Verdicts And Settlements

$13,350,000 settlement – A male, age 53, was severely injured when he was struck by a commercial vehicle while he was jumping the battery of his car. As a result of the accident, both of his legs were amputated. The settlement was reached in Queens County, New York, just prior to trial. Part of the settlement was against the city of New York.

$3,000,000 – An individual was injured in a ladder fall. Section 240.

$2,270,000 – Awarded to a 7-year-old child victim of lead poisoning in an apartment building in Queens, New York.

$2,200,000 – Verdict against MTA (New York City Transit Authority) – A 62-year-old male was struck by a New York City bus and suffered multiple fractures to his hip, foot, ankle, and toes that led to multiple surgeries. The jury returned a verdict of full liability, finding the driver’s negligence was a substantial factor in causing the accident.

$1,983,000 – A woman, age 61, who was a passenger in a car accident and fractured her sternum. She passed away from a fatal infection.

$1,800,000 – Settlement for an infant that was injured during childbirth in a hospital in Nassau County, New York. The hospital was held negligent as the child lost oxygen, which resulted in brain damage.

$1,700,000 verdict for a construction accident victim – A male laborer in his 40s fell from a scaffold on a Brooklyn construction site. The accident resulted in a fractured wrist that required surgery. The verdict against the building owner and general contractor was awarded in Kings County, New York.

$1,570,000 – Scalding hot water in a bath burned a 1-year-old infant that underwent reconstructive plastic surgery. Due to negligent landlord, building management, and plumbing companies were held liable.

$1,500,000 – Female, age 58, experienced post-traumatic stress disorder after being sexually assaulted in an apartment building incinerator room due to inadequate security.

$1,500,000 – A male motorcyclist was hit in Queens, New York, by debris from a passing truck and suffered fatal injuries.

$1,300,000 – (New York Labor Law Section 240) – Settlement awarded to a 57-year-old Staten Island laborer who fell from a ladder and suffered multiple fractures, including shoulder, femur, and nasal fractures.

$1,250,000 – (New York Labor Law Section 241) – A male laborer, age 35, was injured in a trench collapse, which resulted in pelvic damage. Our client was an excavator working on a construction site in Brooklyn, New York.

$1,240,000 verdict – A motorist, male age 45, was rear-ended in Brooklyn, New York. Our client sustained back injuries that were a result of the auto accident.

$1,235,000 – Settlement awarded to an 18-year-old passenger injured by a drunk driver who crashed his car into a tree after attending a party at a private home where alcohol was served to minors. Social host laws applied. Injuries included a fractured femur, which required multiple surgeries, causing scarring and loss of full range of motion.

$1,040,000 – Male, age 39, broke his foot and herniated disc due to tripping on a crack in a commercial building stairway in the Bronx, New York.

$1,000,000 – Male injured in Nassau County, New York, as a result of being trapped in a vehicle, extracted by the Jaws of Life. Fractured knee cap that required multiple surgeries.

$960,000 – Elder Abuse – An 84-year-old senior citizen suffered second-degree burns in scalding hot shower water. The Bronx landlord, plumbing company, and nursing agency were held responsible for the injuries.

$925,000 – Awarded to an individual who fell from a ladder in an elevator shaft and suffered a calcaneal fracture.

$920,000 – Settlement for a woman who suffered second-degree burns due to being accidentally pushed into a stainless steel gas-burning corn roaster at a concert.

$900,000 – A child suffered brain damage as a result of lead poisoning in Staten Island, New York.

$900,000 – An immigrant (undocumented) laborer who was excavating a construction site passed away in a trench collapse in Brooklyn, New York.

$820,000 – A teen passenger suffered two fractured legs when a car accident caused by an intoxicated driver forced them to hit a wall.

$785,000 – Birth Injury – Infant broke collarbone, which resulted in Erb’s palsy in a hospital in Nassau County.

$775,000 – An immigrant (undocumented) male laborer who broke his hip when a trench collapsed on a construction site in Brooklyn, New York.

$750,000 – A motorist sustained a serious fracture, which required multiple surgeries when his car was struck by a truck in Queens, New York.

$700,000 – A woman fell on a crack at a gas station in Nassau County, New York. She required multiple surgeries for ankle ligament repair.

$540,000 – A woman fell on a slippery floor in a Staten Island hospital. She was heavily sedated post-surgery and was not provided the proper bed rails for support.

$500,000 – A girl, age 10, sustained post-traumatic stress disorder caused by witnessing her mother who was pistol-whipped and robbed by an intruder in an apartment building lobby in Brooklyn, New York.

$450,000 – Nursing lack of supervision.

$425,000 – Settlement for a nursing home negligence victim – An elderly woman in her 80s developed pressure ulcers (bed sores) while she was in a Brooklyn hospital. She was transitioned to a nursing home and developed additional bed sores. The settlement was reached in Kings County, New York.