On March 24, 2007, Fitzroy Burnett was working for the transit authority as part of a track removal and replacement project in the subway tunnel at the 155th Street station in Manhattan. Burnett was attempting to remove shoring stuck in the concrete skeletonized track. He slipped and fell backwards onto a track due to the… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Ankle Injuries
Subscribe to Ankle Injuries RSS FeedLarge Pain and Suffering Verdict Affirmed for Teenager with Fractured Leg and Degloving Injury
Posted in Ankle Injuries, Leg InjuriesOn November 19, 2005, at about 7 p.m., Ernest Lewis, then 13 years old, was on his way home from church walking towards the bus stop at 145th Street and Convent Avenue in Manhattan. He saw a bus ahead and ran along the sidewalk to catch it before the driver pulled away. Ernest reached the… Continue Reading
Ankle and Back Injuries Result in $2,219,571 Pain and Suffering Verdict Affirmed on Appeal
Posted in Ankle Injuries, Back InjuriesOn June 30, 2006, Manuel Guallpa fell to the ground from a ladder 10 feet high while repairing windows at a storefront construction site in Queens County. His right ankle sustained the brunt of the fall and he was taken to the local hospital where he was diagnosed with an intra-articular fracture of the medial… Continue Reading
Appellate Court Slashes Pain and Suffering Verdict in Ankle Injury Case
Posted in Ankle InjuriesOn December 27, 2002, Massoud Micky, then 47 years old, was walking to the subway in the Bronx, on his way to work, when he fell stepping onto a sidewalk sustaining a severe ankle fracture that he ultimately claimed was caused when his foot was caught in a large gap that created an uneven, misaligned… Continue Reading
Substantial Reduction of Pain and Suffering Damages Award Ordered on Appeal in Ankle Injury Case
Posted in Ankle InjuriesOn June 1, 2002, Ruth Williams tripped and fell down a flight of stairs at the Nevins Street subway station in Brooklyn: Ms. Williams, at the time an unemployed 51 year old, sustained a badly fractured ankle in the accident and claimed that the subway station operator was liable (because of a missing tile). A… Continue Reading
Achilles Tendon Rupture Damages Evaluated by Appellate Court
Posted in Ankle InjuriesOn November 11, 2007, Bouaza Kouho, a security guard, responded to a building fire and ran to put it out when he tripped and fell due to a hole created by a faulty sprinkler system in a grassy field on the property. Here is part of the apartment complex where the accident took place: Mr…. Continue Reading
Appellate Court Orders $510,000 Reduction of Ankle Injury Pain and Suffering Verdict
Posted in Ankle InjuriesIn Rivera v. New York City Transit Authority (1st Dept. 2012), a New York appellate court this week ordered a $510,000 reduction in pain and suffering damages awarded in 2009 to an office worker who sustained a trimalleolar ankle fracture in a trip and fall accident. Her award now stands at $1,200,000 ($600,000 past –… Continue Reading
Appeals Court Rules that $1.2 Million is Proper for Pain and Suffering in Ankle Injury Case
Posted in Ankle InjuriesOn March 7, 2003, a cold, icy and windy morning, Julio Alieca took a city bus to visit his mother in the Bronx. The driver stopped near the intersection of 174th Street and Harrod Avenue and the 33 year old Alicea stepped out of the rear door down onto accumulated snow in the street, slipped,… Continue Reading
Latest Trimalleolar Ankle Fracture Case – $625,000 Pain and Suffering Verdict Affirmed
Posted in Ankle InjuriesMeghan Hopkins, a 22 year old graphic designer from Ohio, was visiting her boyfriend in New York City on July 31, 2006 when she tripped and fell on a defective walkway at the 14th Street subway station. Meghan sustained a severe ankle fracture and sued the New York City Transit Authority claiming that the walkway… Continue Reading
Ankle Fracture Pain and Suffering Verdict for $400,000 Sent Back for Retrial on Liability Apportionment Only
Posted in Ankle InjuriesLeshai Ryals walked out from the rear door of a city bus on University Avenue in the Bronx on January 19, 2004 at about 11:30 a.m., took two steps in the street and then slipped on snow and ice. She broke her ankle and sued claiming that the bus driver was liable because, having failed… Continue Reading
Ankle Fracture Leads to RSD – $950,000 for Pain and Suffering Upheld on Appeal
Posted in Ankle InjuriesIn the morning of October 27, 2005, Mary Colon, then 49 years old, escorted her elderly neighbor to an eye doctor’s appointment at 1101 Pelham Parkway North in the Bronx. After they arrived, Mrs. Colon went outside to buy a newspaper but when she was walking on the sidewalk outside the doctor’s office, she fell… Continue Reading
