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Injured in New Jersey? The 90-day government notice rule may already be running. Gregory Prosmushkin has represented NJ personal injury victims since 1994 – over $100M recovered. Free case review, 24/7.
The insurance company assigned to your claim has an adjuster whose job started before yours did. In New Jersey, that adjuster works under rules that directly affect what you can recover, including N.J.S.A. 59:8-8, which gives you just 90 days, not the two years most people assume, to file notice when a government entity caused your injury. The Law Offices of Greg Prosmushkin, P.C. has represented New Jersey personal injury victims from our office at 1142 Brunswick Avenue, Trenton, NJ 08638, since Gregory Prosmushkin was admitted to the New Jersey Bar in December 1994. Call (609) 656-0909; we are available 24/7.
We have recovered over $100 million for injury victims across Pennsylvania and New Jersey. That includes a $2.3 million settlement for a car accident victim in 2024. We prepare every case for trial, even the ones that settle, because that preparation is what forces insurers to move off their opening offers.
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We serve clients across Mercer County and greater New Jersey, including Trenton, Princeton, Hamilton, Ewing, and Lawrenceville. Most Mercer County cases file at the Mercer County Superior Court on South Broad Street in Trenton, a courthouse Greg has litigated in for decades. The Law Offices of Greg Prosmushkin, P.C., handles cases in English, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, and Italian.
What sets our New Jersey personal injury lawyer team apart:
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A retired cop who has seen it all says this is the best lawyer he has ever met
Greg turned out to be one of the best lawyers I have ever come in contact with, and his staff is exceptional. Everything was explained fully — no promises made — but a job very, very well done. I sent an email to all of my family members and close friends about this law office.
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The insurance company’s response to your accident begins within hours. Their adjuster documents the scene, pulls the police report, and starts building a file designed to close your claim at the lowest possible number. Here is what you should be doing at every stage they are.
The Law Offices of Greg Prosmushkin, P.C., handles personal injury cases across New Jersey, including Mercer County, through Burlington, Middlesex, and Somerset Counties. Each case type has its own evidentiary demands, its own insurance dynamics, and its own NJ-specific legal considerations.
New Jersey’s no-fault PIP structure means your own insurer pays your initial medical bills, but it does not end your claim against the at-fault driver. Whether you hold a Standard policy with full tort or a Limited Right to Sue policy changes what non-economic damages you can pursue and what threshold you must meet. We review your policy on the first call, before you commit to any course of action. The insurer for the other driver will try to close your claim before you understand which coverage you actually carry. Our New Jersey car accident attorneys handle every coverage scenario.
Commercial carrier collisions generate evidence that disappears fast: electronic logging device data, black box records, pre-trip inspection forms, and FMCSA carrier safety ratings. Our New Jersey truck accident attorneys recovered $1.25 million in a Middlesex County truck case where a worker was pushed (2018) and $1.3 million in a tractor-trailer case (2019).
Insurers and sometimes jurors treat motorcycle riders differently. We build for that reality from the start; evidence framing, expert selection, and pre-trial preparation all account for the bias that can affect motorcycle cases. Our $3.3 million wrongful death settlement in a motorcycle case (Top 10 PA wrongful death settlement, TopVerdict.com, 2020) reflects what thorough preparation produces in the highest-stakes motorcycle matters. Our New Jersey motorcycle accident attorneys bring that same preparation to every NJ motorcycle case.
New Jersey property owners must maintain reasonably safe conditions for visitors. Government-owned properties add the 90-day notice requirement under N.J.S.A. 59:8-8, a deadline most injury victims miss because they do not know it exists. Our premises liability lawyers recovered $250,000 in a pre-suit sidewalk slip and fall (2025) and $300,000 in a slip and fall involving a traumatic brain injury (2021).
When a family member dies due to someone else's negligence in New Jersey, our New Jersey wrongful death attorneys handle the case from investigation through trial.The personal representative of the estate may file a wrongful death claim on behalf of the survivors. New Jersey allows separate survivorship claims for the decedent's own suffering before death. These are among the most complex personal injury matters in NJ law. Preparation before a single dollar of demand is made determines the outcome.
