A New Jersey driver suffered serious neck and upper back injuries in a rear-end car accident in Jersey City, NJ, on Chapel Avenue between Garfield Avenue and Caven Point Road, near the railroad crossing and I‑78 overpass area. Traffic had been stopped for a passing train. Once the gates lifted and vehicles began moving again, the client proceeded forward and was struck from behind by the Lyft driver who was following too closely, pushing the client’s car into the vehicle ahead, causing a minor secondary impact.
Davis, Saperstein & Salomon, P.C. founding Partner Marc C. Saperstein, Esq., and his legal team’s thorough case development and strong, strategic negotiation ultimately secured the client an $875,000 settlement for the injuries, damages, and losses caused by the other driver’s negligence.
The following day, the client went to Jersey City Medical Center for an emergency evaluation due to his increasing symptoms. Doctors documented neck pain along with other complaints, and specialists later confirmed that there were significant injuries to the cervical spine (neck) and thoracic spine (upper/mid back).
The evaluation and imaging showed multiple disc injuries, including herniations and tears, spinal stenosis in the cervical region, and areas of nerve compression called neural foraminal narrowing, consistent with radiating pain, tingling, and functional limitations. These injuries affect all aspects of the client’s day-to-day life due to consistent and severe neck pain and stiffness, along with other symptoms that were caused directly by the crash.
As the client’s former job was a physical laborer (drywall installation), this particular accident and injuries had an especially serious impact because of how it affected potential future earning capacity and long-term employability. Treatment progressed over time became extensive and costly, requiring ongoing pain management care, multiple cervical spine injections, and ultimately requiring spine surgery, including a two-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) at C4-5 and C5-6.
Despite clear fault, the defense team attempted to minimize the crash and potential settlement, claiming that the impact could not have caused the injuries suffered, especially because the plaintiff had a subsequent accident, but did not sustain any injuries or any additional treatment from it. They also raised issues about the cause and series of events that led to the accident to try to reduce the defendant’s responsibility. The experienced New Jersey personal injury attorneys at Davis, Saperstein & Salomon, P.C., were contacted and quickly built a strong, undisputable case proving the truth of what happened and how the client suffered losses and damages as a direct result of the crash.
To fully document fault and defeat the defense’s “minor impact” claim, Marc C. Saperstein, Esq., retained high-level experts, a biomechanical engineering expert and an accident reconstruction expert, to narrate and prove undisputable liability and related injuries in this Jersey City car accident.
The accident reconstructionist analysis supported that the rear driver was driving distractedly and did not properly respond to traffic conditions, causing the crash. The biomechanical engineering expert reviewed both vehicles’ damages, medical records, and the collision’s dynamics and concluded that the crash was forceful enough to push the client’s vehicle approximately another car length forward. These analysis reports proved that the impact was fully capable of causing the serious cervical injuries shown in medical records, undermining the defense’s attempt to downplay the accident and minimize compensation.
$875,000 Settlement
The experienced NJ car accident legal team and Certified Civil Trial Attorney and founding Partner of Davis, Saperstein & Salomon, P.C. Marc C. Saperstein, Esq., and associate Eugene Grinberg, Esq., negotiated the leverage needed and fought for a settlement that truly reflected the client’s injuries and losses, securing an $875,000 settlement after the case was signed out to trial in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Hudson County. This result reflects the reputation earned by Davis, Saperstein & Salomon, P.C. as top NJ car accident attorneys and New Jersey personal injury lawyers who are relentless advocates for clients’ justice after being harmed by others’ negligence.