Ankle Injury Pain and Suffering Verdict Reduced by Trial Judge from $1,850,000 to $1,250,000 – Appellate Court is Next
Posted in Ankle Injuries, Back InjuriesOn June 10, 2003, Romeo Marshall was working as a field technician for Transcore Holdings, Inc., a company that designs, installs and maintains electronic toll collection systems. His job that day was servicing the EZ Pass machines at the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge. Unfortunately, while in a truck lane at the toll plaza, Marshall didn’t see a… Continue Reading
Malpractice Lawsuit against New York Podiatrist Results in $3,000,000 Pain and Suffering Verdict for College Student; Trial Judge Orders Reduction to $1,000,000
Posted in Ankle Injuries, Foot Injuries, Medical MalpracticeOn July 29, 2002, then 16 year old Jennifer Gillette underwent a procedure by podiatrist Greg Atlas in which a wart was removed from the side of her left heel. Complications developed, she was forced to undergo five new surgeries and Jennifer ended up suing Dr. Atlas claiming that he negligently performed the procedure and… Continue Reading
Ankle Fractures Result in $1,000,000 Pain and Suffering Verdict Upheld on Appeal
Posted in Ankle Injuries, Law of DamagesThe good news for the plaintiff is that his $1,000,000 pain and suffering verdict for disabling ankle fractures has been upheld on appeal; the bad news for lawyers and the public is that the decision gives little guidance as to why the judges concluded that the jury award was a fair and reasonable amount. On… Continue Reading
$3,000,000 Pain and Suffering Verdict Sustained on Appeal for Ten Year Old New York Girl Injured in Horrifying Subway Accident
Posted in Ankle Injuries, Burn Injuries, Hip and Pelvis Injuries, Knee Injuries, Leg Injuries, Psychological DamagesNovember 4, 2001 began as a great day for ten year old Leonari Jones. She was an active, playful, happy kid who had a sleepover party and was on the subway returning home to the Bronx with her friends and babysitter. When the train pulled in to her stop at 174th Street, though, Leonari’s life took a… Continue Reading
Impermissible Jury Compromise Requires Court to Set Aside $500,000 Pain and Suffering Verdict for Ankle Injuries in Case Stemming from 1993 World Trade Center Bombing
Posted in Ankle Injuries, Law of DamagesTerrorists attacked New York City’s World Trade Center buildings twice – once on 2/26/93 exploding a bomb in the underground parking garage of the north tower; then on 9/11/01 flying planes into both towers. Most people safely evacuated in 1993 (six died and hundreds were injured): The lawsuits that followed the 1993 bombing are still… Continue Reading
Latest New York Appeals Court to Evaluate Ankle Fracture Pain and Suffering Case: $550,000; Most Range Between $300,000 and $600,000
Posted in Ankle InjuriesAnother significant ankle fracture pain and suffering verdict has been reviewed by a New York appeals court and in its decision this week a Kings County verdict for $800,000 was deemed unreasonable and reduced to $550,000. Myron Fishbane, a 69 year old semi-retired accountant, slipped and fell down stairs in 2004, broke his ankle and… Continue Reading
Trial Judge Upholds $1,030,000 Pain and Suffering Verdict in New York Injury Case for 11 Year Old Boy’s Ankle Fracture
Posted in Ankle InjuriesA Kings County trial judge (Hon. James G. Starkey) has now issued a written decision upholding a jury’s verdict awarding $1,030,000 for an 11 year old boy’s pain and suffering ($190,000 past, $840,000 future) due to an ankle fracture. Jonathan Bermudez sustained a severe bimalleolar ankle fracture during his sixth grade gym class back in… Continue Reading
Appeals Court Affirms $300,000 for an Injury but Declines to Identify the Injury
Posted in Ankle Injuries, Surprising Damage VerdictsFor the third time in one week, a New York appellate court has issued a decision ruling on the reasonableness of a jury’s pain and suffering verdict while withholding the nature of the injury. Eric Turkewitz over at New York Personal Injury Law Blog says I am "steamed" about this issue. Well, maybe I am…. Continue Reading
$575,000 for Ankle Injuries
Posted in Ankle InjuriesIn Pryce v. County of Suffolk (2d Dept. 2008), New York’s appellate court which handles appeals from Long Island as well as Westchester and nearby counties, the Appellate Division Second Department, upheld a jury’s $575,000 pain and suffering award for a 63 year old maintenance man who fractured his ankle after stepping off a county… Continue Reading