New Jersey construction sites frequently involve multiple general contractors, subcontractors, and property owners. Each carries a separate insurance policy and a separate argument that liability belongs to someone else. Identifying every defendant, every policy, and every lever of liability before demand is the work. Our $1.925 million falling-object construction settlement reflects that approach. Our New Jersey construction accident attorneys investigate every site early to identify those defendants before demand.
New Jersey medical negligence claims require an affidavit of merit from a qualified expert before the case can proceed in court. We retain appropriate experts early, establish the standard of care, document the breach, and take these cases on contingency. Our New Jersey medical malpractice attorneys evaluate potential claims on the first call.
If you think about it, you spend a lot of time on other people’s properties. In general, Premises Liability cases involve dangerous, injury causing conditions located on someone’s property, place of business, or public property.
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Mercer County sits at the crossroads of some of the most heavily traveled corridors in central New Jersey. Route 1 (Lincoln Highway) carries heavy commercial traffic from Trenton through Lawrence Township and into Princeton – see the critical steps to take after a Route 1 accident. I-295 runs the length of Mercer County, connecting Trenton to the Delaware Memorial Bridge corridor. NJDOT crash data identifies I-295 as one of the state’s highest-frequency commercial vehicle accident corridors. The New Jersey Turnpike (I-95) is among the state’s most dangerous highways for tractor-trailer collisions: NHTSA data shows commercial vehicle fatal crash rates on major interstate freight corridors run significantly higher than passenger-vehicle rates. The Garden State Parkway produces long-distance commercial and commuter accident claims across Ocean, Monmouth, and Middlesex Counties.
Serious injury cases in Mercer County are filed at the Mercer County Superior Court, 175 South Broad Street, Trenton, NJ 08650. The Law Division handles personal injury jury trials for claims above the Superior Court threshold. Whether your case files in Mercer County civil court or municipal court depends on the damage amount and case type – we evaluate the right venue on the first call. Burlington County, Middlesex County, and Somerset County case files are at their respective Superior Courts. Our firm handles cases across all of them.
For trauma care, Capital Health Regional Medical Center at 750 Brunswick Avenue, Trenton (Level II Trauma Center), handles the most serious injury presentations in Mercer County. Cooper University Health Care in Camden serves as a Level I Trauma Center for South Jersey, the highest trauma designation in the state. RWJBarnabas Health’s Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick is also a Level I Trauma Center serving Middlesex County. Where your initial trauma care began, and the documented severity of what was treated there, become part of the medical record that supports your damages calculation, which is why the sequence of treatment matters legally, not just medically.
New Jersey’s personal injury laws differ from Pennsylvania’s and from most other states in ways that directly determine whether your claim succeeds and how much you can recover. Here are the four rules that govern every NJ personal injury case this firm handles.
New Jersey follows modified comparative negligence with a 51% bar. If you are found partially at fault, your compensation is reduced by your share of fault, but only if your share is under 51%. If you are found 30% at fault in a case with $100,000 in damages, you recover $70,000. If you are found 51% or more at fault, you recover nothing. Insurers routinely argue comparative fault to reduce what they owe; challenging those arguments with evidence is part of what we do.
You have two years from the date of your injury to file a personal injury lawsuit in New Jersey. Miss this deadline, and the court dismisses your claim regardless of the merits, regardless of the evidence, regardless of how clearly someone else caused your injury. Two years sounds long. It is not, especially in cases involving serious injuries, multiple defendants, or expert-dependent liability theories.
This is the New Jersey law that most injury victims do not learn about until it is too late. If a government entity caused or contributed to your injury, a municipality, county, state agency, or NJ Transit, you must file a formal Tort Claims Notice within 90 days of the incident. Not two years. Ninety days. This notice is not a lawsuit. It is a mandatory procedural step, and missing it permanently bars your claim against that entity, no matter how solid the rest of your case is. If a government vehicle, road, or property was involved in your injury, call immediately. Do not wait.
