Man Dies After Building Negligence in Emergency Care -$500,000 Settlement

A man passed away after EMS found him unconscious and unresponsive in his apartment on Hassart Street, New Brunswick, New Jersey. He had contacted his daughter and expressed his difficulty breathing, however, when emergency services reached the building, apartment employees or management were not there to let them into the locked building, delaying their response. Davis, Saperstein & Salomon, P.C. Partner Adam B. Lederman and Senior Associate Manuel B. Sameiro filed suit in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Middlesex County, proving that the apartment complex was negligent in failing to provide proper safety and security measures that would have given emergency responders timely access, and won the client’s family a $500,000 settlement for their loss.

After the man was found unresponsive, he was taken to Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and was placed on life support. He was declared dead the next day. Davis, Saperstein & Salomon, P.C. retained a medical expert to author a narrative report proving the client’s pain & suffering and the causes of his death. The expert opined that if EMS had reached our client earlier with the help of the apartment building to provide life-saving care, he would have been much more likely to survive. Partner Adam B. Lederman and Senior Associate Manuel B. Sameiro also retained a safety expert who found that the apartment complex was responsible for providing a safe environment and reasonable care to protect its tenants from foreseeable injury, and failed to do so when it came to our client. The experts’ reports helped Davis, Saperstein & Salomon, P.C. Partner Adam B. Lederman and Senior Associate Manuel B. Sameiro win the client’s family a settlement for his death, pain & suffering.

 

Settlements are often limited by the total available insurance coverage. Insurance company adjusters and their lawyers often defend cases by claiming that a client was negligent and could have avoided being injured by arguing comparative negligence on the part of an injured client; or that their pain and suffering was caused by pre-existing medical conditions or prior injuries. Despite those defenses, the Davis, Saperstein & Salomon, PC lawyers won their client’s injury claim. Each client’s case is unique. Results may differ because of different facts, circumstances and available insurance coverage.

 

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