Jack Wurgaft is quoted in this article about a husband and wife who agreed to accept $1.65 million to settle their suit against the estate of a driver killed in a head-on collision with their car. A second claim, brought by Parker's passenger, Lynn Klein of Ridgewood, was settled by Parker's estate for $650,000. Both settlements were paid by Federal Insurance Co. Klein's lawyer Jack Wurgaft, says liability would have been minimal had the defense been able to prove that Parker's heart condition was the cause of the crash. "This could have been an all-or-nothing case because of that," he says.

Jack Wurgaft represented the widow of Thomas Bonner, a 46-year-old construction worker who was knocked off a 12-story building by unsecured sheets of steel roof decking blown by high winds. On behalf of the plaintiff, Mr. Wurgaft accepted a $1.4 million settlement on the wrongful-death suit. Maryanne Bonner sued Hartz Mountain Industries Inc., her husband's employer and several contractors, claiming that the sheets were not properly secured, in violation of federal safety regulations.

Jack Wurgaft is quoted in this article about a husband and wife who agreed to accept $1.65 million to settle their suit against the estate of a driver killed in a head-on collision with their car. A second claim, brought by Parker's passenger, Lynn Klein of Ridgewood, was settled by Parker's estate for $650,000. Both settlements were paid by Federal Insurance Co. Klein's lawyer Jack Wurgaft, says liability would have been minimal had the defense been able to prove that Parker's heart condition was the cause of the crash. "This could have been an all-or-nothing case because of that," he says.

Ken Javerbaum is quoted in this article about the state Supreme Court's Committee on the Unauthorized Practice of Law.

Kenneth Javerbaum, who sits on the Committee, sees a need for definition, saying the boundary between what is and is not the practice of law "certainly is not a bright line."

Robert Hicks is quoted in this article about Crippen v. Central Jersey Concrete Pipe Co., where a widow sued her late husband's employer for covering up its failure to correct violations found by the federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration in its equipment. The husband was killed in 1998 when he fell into a sand holder and was buried. OSHA had cited the company because of problems with the holder, the suit charged. Annabelle Crippen's lawyer, Robert Hicks, said the Central Jersey Concrete Pipe had created a "patently dangerous situation in ignoring a government order" to repair the sand machine. "This was conduct which created a substantial certainty that injury would occur," said Hicks, a partner at Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks & Zarin in Springfield. "It did not require a degree in safety engineering to know that an accident was going to happen."

Robert Hicks is quoted in this article about a wrongful birth suit brought on behalf of the parents of a boy born with severe birth defects, which medical professionals failed to observe during pregnancy. Plaintiff's attorney Robert Hicks says medical professionals responsible for reading a 19 1/2 week sonogram failed to observe a hand defect and diagnosed the pregnancy as normal.

Ken Javerbaum is featured in this article about the Essex County Bar Association’s presentation of the Civil Trial Attorney Achievement Award from the Bar’s officers and trustees.

Ken Javerbaum is quoted in this article about the settlement of $2.8 million, reached with HVAC contractor, Pennetta & Son Inc. of Jersey City and other defendants, on behalf of three Elizabeth city workers who were burned in a gas explosion. Pennetta was the target of all the other parties' evidence and the chief issue was the extent of the workers' injuries, not liability. Papetti, for example, suffered severe hand burns, and he suffered lasting psychological trauma that has undermined his ability to work, Javerbaum said.

Robert Hicks is quoted in this article on this legal issue: When can an injured employee sidestep the remedies in the Workers' Compensation Act and choose the more lucrative route, a suit against their employers under regular tort law for egregious health and safety violations? Broadly, the Court restated its longstanding position that when an employer is "substantially certain" that a dangerous condition exists and has been covered up or gone unfixed, an "intentional wrong" will be deemed to have occurred and the employer will be open to civil suit. Robert Hicks represented the estate of a worker who was asked to operate a machine that could only be accessed from an unsupported ladder balanced on a 10-inch-wide plank suspended over a hopper of moving sand and gravel. The worker slipped from the ladder and drowned in the sand.

Ken Javerbaum is quoted in this article about the family of a 3-year-old boy who authorities say was lured from a library before he was raped and killed, and the family’s plans to sue the Woodbridge public school system, New Jersey's child welfare agency and others. "It boils down to failure to properly supervise him," Ken Javerbaum, the attorney for Beeks' family, said in a telephone interview. "He's different from other children. He has a long history of anti-social behavior. They were on notice he was a very disruptive influence who was violent."

Ken Javerbaum, on behalf of the insured party Harley Davidson of Trenton, is quoted in this article about an insurance carrier that acted in bad faith when it refused to settle a personal injury case within the $500,000 policy limits. As a result, American Hardware Mutual Insurance Co. is liable for the entire $1.2 million award, plus more than $200,000 in prejudgment interest the plaintiffs won at a 1998 trial. Worse, post-judgment interest that continued to mount during a three-year coverage battle has exposed the company to an additional $500,000 payment. Put simply, an insurer that was given the opportunity to settle a case for less than $500,000 five years ago now has to pay $1.9 million.

According to Javerbaum, the motorcycle dealer's business was hurt by having to pay its share of the supersedeas bond pending a resolution of the coverage issue.

Ken Javerbaum is quoted in this article about a wrongful death civil action brought by Elizabeth Bernoskie, the widow of a New Jersey Police officer who was murdered in 1958. The accused suspect, Robert Zarinsky, was not named until 1999, and was acquitted in a criminal trial. Kenneth Javerbaum, who is representing Elizabeth Bernoskie, said the family would not have filed a civil suit had Zarinsky been found guilty. "We would have felt justice was done," Javerbaum said. "There would have been closure. Now, more than ever, we have to go ahead with this civil case. It is clear to me that Zarinsky was the killer. I don't think there is any other explanation."

Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks & Zarin celebrated its 25th anniversary in the New Jersey legal community with a gala cocktail reception at the firm's Springfield office on Sept. 5. Read the full article and see photos from the party.

Ken Javerbaum is quoted in this piece about collecting wrongful-death judgments from murderers. The reporter writes, "There are times, though, when the heirs of murder victims and the contingency lawyers they hire receive more than psychic rewards. Javerbaum is one of them. He said on Wednesday that he received $154,000 from a secretly held brokerage account of a state prison inmate found liable for $9.5 million to the family of a Rahway policeman killed in 1958. .. Javerbaum says that the money is not as important to his client as is the finding of liability. 'The main value to her was that a wrong - the acquittal in the criminal case - was righted.' And for Elizabeth Bernoskie, the satisfaction of getting the money is less than the satisfaction of knowing that Zarinsky is losing it, Javerbaum says."

Rubin Sinins is quoted throughout an article regarding Former Newark Police Director Robert Rankin’s lawsuit which accuses Mayor Sharpe James and the city's business administrator of removing him from his post and placing him on an unpaid administrative unlawfully. The lawsuit, filed May 13, 2004, seeks to have Rankin reinstated.

Ken Javerbaum is quoted in this article about the family of a 3-year-old boy who authorities say was lured from a library before he was raped and killed. Javerbaum represents the victim's guardian, and has brought suit against the Woodbridge public school system, New Jersey's child welfare agency and others, claiming they knew the 10-year-old murderer was troubled and prone to violence. "It's certainly a death that could have been prevented had the school board had protocols in place and dealt with a situation that was recognized by them and repeatedly called to their attention by the assailant's father," said the family's attorney, Kenneth Javerbaum.

Ken Javerbaum is quoted in this article about the case brought by the adoptive mother of a 3-year-old boy murdered in Colonia in March 2003 by then-10-year-old Aaron Kean. The wrongful death suit against the Woodbridge Board of Education, Aaron's tutor, the state Division of Youth and Family Services and others, says Singleton's Springfield-based attorney, Kenneth Javerbaum, is "calling the Woodbridge Board of Education into account because I believe it was their failure to properly deal with an obviously troubled student."

A high school varsity baseball player struck by lightning during a game and left in a vegetative state will receive $2.6 million from the insurer for two school boards and two umpires. Krishan Thomas, now 20, lives with his parents and has no chance of improvement, says his attorney, Jack Wurgaft of Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks & Zarin in Springfield. Wurgaft says the umpires were grossly negligent in failing to halt the game when an electrical storm was imminent, as prescribed by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association rulebook. Other players testified to the presence of intermittent rain, wind and low, black clouds before and during the game, Wurgaft notes.

After only about an hour and 45 minutes of deliberation, a jury unanimously found that a man serving a 98-year term for murder had fatally shot a Rahway, N.J., police officer nearly 45 years ago. Ken Javerbaum's client, Elizabeth Bernoskie, and her family declined to comment at length on the award, instead focusing their delight on the jury's ruling on the issue of Mr. Zarinsky's responsibility.

Ken Javerbaum represented Elizabeth Bernoskie, the widow of a Rahway police officer, in a lawsuit against Robert Zarinsky, the man acquitted in an earlier criminal case of killing her husband. A jury in the lawsuit trial found that the man was responsible for the officer's death, and awarded $10.7 million.

Ken Javerbaum, Rutgers Law School Class of 1966, reports that the Javerbaum website earned a spot on the "Nifty 50" with special recognition for the firm's "Seven Stages of a Lawsuit" presentation.

Jack Wurgaft is mentioned in this article about the growing number of lawsuits against nursing homes for abuse and neglect.

Eric Kahn is cited as one of the 40 young New Jersey lawyers that the New Jersey Law Journal thinks are worth watching, not only for what they have achieved in their careers but more so for the potential they show to be among the leaders of the New Jersey bar in the not-so-distant future.

This article mentions Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks & Zarin as an example of a law firm using new and creative ways online to reach clients, with particular focus to the online movie: 7 Stages of a Lawsuit.

A former Cranford woman who was raped in a hotel courtyard two years ago settled her civil suit against the Hilton hotel chain for more than $800,000. Her attorney, Kenneth Javerbaum, said the hotel clearly was in the wrong. That night, only one employee, a desk clerk, was on duty at the 109-room hotel, Javerbaum said. There was inadequate lighting, light bulbs were burned out, a main gate to the hotel was left open and card keys for guests who had checked out still worked, Javerbaum said. There were no surveillance cameras at the hotel, Javerbaum said. As the woman's two daughters slept upstairs, the assailant was able to carry out the attack without detection, Javerbaum said. "Even Hilton acknowledges they should have had more people on duty," Javerbaum said. "This was a horrible, horrible crime."

Rubin Sinins is quoted in an article as lead defense attorney covering the anticipated ruling from Superior Court Judge Betty Lester on the constitutionality of 400 hours of wiretap tape recordings from pay telephones in the Essex County Jail in a case against nearly two dozen members of Bloods gangs in Newark and surrounding communities. It was then the largest street-gang prosecution in the state's history.

Rubin Sinins is quoted in article covering a Superior Court judge’s ruling where jailhouse wiretaps were determined legal in a racketeering case against nearly two dozen Bloods gang members in Essex County. Sinins was lead counsel for the defense.

Eric Kahn is quoted extensively in this Associated Press story about Faheem Williams.

Eric Kahn quoted in Associated Press story about the Faheem Williams case.