Ressler & Ressler is a plaintiffs' litigation law firm with 60 years experience. Our clients rely on us to handle complex personal injury and commercial litigation throughout the country. Our partners have outstanding reputations, and impressive track records in a variety of landmark cases, resulting in a string of multi-million-dollar recoveries. What sets Ressler & Ressler apart from other plaintiffs' litigation law firms is our combined portfolio of both serious personal injury and complex commercial litigation matters. Unlike many firms that have expertise only in one of these areas, we have partners with extensive experience in both. This means that every client enjoys the quality representation they deserve whatever the issues involved.
Significant Cases:
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Obstetrical Medical Malpractice
$ 15,000,000
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Child suffered brain damage as a result of "high-forceps" delivery during birth.
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Child Suffers Fractured Skull At Birth
$ 7,000,000
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An infant born in a high-risk pregnancy was delivered with forceps instead of by caesarian section.
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Failure To Diagnose Bowel Perforation
$ 6,500,000
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A 46 year old woman underwent surgery for an ovarian cyst and during the procedure her bowel was perforated.
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Unlawful Shooting by Security Guard
$ 6,500,000
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Student rendered legally blind when shot by security guard who had past felony record and security failed to do background check.
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Passenger on Ferry
$ 5,000,000
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Passenger crushed to death in the Staten Island Ferry disaster crash.
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Student Hiking Accident
$ 4,675,000
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A thirteen year old girl was injured on a hiking trip with her school when she fell from a cliff on a mountain trail in upstate New York and sustained multiple fractures.
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Motor Vehicle Rollover Accident
$ 4,500,000
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A thirteen year old girl was injured on a hiking trip with her school when she fell from a cliff on a mountain trail in upstate New York and sustained multiple fractures.
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Failure To Treat Infant's Infection
$ 3,450,000
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A newborn was not provided with appropriate antibiotic therapy prenatally, or at birth, which caused him to develop serious infection at 10 days of age.
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Iron Worker Falls From Skyscraper
$ 3,000,000
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A 32 year old ironworker was killed when he fell from a skyscraper being erected in New York City.
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Housewife Hit By Truck
$ 3,000,000
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A 34 year old housewife standing on the sidewalk at the corner of an intersection in Bronx County, N.Y. was hit by a truck that came onto the sidewalk while making a right turn.
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Settlement Reached in Consumer Fraud Class Action
$ 2,800,000
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The Firm filed a class action against NVE Bank on behalf of its Certificate of Deposit holders, under the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act, alleging that the bank had engaged in a deceptive interest rate scheme with respect to the issuance and renewal of CDs.
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Police Shooting
$ 2,800,000
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The Firm represented a twenty-two year old man who was accidentally shot in the left eye by a friend, an off-duty New York City police officer.
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Settlement Reached In Class Action Against The Esmor Corporation
$ 2,500,000
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The Firm filed a class action, known as the Brown Class Action, on behalf of certain illegal aliens seeking political asylum in the United States.
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Failure To Properly Monitor Cardiac Patient
$ 2,500,000
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A 49 year old Russian immigrant was admitted to a hospital and placed on a heart monitor.
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Pedestrian Struck By A Van Near Construction Site
$ 2,250,000
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The Firm brought a wrongful death action on behalf of a medical researcher from China, who was struck by a van as she crossed the street near a construction project.
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Motor Vehicle Strikes Flooded Roadway
$ 2,060,000
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A 4 year old boy was a passenger in his mother's car which struck a puddle in the roadway causing the car to go out of control and collide with an oncoming truck.
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Motor Vehicle Strikes Flooded Roadway
$ 2,060,000
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A 4 year old boy was a passenger in his mother's car which struck a puddle in the roadway causing the car to go out of control and collide with an oncoming truck.
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Failure To Diagnose Colon Cancer
$ 2,000,000
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A 68 year old retiree went to the hospital presenting with a cancerous tumor of his appendix.
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Bicycle Rider Struck by Motor Vehicle
$ 2,000,000
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Adult bike rider struck by car causing severe fractures to her pelvis and road burn as a result of being dragged under a car.
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Plastic Surgery
$ 2,000,000
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Patient died undergoing a "face lift" cosmetic surgery. Malpractice Action settled.
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Failure To Diagnose Infant at Birth
$ 1,950,000
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A child was born in a hospital which failed to diagnose his congenital toxoplasmosis, despite one week in the neonatal intensive care unit where several abnormal test results were obtained.
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Case Dismissed Due To Lawyer's Failure To Comply With Discovery
$ 1,800,000
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A construction worker hired attorneys to represent him to recover damages for injuries sustained in an accident on the job.
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Case Dismissed Due To Lawyer's Failure To Comply With Discovery
$ 1,800,000
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A construction worker hired attorneys to represent him to recover damages for injuries sustained in an accident on the job.
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Improper Caesarian Section
$ 1,760,000
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A medical malpractice action in New Jersey in which a pregnant woman lapsed into a coma during childbirth when her obstetrician could not locate the source of her internal bleeding.
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Misdiagnosis Of Breast Cancer
$ 1,700,000
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Due to a 13 month delay in diagnosis, plaintiff's breast cancer spread to her lymph nodes, causing her to undergo additional surgery and chemotherapy, and reducing the probability of her 10 year survival from more than 90 percent to less than 50 percent.