New Jersey is a modified no-fault state for automobile accidents. Your own auto insurance policy provides Personal Injury Protection (PIP) benefits that pay medical expenses after a car accident, regardless of fault.
PIP coverage limits depend on your policy type. The Basic Policy provides $15,000 in medical coverage, which extends up to $250,000 for catastrophic injuries such as permanent brain injury, spinal cord injury, or significant disfigurement. The Standard Policy allows higher limits, with a $250,000 default. Your policy type also affects your right to sue for pain and suffering. Drivers with a “limitation on lawsuit” option (also called the verbal threshold) must show a qualifying injury, such as a displaced fracture, significant disfigurement or scarring, or a permanent injury, before pursuing non-economic damages. Drivers with full tort retain the right to sue for pain and suffering without meeting that threshold. If you are unsure which option is on your policy, we can review it at no cost on the first call.
The 90-day government notice deadline under N.J.S.A. 59:8-8 may already be running.
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He was hit by a city vehicle. Everyone said there was no hope. Greg won.
My case was extremely tough because it was against the city and I thought there was no hope to win. Greg professionally battled for me and won with great results after much push-back from the defendants legal team — all the way until 2023.
Said Elmenyawy · Google Review
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New Jersey’s damages framework begins with a jurisdiction-specific reality most clients do not know: your PIP coverage pays your medical bills first, and your personal injury claim recovers what PIP does not cover, plus non-economic losses that PIP never touches. The insurer’s first settlement offer almost always reflects only the most obvious, immediate losses, not the full scope of what New Jersey law allows.
Economic damages in a New Jersey personal injury case include medical expenses not covered by PIP, both past and future. They also include lost wages and reduced earning capacity, out-of-pocket costs including transportation to treatment, home modification, and assistive devices, and the cost of future care where a serious injury requires ongoing treatment or supervision.
These losses require documentation, records, wage verification, and expert testimony on future care costs, all of which build this part of the claim. In a Mercer County case involving $80,000 in past medical bills, two years of lost income at $60,000 per year, and projected future care costs of $40,000, the economic damages foundation before non-economic losses are added exceeds $260,000, a number that bears no relationship to a typical insurer’s opening offer.
Non-economic damages cover pain and suffering, emotional distress, loss of enjoyment of life, and loss of consortium for a spouse or family member. For standard auto accident cases where the driver selected the verbal threshold option, non-economic damages require a qualifying injury. For all other personal injury cases in New Jersey, slip and fall, premises liability, truck accidents, construction accidents, and medical malpractice, there is no verbal threshold requirement and no statutory cap on non-economic damages.
Punitive damages are available under New Jersey law where the defendant’s conduct was wantonly reckless or showed conscious disregard for others’ safety. Drunk driving cases with documented BAC, commercial carriers with prior FMCSA safety violations, and premises owners with documented notice of prior similar incidents are the cases where punitive damages are appropriate and evaluated. These are assessed case by case and are not available in every matter.
Call (609) 656-0909 to discuss what your specific claim includes. The gap between what an insurer’s opening offer covers and what New Jersey law actually allows you to recover is almost always significant.
“Prior Counsel Said the Case Was Worth Under $100,000. We Recovered $500,000.”
A client came to us after their prior attorney had evaluated the case at under $100,000. The insurer’s settlement offer reflected that low valuation. Gregory Prosmushkin took the case, rebuilt the damages analysis from the ground up, and recovered $500,000. The facts of the case had not changed. The preparation had.
Most personal injury claims settle. Settlement value is determined by one thing above all others: whether the opposing side believes your attorney will take the case to trial and win. Insurers do not raise their offers because you ask nicely. They raise them when their actuaries calculate the risk of a jury verdict and find it unacceptable.
Gregory Prosmushkin is a Keenan Trial Institute Master Graduate (2018-2020), a plaintiff trial methodology program that trains attorneys to present cases to juries in ways that produce large verdicts. He runs focus groups and mock trials before every high-value case, a documented process that tests how juries respond to the evidence before a single dollar of demand is made. Most law firms do not do this. The ones that do get more from insurers on cases that settle, and they win more of the ones that go to trial.
