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Michael B. Zerres
1 Main Street – Chatham, New Jersey 07928
973-845-4421

Experience

Blume Forte Fried Zerres & Molinari., Chatham, New Jersey, 1990-Present

Partner; Trial Attorney
Provide legal counsel to clients injured as a result of medical malpractice, defectively designed products, and other negligent and tortuous conduct.

Rocco W. Lopiano, P.C., Jersey City, New Jersey, 1988-1990

Associate Attorney
Assisted in the discovery and management of medical malpractice, product liability, and personal injury matters

Education

St. John’s University School Of Law, Jamaica, New York
Juris Doctor, 1987
Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey
Bachelor of Arts in Communication, 1984
- magna cum laude

Bar Admission, Memberships, & Recognitions

Member, State Bar of New Jersey, 1988-Present
Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney, 1996-Present
Member, Association of Trial Lawyers
Member, Board of Governors, Association of Trial Lawyers, New Jersey
Member, Board of Trustees, Trial Attorneys of New Jersey
Associate, American Board of Trial Advocates
Member, Morris County Bar Association
Member, Essex County Bar Association
Rated AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell
Honored, Cerebral Palsy League

$46.7M
Toxic Exposure
The plaintiff, a 48 year-old mechanic, was exposed to chemicals on a forklift while working at the premises of the defendant Troy Chemical Corporation. The defendant did not warn of the dangers of exposure to such chemicals, and did not have a policy at the time of cleaning all forklifts before they left the plant. Within a short time of the exposure, the plaintiff developed gastrointestinal and heart problems, peripheral neuropathy into the hands and feet, serious rashes, concentration and memory deficits, and weakness and fatigue.
$25M
Premises Liability
The firm represented Daniel Schleifman, 42, and his wife, Maria Gonzalez, in their lawsuit against the Parrot Cay hotel at which they were planning to stay during their Caribbean vacation in the Turks & Caicos islands. But in calm waters on a clear night in March 2000, the resort's boat taxi crashed into a rocky outcropping, throwing Schleifman into a metal ladder and breaking his back, permanently paralyzing him from the waist down. No one else was injured.
$14.5M
Chiropractic Malpractice
A patient had complained of neck pain and without ordering any tests or imaging studies, the physician concluded that there was a neck sprain and told him to see the group's chiropractor for treatment. The patient was injured during neck manipulation and became a quadriplegic. It turned out that the patient actually had a bulging cervical disc, that was caused to herniate and compress the spinal cord during the manipulation.
$10.5M
Motor Vehicle Accident
In 1992, the victims, a dentist and his wife, were driving through a small town on the New Jersey Shore on their way to dinner at a local restaurant. The streets were poorly marked and the couple inadvertently drove off an unmarked and unguarded boat launching ramp at the end of a street. Witnesses on the shore could hear the couple trying to escape from their sinking car, but the doors and windows could not be opened.

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