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$2.3M Settlement Reached In Crash With DWI Off-Duty Central Jersey Officer: Report $2.3M Settlement Reached In Crash With DWI Off-Duty Central Jersey Officer: Report
$2.3M Settlement Reached In Crash With DWI Off-Duty Central Jersey Officer: Report A Central Jersey man who nearly died after a drunken off-duty police officer plowed into his car has reached a $2.25 million settlement, NJ Advance Media reports. Amadeo Sosa, then 56, of Perth Amboy was sitting in his car behind a disabled dump truck on the side of Route 9 in Old Bridge on Dec. 18, 2018, when then Sayreville Police Sgt. Jeffrey P. Kutz slammed into his vehicle, the outlet said. Sosa suffered a broken back after becoming pinned. “If you look at the photos in this case, it’s just a flat out miracle that he didn’t die,” Sosa’s attorney, Nicholas Leonardis of Stathis…

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by Jon Craig
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Worker Who Suffered Brain Damage After Falling Through Roof At Mall In North Jersey Gets $8M Worker Who Suffered Brain Damage After Falling Through Roof At Mall In North Jersey Gets $8M
Worker Who Suffered Brain Damage After Falling Through Roof At Mall In North Jersey Gets $8M A construction worker who suffered brain damage when he fell 25 feet through a hole in a roof during the construction of a mall in Morris County has reportedly collected an $8 million settlement. Jesus Manuel Garcia of the Bronx was airlifted to a local hospital after plunging through an unmarked opening in the roof at the former site of the Ledgewood Mall on Route 10 on Feb. 1, 2020. He went into cardiac arrest but survived the fall with life-threatening injuries after landing on a concrete slab, authorities said at the time. A lawsuit filed against March Associates Construction ended in …

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by Jerry DeMarco