These results represent actual cases handled by the Law Offices of Greg Prosmushkin, P.C.
| Result | Case Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| $3,300,000 | Motorcycle Wrongful Death | Top 10 PA Wrongful Death Settlement 2020 (TopVerdict.com) |
| $2,300,000 | Car Accident | Settlement, 2024 |
| $1,925,000 | Construction - Falling Object | Settlement |
| $1,300,000 | Tractor-Trailer | Settlement, 2019 |
| $1,250,000 | Truck - Worker Pushed | Settlement, 2018 |
| $1,000,000 | Motorcycle Wrongful Death vs. Truck | Settlement, 2018 |
| $500,000 | Car Accident - Prior Counsel Case | Settlement, 2021 |
| $350,000 | UIM - Mediation | Settlement, 2019 |
See the full list of GProsLaw verdicts and settlements for case-by-case detail. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Call (609) 656-0909 to discuss your case. Every consultation is free.
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His Settlement Far Surpassed What We Thought Possible
Greg and his staff guided me through the complete process step-by-step without consuming a great deal of my personal time. The settlement that he was able to win for me far surpassed what I thought would have been possible. I will refer everyone that I encounter to his services. In my personal opinion five stars does not give enough recognition for the services that Greg and his staff provided me.
Tech Mark (Mark D.) · Google Review
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The contingency fee system exists in American law for a specific reason: serious injuries happen to people who cannot afford to pay a lawyer by the hour. Before contingency arrangements became standard in plaintiff personal injury practice, access to the civil justice system depended on wealth. You paid attorney fees whether you won or lost. Most working families could not afford it. New Jersey’s personal injury bar operates on contingency precisely because the alternative produces outcomes that have nothing to do with the merits of a claim.
At the Law Offices of Greg Prosmushkin, P.C., every personal injury case in New Jersey is handled on contingency. You pay nothing to retain us. You pay nothing during the case. Our fee comes from the recovery, and only from the recovery. If we do not obtain a settlement or verdict for you, you owe us nothing.
This arrangement serves two purposes. First, it removes the financial barrier that would otherwise prevent injured people from hiring counsel experienced in NJ litigation. Second, it means we accept only cases we believe in because we bear the cost of pursuing them. When we take your case, we are investing our own resources in the outcome. That is how contingency representation actually works.
Call (609) 656-0909 or request a free insurance review. We will review your coverage and explain your options before you decide on anything.
Greg Prosmushkin’s New Jersey practice began the month he was admitted to the New Jersey Bar on December 19, 1994, one month after he was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar on November 21, 1994. He built his practice in the communities he serves, litigating cases at the Mercer County Superior Court and across New Jersey for over 30 years. He hosts “Greg Prosmushkin Live” on WWDB-AM Talk 860, broadcasting Mondays at 3 pm, where he explains New Jersey injury law to the people it affects most.
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At the Law Offices of Greg Prosmushkin, P.C., home, hospital, and video visits are available. When you are injured, you should not have to come to us.
Every NJ personal injury case moves through a series of decision points where the outcome can shift significantly. Here is where those decisions occur and how we approach each one.
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Every Phone Call Answered, Every Step of the Way
They handled everything regarding my case very efficiently and quickly. My phone calls, questions and emails were answered in a very timely and informative manner. I was very happy with the outcome of my case.
Kelly Klinke · Google Review
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New Jersey’s personal injury statute of limitations is two years from the date of injury under N.J.S.A. 2A:14-2. If your claim involves a government entity, a municipality, county, state agency, or NJ Transit, you must file a Tort Claims Notice within 90 days of the injury under N.J.S.A. 59:8-8, or your claim against that entity is permanently barred. The two-year window applies to private defendants. The 90-day window applies to government defendants and runs at the same time. An attorney should evaluate your claim before either deadline closes.
