Corn, Harvey E

Christopher Perez is a personal injury trial lawyer, who has zealously advocated the interests of over one thousand accident victims, since graduating from Rutgers School of Law in Newark, New Jersey. Mr. Perez consistently obtains favorable jury verdicts and settlements in complex matters involving spinal injuries and other orthopedic and neurological injuries. He brings a passion and intensity to the courtroom, which is fueled by his genuine desire to obtain a just and fair outcome for each of his clients. In 2009, the Supreme Court of New Jersey appointed him to the Supreme Court Ethics Committee, District VC-Essex County. Mr. Perez has argued cases before the New Jersey Appellate Division as well as the Disciplinary Review Board of the Supreme Court of the State of New Jersey. He has been named a Super Lawyer: Rising Star 2013, for lawyers practicing less than ten years, a designation given to less than 2.5% of all New Jersey attorneys. He is a member of the New Jersey Association for Justice. He is also the proud father of two sons, Juan and Diego.

Verdicts and Settlements at Trial

• $2.4 Million Settlement for intra-abdominal injuries in Hudson County, for a man injured while operating a defectively designed fork lift.
• $350,000 Verdict for hip bursitis in Essex County, for a woman injured as a pedestrian by an automobile.
• $285,000 Settlement for one minute of conscious pain in suffering in Essex County, in a wrongful death action. No economic loss claims could be asserted and the settlement was for one minute of conscious pain and suffering only.
• $262,000 Settlement for a leg fracture in Essex County, for an eight year old boy injured in a slip and fall accident at his day care center.
• $250,000 Verdict for a disc bulge in Essex County, for a man injured in an automobile accident.
• $237,500 Settlement for an ankle fracture in Essex County, for a woman injured in a slip and fall accident on a commercial property.
• $175,000 Settlement for aggravation of a herniated disc in Essex County, for a man injured in a truck accident.
• $162,000 Settlement for aggravation of a herniated disc in Middlesex County, for a woman injured in a slip and fall accident in a supermarket.
• $135,000 Settlement for a wrist fracture in Essex County, for a man injured in a slip and fall accident on a commercial property.
• $120,000 Settlement for a facial scar in Middlesex County, for a young man injured in an automobile accident.
• $75,000 Settlement for disc herniation in Middlesex County, for a woman injured in a fall down accident in a supermarket.
• $65,000 Verdict for a disc herniation in Essex County, for a man injured in an automobile accident.
• $62,000 Verdict for a disc herniation in Essex County, for a woman injured in an automobile accident.
• $60,000 Settlement for a disc herniation in Hudson County, immediately after Mr. Perez's cross-examination of the defense doctor, for a man injured in an automobile accident.