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Representation of Individuals and Business in Complex Litigation. Mr. Cushing regularly represents persons who have sustained severe personal injuries and other substantial losses. He has represented persons who have suffered personal injuries from automobile accidents, construction site accidents, fall downs, defective or dangerous products, fires, and other traumatic incidents. In addition, he has represented individuals of businesses who have suffered losses to their financial assets, property or possessions by virtue of the wrongful actions of corporations, banks, stockbrokerage companies and other large entities. He also represents individuals in estate and trust disputes. Mr. Cushing recently represented a trust that had been looted by a dishonest lawyer. Because the lawyer was in jail, he sued the stockbrokerage company used by the lawyer to sell the trust stock, the banks in which the checks for the sale of the trust assets were deposited and several multinational corporations whose stock was sold. He recovered assets and judgments in excess of one million dollars for the estate. In addition, Mr. Cushing recently represented a young woman who, while having her nails done, sustained a slight cut to her nail bed. It became infected, which led to hospitalization and the development of a severe medical condition. Mr. Cushing recovered a settlement having a value substantially in excess of one million dollars for the woman. He has recovered numerous other substantial verdicts in settlement for individuals.. Representation of Government Entities. Mr. Cushing represents numerous municipalities, school boards and counties as either special counsel or municipal counsel. In addition, he has been engaged to represent hundreds of municipalities, school boards, counties, authorities and other public entities in claims against them involving harassment, discrimination, civil rights, sexual harassment, housing discrimination, sewer, water, defective, roads and disputes involving police misconduct. He represented a large Bergen County municipality in a two hundred million-dollar claim by a developer who asserted the municipality purposely delayed his development, causing it to fail. He represented the Borough of Bernardsville in a claim against it by a quarry alleging thirty million dollars in loss. After a trial in which the Borough prevailed, the case was successfully defended in the Supreme Courts of New Jersey and the United States. The New Jersey Supreme Court Opinion in the matter has become a landmark case in New Jersey, Bernardsville Quarry v. Bernardsville 129 N.J. 221. Mr.Cushing is the author of "A Survey of Municipal Immunity in New Jersey", 3 Seton Hall L.Rev 416 (1972) and coauthor of "Sewer Service: Possible Anti-Trust Liability?", N.J. Municipalities, Volume 63, No.6, (June 1986).. Mr. Cushing has also been a frequent lecturer to mayors, township governing body members, police chiefs, law enforcement officers and other municipal officials with respect to municipal issues, and has written extensively on public entity issues.. Representation of Insurance Companies. Mr. Cushing is regularly asked by insurance companies to defend the interest of their insureds in public entity cases, complex construction, general liability, fire and fraud cases. Mr. Cushing represented the JUA/MTF, a state chartered insurance organization, in a fraud action where two chiropractors sought nearly fifty-million dollars in recoveries from it. In cooperation with the New Jersey Attorney General's office, Mr. Cushing opposed this and filed counter claims for fraud in violation of the New Jersey Fraud Prevention Act. As a result of his efforts, not only were the chiropractors paid no money, but they paid a $750, fine and had their licenses suspended.

Mr. Papay is involved in areas of construction defect claims, first-party insurer claims, insurance coverage disputes, subrogation, provider health care law, commercial law, defense of professional negligence, public entity general liability, and roller rink litigation. He represents numerous insurers, Third Party Administrators, medical groups, and businesses, and he has successfully defended public entity officials and employers in wrongful death, Law Against Discrimination, Excessive Force and other Civil Rights claims.  In addition, Mr. Papay represents small businesses in mergers, acquisitions, trade secrets, employment and unfair trade practice claims.  He is also Special Counsel for a local roller rink.. Mr. Papay is specially assigned defense counsel to several insurance carriers for complex litigation matters such as condominium construction defects, catastrophic personal injury claims, products liability claims and contractual third-party claims for defense, indemnification, and procurement of insurance coverage.. Mr. Papay has also been specially assigned counsel to prosecute first-party insurance fraud actions, and has successfully prosecuted claims involving some of the largest abuses in the health care field.  This includes litigation wherein two chiropractors sought in excess of $40,000,000 dollars for chiropractic and diagnostic testing services.  By working in conjunction with the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor and the Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Mr. Papay effectively prosecuted the claim, resulting in the providers forfeiting their claims and licenses, and paying $750,000 in damages under the Insurance Fraud Prevention Act, N.J. S.A. 17:33A-1, et seq.. Mr. Papay has also handled successful insurance fraud prosecutions against other health care providers, including various neurologists, pain management physicians, and providers of electro-diagnostic testing, diagnostic testing, and radiographic imaging.  In addition, Mr. Papay has successfully litigated challenges to the reimbursements sought by a large physical therapy practice, and, through several reported decisions, has helped shape law in this area more favorably for carriers. See Cobo v. MTF, 293 N.J. Super. 374 () and Prudential v. Midlantic Motion X-ray, 325 N.J.Super. 54. (Law Div. 1999).   Further, he has successfully prosecuted collection matters on behalf of health care providers against HMO's and other private health care payers, in addition to commercial collection matters. Mr. Papay has rendered numerous opinions on coverage matters and claim evaluations, and regularly provides advisory opinions to providers and insurance carriers in the areas of State and Federal health care regulations.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in Clinton and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in Clinton and surrounding areas.