N.J.S.A. 59:8-8 requires any claimant who was injured due to the fault of a government entity, including municipalities, county governments, the state of New Jersey, NJ Transit, or any public agency, to file a formal Tort Claims Notice within 90 days of the incident date. This notice is not a lawsuit; it is a procedural prerequisite to suing that government entity later. Missing the 90-day deadline permanently bars the claim against that entity, regardless of how strong the evidence is. Common situations where this applies include accidents on government-owned roads, government properties, and injuries caused by municipal vehicles or employees. If you are unsure whether a government entity is involved in your case, assume it may be and call immediately.
New Jersey drivers who selected the “limitation on lawsuit” option on their Standard auto insurance policy, also called the verbal threshold, must show that their injury meets a qualifying category before they can pursue non-economic damages such as pain and suffering in court. Qualifying injuries include significant disfigurement or scarring, displaced fractures, loss of fetus, permanent injury within reasonable medical probability, or death. Drivers who chose the “no limitation on lawsuit” option (full tort) may pursue non-economic damages without meeting this threshold. If you are unsure which option is on your policy, we review it at no cost on the first call.
New Jersey is a modified no-fault state for automobile accidents, meaning your own Personal Injury Protection (PIP) coverage pays your initial medical bills regardless of who caused the collision. No-fault does not mean you cannot sue. It means your first source of medical bill payment is your own insurer through PIP. Once your PIP benefits are exhausted, or where your injuries meet the verbal threshold (for limited tort policyholders), you retain the right to bring a claim against the at-fault driver for medical expenses beyond PIP limits and for non-economic damages. No-fault is a payment-sequencing rule. It is not a prohibition on liability claims.
New Jersey’s modified comparative negligence rule under N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.1 reduces your recovery by your percentage of fault, up to a 51% bar. If you are found 30% at fault in a case with $200,000 in damages, you recover $140,000. If you are found 51% or more at fault, you recover nothing. Insurers routinely assert comparative fault arguments during negotiations because even modest fault percentages reduce what they owe. Challenging those fault allocations with evidence, witness statements, accident reconstruction, and surveillance footage is part of what NJ personal injury representation involves.
Personal injury cases in New Jersey are handled on a contingency fee basis by our firm, meaning you pay no attorney fees unless we recover compensation for you. Our fee is a percentage of the recovery, the standard arrangement in NJ personal injury representation. Case expenses such as expert witness fees, deposition transcripts, and filing costs are handled separately; your attorney explains the specific expense arrangement before you sign anything. The consultation to discuss your case is always free. Call (609) 656-0909 and we will review your situation at no cost.
It depends on how long ago the incident occurred and who the defendant is. For claims against private parties, the two-year statute of limitations under N.J.S.A. 2A:14-2 governs. For claims against government entities, the 90-day Tort Claims Notice window under N.J.S.A. 59:8-8 is the critical deadline, and if it has passed, the claim against that entity is almost certainly barred. There are limited exceptions in New Jersey: the discovery rule tolls the statute of limitations when the cause of an injury was not reasonably ascertainable at the time of the incident, a common issue in medical malpractice and toxic exposure cases. Separate rules apply to claims involving minors. Do not assume a claim is too old without speaking with an attorney first. Call us, and we will evaluate your specific timeline.
Do not accept any settlement offer from any insurer, including your own, before speaking with an attorney. Once you sign a release, your claim is resolved for that amount and cannot be reopened. Insurers extend early offers before the full extent of injuries is documented precisely because early offers cost less than later ones. We reviewed a case where the insurer opened at $12,000. We recovered $247,500. Call (609) 656-0909 and we will tell you whether the offer you have received reflects what your case is actually worth. There is no cost to that conversation.
If a government entity was involved in your injury, the 90-day notice deadline under N.J.S.A. 59:8-8 may already be running. Call (609) 656-0909 today.
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The Law Offices of Greg Prosmushkin, P.C., also handles personal injury cases across Pennsylvania, with our primary Pennsylvania office at 9637 Bustleton Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19115. For PA cases: (215) 799-9990.
The Law Offices of Greg Prosmushkin, P.C., handles cases in English, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, and Italian.
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