New Jersey, 1985-1987.
• Frequent lecturer on many trial-related issues, and television panelist.