Category Archives: Arm Injuries

$562,000 Appeals Court Award for Pain and Suffering from Thoracic Nerve Injury Causing Scapular Winging and Disabled Arm

By John Hochfelder on December 12, 2010 Posted in Arm Injuries, Medical Malpractice, Shoulder Injuries

He was a tough 47 year old steel cutter employed for many years at the Goodyear-Dunlop plant in Tonawanda, New York (the Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area) when in 2004 he noticed his right arm was swelling. After visits to a local ER and his primary care doctor, Richard Winiarski ended up seeing a vascular surgeon… Continue Reading

Humerus Fracture Pain and Suffering Verdicts and Settlements from $85,000 to $980,000

By John Hochfelder on January 22, 2009 Posted in Arm Injuries

It takes a whole lot of trauma to fracture the humerus – the long bone of the upper arm – and when it does happen there will likely be other injuries such as to the shoulder or wrist. So it’s not easy to find cases that deal only with humerus fracture pain and suffering damages… Continue Reading