Victim of Crash $4.35 Million for Injuries

Wilds v. Bonner, et. al.

Victim of Crash With Drunk Driver Recovers $995,000 for Injuries

CLIENT’S LASTING COGNITIVE PROBLEMS: John Vlasac Jr. say his client still suffers from memory loss.

By Charles Toutant of New Jersey Law Journal

A motorist who claimed he suffered a traumatic brain injury in a collision with a drunken driver accepted $995,000 on Sept. 18 in his Middlesex County suit, Wilds v. Bonner.

Melvin Wilds was turning left onto Westfield Avenue in Rahway on May 23, 2012, when hit by a car driven by James Bonner, who was cited for driving while intoxicated and other traffic offenses, says plaintiff lawyer John Vlasac Jr. of The Vlasac Firm. The suit claimed he was driving too fast and should have stopped when he encountered Wilds’ vehicle.

Wilds, now 57, a retired police officer for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, alleged he suffered a traumatic brain injury; lacerations to his liver, spleen and left lung; a fractured left rib; and cognitive problems and memory loss.

Bonner’s lawyer, John Fearns of Lamb, Kretzer, Reinman & Roselle in Jersey City, confirms the settlement.