About Mitchell Makowicz
Mitchell J. Makowicz, Jr. is a Shareholder at Blume Forte and is Certified as a Civil Trial Attorney by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. He was admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1986 and concentrates his practice on medical malpractice, product liability, premises liability, and other personal injury matters, including birth trauma, failure to diagnose, and medication errors. He is a graduate of Seton Hall University, where he earned his B.A. magna cum laude in 1983, and of Seton Hall Law School, where he received his J.D. cum laude in 1986. He has been designated a Super Lawyer for 21 consecutive years from 2005 through 2025, is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, and is listed in Best Lawyers in America 2025.
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Jennifer Burden was a passenger in her sister's car when it was struck by another driver on November 19, 2017, leaving her with herniated discs at five levels of her neck and lower back, foot drop, and headaches. After the at-fault driver's policy was exhausted by settlement, her own carrier, Mid-Century Insurance (Farmers), refused a $300,000 arbitration award and offered $25,000 on her $400,000 underinsured-motorist claim. An Essex County jury in April 2024 found her damages were $4,500,000. The court molded the verdict to $517,350.44, the policy limit plus fees, costs and interest, and the Appellate Division in March 2026 affirmed the dismissal of her bad-faith claim against the insurer.
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