James Sanders abused alcohol and heroin and he ended up in jail for a year. As a condition of his parole, he was placed in a methadone program at Kings County Hospital. At about 10 a.m. on December 12, 2002, the 41 year old Sanders went to his methadone clinic, got "medicated" and as he… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Eye and Vision Injuries
Subscribe to Eye and Vision Injuries RSS FeedSevere Facial Injuries from Assault – Jury Awards $5,000,000 for Pain and Suffering, Trial Judge Reduces Verdict to $3,500,000 and Appellate Court then Dismisses Case on Liability Grounds
Posted in Eye and Vision Injuries, Facial InjuriesOn March 2, 2002 at about 5:30 p.m., Miguel Beato returned home from work as a porter. As he walked through the courtyard of his apartment complex at 35-46 65th Street in the Woodside section of Queens, New York, he was confronted by an unknown gang of men. He asked them to move out of his… Continue Reading
Inside Story of Lawsuit over Catastrophic Injuries at Construction Site – Did Attorney’s Rejection of Settlement Offer Cost His Client $7,000,000?
Posted in Eye and Vision Injuries, Leg Injuries, Loss of Consortium Damages, Neck Injuries, Wrist InjuriesA 35 year old healthy construction worker was helping to build a new Lowe’s Home Depot in Orangeburg (Ulster County), New York on November 14, 2002 when he fell off the roof 22 feet striking his head on the ground below. After 63 days in the hospital (57 of them in a coma), 11 surgeries… Continue Reading
Newest Ruling in Golf Course Cases – Plaintiff Hit in Eye by Errant Shot Loses Vision and Case
Posted in Assumption of the Risk, Eye and Vision Injuries, Surprising Damage VerdictsWill New York become a haven for lousy golfers? That’s a possibility given an appeals court ruling last week in the case of two (theretofore) friends and golfing buddies who took to the course on October 19, 2002. One of their threesome got hit in the eye by an errant golf shot from another in the… Continue Reading
Another Subway Accident – $5,950,000 Pain and Suffering Verdict for Man Struck by Subway Car (after returning from methadone clinic and drinking pure rum)
Posted in Amputation Injuries, Eye and Vision Injuries, Surprising Damage VerdictsIt never ends, does it? Another careless person fell onto the New York City subway tracks and was grievously injured. Then he lawyered up, sued the city and a Brooklyn jury recently found the city’s motorman 70% at fault with the result that the injured fellow was awarded $5,950,000 for his pain and suffering. Walter… Continue Reading
Eye Surgeries Fail to Save Eye after Golf Driving Range Accident – $1,000,000 Settlement
Posted in Eye and Vision InjuriesA devastating traumatic eye injury resulted in a $1,000,000 settlement in the midst of testimony in a lawsuit brought by a 42 year old man in Florida who was hitting golf balls at a driving range when his ball struck a granite marker used to separate each golfer and then ricocheted right into his eye… Continue Reading
$8,500,000 for Eye Injury – Top 2008 Award against NYC
Posted in Eye and Vision InjuriesThe New York City Law Department has released statistics regarding negligence lawsuits against it in 2008 and the top recovery was for an eye injury to a school guidance counselor in the case of Villaseca v. City of New York (1st Dept. 2008). The New York Post reports it this way: "$8.5 million to a… Continue Reading