Judge Melinson’s experience as a judge, litigator, and neutral enables him to handle complex personal injury and wrongful death cases with remarkable success. Judge Melinson has presided over or mediated cases involving motor vehicle accidents, medical malpractice, aviation, products liability, toxic torts, explosions, premises liability, and many other areas.
Representative Matters
- Action for wrongful death of resident of senior citizen personal care facility brought by decedent’s estate
- Alleged manufacturing defect in surgically implanted artificial body part
- Case involving allegations of permanent disability, pain and suffering resulting from auto accident
- Claims brought against aircraft manufacturer, parts and maintenance suppliers, and others brought by estates of victims of fatal crash
- Dispute between public school district and private educational provider regarding the disfigurement of nine-year-old girl allegedly due to negligent supervision and negligent maintenance of property
- Dram shop act case in which plaintiff was rendered a paraplegic in accident with drunken driver
- Elementary school student disfigured in accident at school related function
- Personal injuries sustained in emergency evacuation of commercial airplane
- Products liability (air bag) case against major auto manufacturer
- Railroad cases including FELA
- Wrongful death action brought by parent of child who choked to death while at school
- Wrongful death of minor child on amusement park ride
- Wrongful deaths of patients involving medical malpractice cases