Beth G. Baldinger Counsel E-Mail: bbaldinger@mskf.net

Beth G. Baldinger, (Counsel) born Queens, New York, July 2, 1959; admitted to bar, 1986, New Jersey, New York, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and U.S. District Court, Southern District, New York.

Education: State University of New York at Albany (B.A. Public Affairs, Energy and Environmental Sciences, 1980); University of Miami (J.D., 1985); Inter-American Law Review; Judicial Intern Award, Florida Bar Association; Clerk to Chief Justice Gerald T. Wetherington, 11th Judicial Circuit, Dade County, Florida.   

Member: Morris County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations; American Association for Justice, formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member: Section on: Inadequate Security); New Jersey Trial Lawyers Association; The National Center for Victims of Crime, National Victim Bar Association (Former State Delegate for New Jersey); Trial Lawyer’s for Public Justice, (Former State Delegate for New Jersey); Leadership New Jersey (Class of 1996); U.S. Department of Justice, Former Faculty Member, Civil Litigation Remedies for Crime Victims; Security on Campus, Inc., Formerly served on  Board of Directors).

Practice Areas:  Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Inadequate Security,  Products Liability,  Medical and Professional Malpractice, Crime Victim’s Rights, Civil Rights, Business and Commercial Litigation, Construction Litigation, Subrogation and Insurance Coverage Litigation.   

Reported Cases:
Brennan v. Orban, 145 N.J. 282 (1996)
Aldrich v. Schwartz, 258 N.J. Super. 300 (App. Div. 1992)
Blake v. City of New York, 157 A.D.2d 482 (1st Dep’t 1990)

Articles

$10 Million Dollar Verdict to Burned Child for Police Department’s Failure to Protect

Crime Victims Bringing Civil Suits for Uncivil Acts

Rape Victims’ Identities Shielded From Public Disclosure

Domestic Violence Torts: Judge or Jury to Decide Damages

Crime Victim Rights Lawyer is Helping the Helpless

Domestic Violence Victims’ Win Right to Jury Trials on Damage Claims from Supreme Court

Crime Victims Pursue Damage Claims for Psychological Trauma

Domestic Violence Torts: Issues, Trends, And Practical Concerns

Rape Victims Sue Over Safety, $17 million dollar verdict

Rape Victims Sue for State Parole of Rapist

Teen Pipe Bomb Victim Brings Civil Suit

Police Sued For Death by Excessive Force, Positional Asphyxiation

Murder at the Meadowlands Arena alleged in Parents’ Suit

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Verdicts

$10 million jury verdict for failure to provide police protection.  Action brought on behalf of a young child who was severely burned by a Molotov Cocktail explosive device that was thrown into the bedroom of his family’s apartment by an unapprehended perpetrator. The jury awarded $10,000,000. in compensatory and punitive damages, which award was reduced by the trial judge to $2,400,000. and affirmed on appeal. The jury found that the police broke their promise to the victim’s family to put surveillance on their home on the night of the attack in order to catch the perpetrator in light of prior similar  incidents and pending threats against a family member.

$1.85 million settlement for inadequate security, premises liability. This is a confidential settlement, details cannot be disclosed.

$1.6 million settlement for automobile accident. Driver, who was disabled at time of two car collision, suffered severe injuries and exacerbation of  pre-existing conditions.

$1.25 million settlement for product liability. This is a confidential settlement, the details cannot be disclosed.

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$1.2 million settlement for legal malpractice. This is a confidential settlement reached during trial, details cannot be disclosed.

$1.17 million settlement through mediation for brain injury. Suit brought on behalf of a young man apprehended by a group of teenagers on Mischief Night. The melee that followed caused the young man to strike his head on pavement sustaining permanent brain injury.

$1.15 million settlement for wrongful death of truck driver. Suit brought on behalf of truck driver, struck and fatally injured by passing automobile, while standing outside truck parked on shoulder of road.  

$850,000. settlement for product liability. This is a confidential settlement, details cannot be disclosed.

$800,000. settlement for police misconduct.  Wrongful death and civil rights suit brought on behalf of a man restrained by police in hog-tie fashion and improperly positioned during ambulance transport to hospital where he was declared dead on arrival.  Cause of death was positional asphyxiation.

$750,000. settlement for sexual abuse of minors, psychiatric malpractice. This is a confidential settlement, details cannot be disclosed.

$500,000. settlement for wrongful death of a minor. This is a confidential settlement, details cannot be disclosed.

$500,000. settlement for sexual abuse of a minor. This is a confidential settlement, details cannot be disclosed.

$500,000 settlement for sexual abuse of a minor. This is a confidential settlement, details cannot be disclosed.

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$470,000 settlement for adult survivor of incest, conscious repressed memory invoked to toll the statute of limitations. This is a confidential settlement, details cannot be disclosed.

$395,000 settlement for inadequate security, premises liability. This is a confidential settlement, details cannot be disclosed. 

$395,000 settlement for abduction and sexual assault. This is a confidential settlement, details cannot be disclosed.

$375,000 settlement for sexual abuse of student. This is a confidential settlement, details cannot be disclosed.

$350,000 settlement for sexual abuse of student. This is a confidential settlement, details cannot be disclosed.

$350,000 settlement for inadequate security/premises liability. This is a confidential settlement, details cannot be disclosed. 

$350,000 settlement for abduction and sexual assault due to inadequate security.  This is a confidential settlement, details cannot be disclosed.

Ms. Baldinger has obtained many other verdicts and settlements for her clients.

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