Dennis Shlionsky, Associate
Personal Injury

Published Works:

New Jersey’s Answer to the Economic Loss Rule: Striking a Balance Between Public Policy Considerations in Contract and Tort Law, August 24, 2015

Education:

Rutgers Law School, Juris Doctor, Corporate and Business Certificate

Montclair State University, Magna Cum Laude, Upper Montclair, Bachelor of Arts

Clerkship:

Honorable Margaret Goodzeit, P.J. Ch., Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren vicinage  

Honorable Magistrate Judge Joseph A. Dickson, United States District Court – Newark, NJ (Internship)

Notable Matters

• $875,000 settlement at mediation for spinal and knee injuries from ride-share accident in Essex County

• $500,000 recovery for spinal and knee injuries from collision with an ambulance, which had its lights and sirens activated, on its way to HUMC in Passaic County

• ​$290,000 recovery for motorcyclist with leg injuries in Morris County

• $275,000 from fall over shoe box at Macy’s in Middlesex County

• $272,500 recovery for fall on chipped curb at gas station in Passaic County 

• $200,000 recovery for low impact collision with truck without property damage in Essex County

• $200,000 settlement for manicurist with a broken wrist from fall at residential home in Bergen County

• $125,000 recovery for low impact collision with no visible damage in Bergen County, NJ

• $68,500 recovery for broken pinky toe from collision in Morris County

• $1.30 million global recovery for driver injured in a trucking accident in Passaic County
• Assisted with recovery of $1.25 million following an accident with an New Jersey Transit bus
• $950,000 settlement at mediation for injuries from automobile collision on Long Beach Island, NJ
• $905,000 settlement co-counsel at trial for disc herniations from collision in Middlesex County
• $850,000 settlement at mediation for neck injury from slip on berry in Bergen County supermarket
• $750,000 settlement against driver and disclaiming fast-food chain for collision in New York
• $650,000 settlement as co-counsel at trial for back injury from trucking collision in Middlesex County
• $615,000 settlement as co-counsel at trial for aggravated back injury from collision Morris County 
• $575,000 settlement for aggravated lower back injury sustained on the Turnpike in Hudson County
• $425,000 settlement for disc herniations from crash with no visible property damage in Essex County
• $375,000 recovery for neck and back herniations from red/green light collision in Middlesex County
• $340,000 recovery for fall down at a construction site in Bergen County
• $325,000 recovery for a car accident in a supermarket’s parking lot in Essex County
• $325,000 for broken pinky finger from auto accident in Bergen County
• $300,000 recovery for automobile collision in Passaic County
• $250,000 settlement for lower back injuries from automobile collision in Morris County
• $250,000 settlement for neck and back injuries from an automobile collision in Hudson County
• $250,000 settlement in collision case following declaratory action against several disclaiming insurers
• $230,000 settlement at mediation in tenant’s fall down case against insurer and its broker for malpractice
• $201,000 settlement for lower back injury from a collision in Middlesex County
• $200,000 settlement representing policy limits for collision in Hudson County
• $200,000 settlement for neck herniations from collision in Essex County
• $200,000 settlement for neck and shoulder injuries from collision in Essex County
• $190,000 settlement for neck herniations from a low impact collision in Middlesex County
• $177,000 settlement for neck and back herniations from a collision in Essex County
• $175,000 settlement at mediation for eyebrow injury in j-walking collision case in Morris County
• $150,000 settlement for trip and fall on unattended cart in an Essex County supermarket
• $125,000 settlement for neck herniations from a residential ceiling collapse in Essex County
• $130,000 verdict at trial as co-counsel for reinjured disc herniations in low impact collision
• $125,000 settlement for emotional distress injuries from trucking accident in Morris County
• $125,000 settlement for parking lot collision in Morris County
• $100,000 settlement for leg injury from pedestrian j-walking scenario in Essex County
• $100,000 settlement for automobile collision with no visible property damage in Lando Lakes, Florida
• $100,000 settlement for red/green light automobile collision in Hudson County
• $100,000 settlement for a neck herniation from an automobile collision in Passaic County
• $100,000 settlement for ankle injury at construction site in Passaic County
• $100,000 settlement for low back herniations from automobile collision in Morris County
• $99,500 settlement for low back herniation from automobile collision in Hudson County
• $99,000 settlement for neck and back herniations from automobile collision in Essex County
• $90,000 settlement for neck herniation and wrist injury from a collision in Essex County
• $85,000 settlement for soft tissue injuries from an automobile collision in Middlesex County
• $82,500 settlement for disc herniations from an automobile collision in Bergen County
• $75,000 settlement for neck bulges from a “close call” workers’ incident in Bergen County
• $75,000 settlement for soft tissue injuries from an automobile collision in Bergen County
• $75,000 settlement for a soft tissue ankle injury from an automobile collision in Bergen County
• $75,000 settlement for burn injuries against a national chain when hot coffee spilled on her
• $65,000 settlement for low back bulges from a boating dock slip on algae in Sussex County

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