FIRM NEWS
FIRM NEWS
3 June 2026
Congratulations to Eric M. Miller on his “No Cause” at Trial.
Congratulations to Eric M. Miller on his “No Cause” at trial. The case was litigated on June 1 and June 3, 2026 in Atlantic County Superior Court before the Honorable Sarah Beth Johnson, J.S.C. The Plaintiff alleged that he sustained permanent injuries to his lumbar spine as a result of a rear-end motor vehicle collision. The jury found in favor of Mr. Miller’s client, 6-0, on the issue of permanency after one hour and four minutes of deliberations.
4 February 2026
Congratulations to Eric M. Miller on his “No Cause” at Trial.
Congratulations to Eric M. Miller on his “No Cause” at trial. The case was litigated from February 3–4, 2026, in Atlantic County Superior Court before the Honorable Sarah Beth Johnson, J.S.C. The Plaintiff, who was 47 years old at the time of the accident, alleged that he sustained a permanent injury, in the form of a new C7-T1 disc herniation, as a result of a rear-end motor vehicle collision. The jury found in favor of Mr. Miller’s client, 6–0, on the issue of permanency after 23 minutes of deliberations.
10 December 2025
Congratulations to Eric M. Miller on his “No Cause” at Trial.
Congratulations to Eric M. Miller on his “No Cause” at trial. The case was first tried from July 8–11, 2024, in Ocean County Superior Court before the Honorable Robert E. Brenner, J.S.C. The Plaintiff, who was 42 years old at the time of the accident, alleged that she sustained permanent injuries—including multiple herniated discs in her cervical and thoracic spine—as a result of a chain-reaction motor vehicle collision. The jury initially returned a unanimous 7–0 verdict in favor of Mr. Miller’s client on liability, finding that neither his client nor any other party was proven negligent. That verdict and the resulting Judgment of No Cause were later vacated by Judge Brenner after Plaintiff’s counsel moved for a new trial. The case was retried from December 8–10, 2025, before Judge Brenner, and Mr. Miller again prevailed—this time on the verbal threshold. After 48 minutes of deliberations, the jury unanimously found, 7–0, that the Plaintiff did not sustain a permanent injury in the accident, resulting in a final Judgment of No Cause in favor of Mr. Miller’s client.
7 October 2025
Congratulations to Eric M. Miller on his “No Cause” at Trial.
Congratulations to Eric M. Miller on his “No Cause” at trial. The case was litigated from October 6-7, 2025 in Ocean County Superior Court before the Honorable Valter H. Must, J.S.C. The Plaintiff, who was 59 years old at the time of the accident, alleged that he sustained permanent injuries to his cervical and lumbar spine, including disc herniations and cervical radiculopathy, as a result of a rear-end motor vehicle collision. Following the completion of all witness testimony and before closing arguments, Judge Must granted Mr. Miller’s motion for a directed verdict, finding that the Plaintiff failed to establish a prima facie case of a permanent injury causally related to the accident through objective, credible medical evidence. The action was dismissed with prejudice.
21 May 2025
Congratulations to Eric M. Miller on his “No Cause” at Trial.
Congratulations to Eric M. Miller on his “No Cause” at trial. The case was litigated from May 19–21, 2025, in Atlantic County Superior Court before the Honorable Sarah Beth Johnson, J.S.C. The Plaintiff alleged that he sustained permanent injuries to his neck and lower back, including four cervical disc herniations and two lumbar disc herniations, as a result of a motor vehicle collision in a parking lot. The jury found in favor of Mr. Miller’s client, 5–1, on the issue of permanency after 48 minutes of deliberations.
3 October 2024
Congratulations to Eric M. Miller on his “No Cause” at Trial.
Congratulations to Eric M. Miller on his “No Cause” at trial. The case was litigated over three days, from September 30 through October 3, 2024, in Ocean County Superior Court before the Honorable James Den Uyl, J.S.C. The Plaintiff alleged that he sustained permanent injuries, in the form of four herniated discs in his lumbar spine and lumbar radiculopathy, as a result of a rear-end motor vehicle collision. The jury found in favor of Mr. Miller’s client, 7-0, on the issue of permanency after only 14 minutes of deliberations.
