On June 4, 2008 at about 11:30 p.m., Drucilla Alfonso was crossing the intersection at 39th Street and Third Avenue in Manhattan, in the crosswalk, when she was struck by a left turning city bus. The force of the impact spun her around, causing her to fall to the ground. Alfonso, 52 years old, was… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Wrist Injuries
Subscribe to Wrist Injuries RSS FeedCourt Orders Substantial Reduction in Pain and Suffering Damages in Severe Orthopedic and Brain Injury Trauma Case
Posted in Back Injuries, Brain Injuries, Leg Injuries, Neck Injuries, Wrist InjuriesA 26 year old restaurant deliveryman was was bicycling in the Bedford-Stuyversant section of Brooklyn on June 4, 2005, on his way to make a food delivery from King’s Men Restaurant, when a car struck him from behind. Jing Xue Jiang flew through the air and the next thing he remembered was waking up at… Continue Reading
Trip and Fall Wrist Injuries Verdict Affirmed on Appeal
Posted in Wrist InjuriesOn December 23, 2004, Leonard Cedano was crossing the street at Clifford Place and Jerome Avenue in the Bronx. The 54 year old livery cab driver was in the crosswalk when he stepped onto a manhole cover that caused him to fall because it was about three inches lower than street level. Workers repairing a… Continue Reading
$5,500,000 Pain and Suffering Award Upheld for Worker in Construction Site Accident
Posted in Brain Injuries, Facial Injuries, Hip and Pelvis Injuries, Wrist InjuriesOn August 13, 2006, George Nunez was working as part of a New York City Transit Authority crew replacing subway tracks in Brooklyn. A walkway suddenly collapsed and he fell 30 feet to the street below, causing him to sustain numerous life-altering injuries. Nunez, 48 years old at the time of the accident, sued… Continue Reading
Police Officer’s Hand and Wrist Injury Result in $500,000 Pain and Suffering Verdict Affirmed on Appeal
Posted in Hand Injuries, Wrist InjuriesOn October 9, 2005, Michael Nutley, a 35 year old New York City police officer on duty, slipped and fell on a New York City Transit Authority subway stairway at the 111th Street and Greenwood Avenue station in Queens. Officer Nutley injured his dominant right hand and wrist and sued the NYCTA claiming that the… Continue Reading
$1,000,000 Pain and Suffering Verdict Affirmed on Appeal for 55 Year Old Man with Bilateral Wrist Fractures
Posted in Wrist InjuriesOn September 9, 2003, then 55 year old Matar Diouf entered a New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) train station at 96th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. As he descended the staircase inside the station, he stepped on a two inch high protrusion, lost his balance on the uneven surface and fell down the stairs… Continue Reading
High-Low Agreement Results in $950,000 Pain and Suffering Recovery for Wrist Injuries
Posted in Wrist InjuriesFrancisco Santaella had been a construction worker for 20 years. His employer, Building Contractors, Inc., had a contract with United Parcel Services, Inc. in connection with a building project in Queens, New York when, on July 26, 2007, Francisco was working on a ladder. It shifted and he fell head first to the ground 14… Continue Reading
Appellate Court Upholds Jury Verdict Finding Police Officer Caused Wrist Injury with Excessive Force and Negligence in Arrest but Reduces $1,100,000 Pain and Suffering Verdict to $450,000
Posted in Wrist InjuriesOn June 7, 2003, two New York City Police Department officers responded to a criminal trespass call at 439 East 135th Street in the Bronx where 48 year old Juanita Young was asleep in a second floor apartment. The police had been called by the landlord who had obtained an eviction order due to Ms…. Continue Reading
Slip and Fall Liability Verdict Affirmed against NYC Transit Authority but Court Fails to Identify Injury for which Jury Rendered $210,000 Verdict
Posted in Wrist InjuriesOnce again an appellate court in New York has issued a decision on an appeal from a jury verdict in a personal injury lawsuit that fails to identify important facts about the case – such as the injury for which $210,000 was awarded. So once again, we have dug into the matter so we can… 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
New York Appeals Court Inadequately Explains its Order Deducting $455,000 from Pain and Suffering Verdict for Firefighter with Wrist, Shoulder and Knee Injuries
Posted in Knee Injuries, Shoulder Injuries, Wrist InjuriesOn December 22, 1999, Lieutenant Nocenzu Cusumano, a New York City firefighter, reported to work at the city’s recently renovated Staten Island training center. He slipped on stairway debris and fell 16 feet down to a concrete floor. He reached out for a handrail or banister but none was there as the renovation was illegal… Continue Reading
Latest Slip and Fall New York Injury Cases – 2 out of 3 Dismissed Before Trial
Posted in Shoulder Injuries, Surprising Damage Verdicts, Wrist InjuriesSlip and fall injury cases in New York are quite common. They are also among the most difficult to win for the injured party. All three cases in the latest round of slip and fall trial court decisions released in New York are from accidents in the winter of 2006-2007. Two were dismissed on motions… Continue Reading
New Wrist Fracture Case Upholds $3,100,000 Pain and Suffering Damages Award
Posted in Wrist InjuriesIt was hardly two weeks ago that we discussed wrist fracture cases in New York and how they can command settlements and verdicts between $450,000 and $900,000. Now comes the case of Serrano v. 432 Park S. Realty Co., LLC and an award of $3,100,000 for pain and suffering. In this new case, a 38… Continue Reading
Wrist Fracture Injury Cases – Recent New York Verdicts and Settlements Between $450,000 and $900,000
Posted in Wrist InjuriesWith a serious enough injury, traumatic wrist injury cases in New York can and do command upwards of $500,000-$900,000 for pain and suffering alone and can even bring in a $1,000,000 sustainable verdict. The wrist is an extremely complex collection of many joints, including eight separate small bones called carpal bones that connect the two… Continue Reading