Dennis Shlionsky Secures $785K Settlement for Valet Attendant Injured Crossing Street After Off-site Parking Assignment

Dennis Shlionsky, counsel with Einhorn, Barbarito, Frost, Botwinick, Nunn & Musmanno’s Personal Injury Department, secured $785,000 in a complex premises liability case stemming from a pedestrian-vehicle collision at a private gala in Teaneck, New Jersey.

Plaintiff, a valet attendant, was struck by a vehicle after parking a vehicle off-site, leading to a multi-defendant premises liability case against the driver, venue, and its vendors. He sustained a traumatic brain injury and multiple fractures to the clavicle, scapula, fibula, occipital bone, and femur, requiring closed reduction surgery.

Shlionsky said that the case reflects a broader safety issue surrounding large-scale events. “When you direct workers into traffic and fail to give them a plan, or even a vest, you can’t be surprised when disaster follows. This was entirely avoidable,” he said. “We are grateful to have fought for a young man who was put in harm’s way just trying to do his job.”