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Defectively Guarded Machinery
$ 1,700,000
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A 60 year old maintenance worker cleaning the floor of a meat packing plant, had his left arm traumatically amputated by the unguarded blades of a meat grinding machine.
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Failure to Properly Treat Asthma Attack Victim
$ 1,600,000
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A 32 year old disabled woman, married, with one child, was admitted to Emergency Room due to asthma attack.
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Motorist Killed By Drunk Driver
$ 1,500,000
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A 33 year old businessman, married with three children, was on his way home from work when his motor vehicle was struck by another vehicle, which fled the scene.
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Pedestrian Crossing Street
$ 1,500,000
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Pedestrian struck by truck. Driver went through red traffic signal, striking pedestrian and causing severe fractures to her leg.
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Excessive Medication During Hospital Care
$ 1,475,000
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A 67 year old man assaulted in a restaurant, then went to a hospital for treatment where he was given an excessive dose of procardia, a blood pressure medication, which put him into a coma.
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Mother Bleeds To Death After Caesarian Section
$ 1,475,000
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A 21 year old woman gave birth to her first child by caesarian section.
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Steelworker Injured By Steel Beams
$ 1,400,000
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The plaintiff and co-workers were unloading steel beams from a delivery truck when one of the beams fell off the truck and injured the plaintiff.
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Failure To Diagnose Heart Condition After Surgery
$ 1,250,000
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A 46 year old dialysis patient underwent heart valve surgery, however, he was discharged from the hospital before being diagnosed with pericardial effusion.
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Failure To Diagnose Colon Cancer
$ 1,250,000
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A 44 year old carpenter had been treated at a Municipal Hospital Clinic for a variety of ailments over the course of approximately 5 years.
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Vaccine Claim Lost Due to Lawyer's Delay
$ 1,250,000
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A child suffered a serious neurological reaction to a DPT vaccine and his family consulted an attorney for a possible medical malpractice case.
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Vaccine Claim Lost Due to Lawyer's Delay
$ 1,250,000
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A child suffered a serious neurological reaction to a DPT vaccine and his family consulted an attorney for a possible medical malpractice case.
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Hotel Guest Fell When Stairway Railing Broke Loose
$ 1,250,000
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The plaintiff broker her right leg and needed surgery, but her disability was exacerbated because she had suffered polio as a child.
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Construction Worker Fell From Ladder
$ 1,225,000
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A construction worker fell while descending a ladder, suffering a spinal fracture at T-12 which required a laminectomy.
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Laborer in Warehouse Rendered Paraplegic
$ 1,200,000
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Laborer was permanently injured when rice bags he was stacking fell on him.
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Helicopter Crash
$ 1,200,000
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A couple was killed on their honeymoon in Hawaii, while sightseeing in a helicopter that crashed into a volcano.
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Pedestrian Struck By SUV
$ 1,200,000
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A 44 year old nurse, while standing on the shoulder of a highway, next to her disabled car, was struck by a passing vehicle and was killed instantly.
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Failure To Diagnose Embolism
$ 1,200,000
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A 60 year old man, while hospitalized for a recurrence of colon cancer, developed an embolism and consequently lost a portion of his left leg.
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Bus Accident With Multiple Victims.
$ 1,100,000
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A bus accident in New Jersey in which approximately forty people were injured and six were killed.
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Loading Dock Accident
$ 1,075,000
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A tractor-trailer, while backing up to make a delivery to a factory, pinned the plaintiff's head against the door frame of the factory loading dock.
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Improper Asthma Treatment
$ 1,000,000
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A 51 year old housewife who suffered an asthma attack and died after she received improper resuscitation in a hospital emergency room.
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Inadequate Asthma Treatment Leads To Asphyxiation
$ 1,000,000
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A 60 year old housewife suffered an asthma attack and was rushed to a hospital emergency room.
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Painter Fell From Scaffold
$ 1,000,000
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Plaintiff was working on a scaffold attached to the front of a Buddhist Temple, which partially collapsed, causing him to fall to the sidewalk below.
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Bank Messenger Struck By Hose From Construction Site
$ 1,000,000
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Plaintiff was standing in a roadway next to a construction site preparing to make a delivery.
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Fall In Elevator Shaft
$ 1,000,000
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A 57 year old janitor working in a Manhattan office building opened an elevator shaft door, bypassing the safety interlocks and then walked into the unlit shaft.
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Failure To File Medical Malpractice Action Within The Statutory Period
$ confidential
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The Firm filed a legal malpractice action against a New York State judge for mishandling a case before he became a judge.
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Failure To File Medical Malpractice Action Within The Statutory Period
$ confidential
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The Firm filed a legal malpractice action against a New York State judge for mishandling a case before he became a judge.
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Defective Gas Tank Design
$ confidential
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The plaintiff's husband was traveling in his Renault automobile when he was struck in the rear by another motor vehicle.
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Defective Gas Tank Design
$ confidential
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The plaintiff's husband was traveling in his Renault automobile when he was struck in the rear by another motor vehicle.
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Failure to Warn- Tylenol & Alcohol
$ confidential
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Plaintiff suffered severe liver damage, requiring surgical intervention, due to the ingestion of Tylenol after drinking alcoholic beverages.