On March 5, 2025 Petro Cohen successfully obtained a court approved settlement under the provisions of Section 20 of the Workers’ Compensation Act in the amount of $225,000.00 for a long-term security guard who had alleged that the wear and tear of her employment duties over her period of...
Dan Rosenthal, a partner with Petro Cohen P.C., recently had a successful resolution on behalf of one of our workers’ compensation clients which resulted in an Order Approving Settlement for $193,000. Our client had been employed by ACME Stores for roughly 30 thirty years when he tripped on a...
Petro Cohen recently secured a settlement on behalf of its client in the amount of $150,000 for Wear and Tear due to work related repetitive stress to her shoulder and cervical spine. Our client worked as a Registered Nurse for several years principally caring for a single patient who...
Petro Cohen recently secured a settlement on behalf of its client in the amount of $400,000 for injuries from a slip and fall on ice in a parking lot. Unfortunately, our client suffered a fractured shoulder requiring surgery as a result of the fall. At the time, our client...
The New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Law provides three main benefits to workers who have compensable medical conditions. These benefits are tax-free temporary disability payments, all reasonable and necessary medical treatment and potentially either permanent partial or permanent total disability benefits depending upon the severity of the compensable medical conditions...
Petro Cohen obtains an award of lifetime wages for a 53 year old certified nursing assistant who worked the overnight shift at a convalescent center for 18 years Our client’s 100% disability award was based on a fully denied occupational exposure where she had claimed that her many years...
Michael Veneziani recently secured a total settlement in the amount of $300,000 for his client who was badly injured in a motor vehicle accident in late 2021. Mike’s client actually struck the other vehicle involved in the accident, however, Mike pressed the argument that the other driver was at...
Suzanne Holz Meola recently represented a 69 year old construction inspector who fell down an embankment at a construction site in 2017. As a result of his fall, her client complained of injuries to his neck, low back, knee and shoulder. A workers’ compensation claim was instituted and the...
Frank Petro recently represented a 64-year-old warehouse operator who alleged that his employment duties over the course of 32 years resulted in the need for bilateral hip replacements superimposed on various preexisting conditions. The claim was completely contested by the employer. The employer’s previous owners had transferred ownership and...
In New Jersey when someone makes a conscious decision to own and keep a dog, that person must bear the responsibility for the dog’s conduct. When someone is injured by another person’s dog, the owner, may be liable to that person for any injuries that they sustained regardless of...
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