26 September 2024
Congratulations to Eric M. Miller on his “No Cause” at Trial.
Congratulations to Eric M. Miller on his unanimous “No Cause” at trial. The case was litigated from September 23-26, 2024 in Ocean County Superior Court before the Honorable Robert E. Brenner, J.S.C. The Plaintiff, who was 38 years old at the time of the alleged accident, claimed that she sustained permanent injuries to her neck, back, left shoulder, and left knee, including multiple cervical and lumbar disc herniations, a left rotator cuff tear, and a partial tear of the left anterior cruciate ligament, as a result of an alleged fall on a defective staircase at the Defendants’ rental property. After a four-day trial, the jury found in favor of Mr. Miller’s clients, Amanda Maisano and Frank Maisano, 7-0, concluding that the alleged fall did not occur.
13 March 2024
Congratulations to Eric M. Miller on his “No Cause” at Trial.
Congratulations to Eric M. Miller on his “No Cause” at trial. The case was litigated from March 12–13, 2024, in Ocean County Superior Court before the Honorable Valter H. Must, J.S.C. The Plaintiff, who was 36 years old at the time of the accident, alleged that the October 10, 2020 motor vehicle collision permanently aggravated preexisting cervical and lumbar disc herniations and caused cervical and lumbar radiculopathy. The jury found in favor of Mr. Miller’s client, 6-0, on the issue of permanency after 20 minutes of deliberations.
24 January 2024
Congratulations to Eric M. Miller on his “No Cause” at Trial.
Congratulations to Eric M. Miller on his “No Cause” at trial. The case was litigated from January 22–24, 2024 in Ocean County Superior Court before the Honorable Valter H. Must, J.S.C. The Plaintiff, who was 26 years old at the time of the accident, alleged that she sustained permanent injuries, including cervical disc herniations and multiple cervical and lumbar disc bulges, as a result of a head-on motor vehicle collision. The jury found in favor of Mr. Miller’s clients, 6–1, on the issue of permanency after 50 minutes of deliberations.
28 September 2023
12 July 2023
Congratulations to Michael B. Kelly on his “No Cause” at Trial.
Congratulations to Michael B. Kelly, Esq. on his No Cause at Trial. The case was tried from September 26-28, 2023 in Superior Court, Ocean County before the Honorable Craig Wellerson. The two Plaintiffs were 37 and 59 years and alleged they sustained cervical and lumbar herniations. The Defendant stipulated to liability and tried the case on the limited tort threshold alleging the Plaintiffs did not sustain permanent injuries. After approximately 40 minutes of deliberations, the jury returned a no cause verdict 6-0 on the issue of permanency as to both Plaintiffs.
8 June 2023
Congratulations to Eric M. Miller on his “No Cause” at Trial.
Congratulations to Eric M. Miller on his “No Cause” at trial. The case was litigated from July 11-12, 2023 in Monmouth County Superior Court before the Honorable Mara Zazzali-Hogan, J.S.C. The Plaintiff, who was 31-years old at the time of the accident, alleged that she sustained permanent injuries, in the form of herniated discs in her cervical and lumbar spine as a result of a head-on motor vehicle collision. The jury found in favor of Mr. Miller’s client, 6-1, on the issue of permanency after 48 minutes of deliberations.
Congratulations to Eric M. Miller on his “No Cause” at Trial.
Congratulations to Eric M. Miller on his “No Cause” at trial. The case was litigated over the course of 3 days from June 6-8, 2023 in Ocean County Superior Court before the Honorable James Den Uyl, J.S.C. The case involved allegations of permanent lumbar spine injuries arising as a result of a rear-end motor vehicle accident. The jury found in favor of Mr. Miller’s client, 6-0, on the issue of permanency.