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TOP 20 PERSONAL INJURY AWARDS OF THE YEAR
New Jersey Law Journal - Sep. 2005—Here are the largest personal injury verdicts reported by the Law Journal for the 12 months ending Aug 29, 2005, ranked in order of their value as of date of verdict or settlement…
DRIVER PARALYZED IN SUV ROLLOVER AWARDED $8M
Zakrocki v. Ford Motor Co. - —The suit claimed that the 2000 accident was caused by a defective throttle design in the 1997 Ford Explorer made its accelerator stick in the closed position. When plaintiff, Rebekah Zakrocki, then 21, pressed hard on the gas while driving on the Garden State Parkway, the vehicle lurched forward. Panicked she turned the wheel to the left causing the vehicle to roll onto its roof.
NJ Transit Worker Dies of Pulmonary Fibrosis, Widow Awarded 19M
Fuccilli v. New Jersey Transit, Central Railroad of New Jersey and Consolidated Rail Inc - —The wife of a New Jersey Transit employee who died in 2002 of a job-related lung disease was awarded $19.2 million by a Superior Court jury in New Brunswick.
