On 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
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Appellate Court Affirms Refusal to Award Future Damages in Knee Injury Case
Posted in Knee InjuriesOn July 20, 2007, Patrice Algerio drove her small car through an intersection in Ronkonkama when a box truck driven by an air conditioning firm’s employee drove through a stop sign and collided with her. Claiming knee injuries, Ms. Algerio sued and fault was assessed 100% against the defendants (the owner and driver of the… 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
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
Knee Injury Pain and Suffering Verdict Increased on Appeal to $1,400,000
Posted in Knee InjuriesAngelo Diaz reported to work at 5:15 a.m. on July 15, 2002 at the New York City Department of Sanitation’s maintenance garage in Manhattan. The then 40 year old Diaz was going about his work for an hour or so moving trucks from the garage (like the one seen below) to the street outside when… Continue Reading
Shoulder Injury Pain and Suffering Verdict – $250,000 Upheld after Malpractice by Attorneys
Posted in Shoulder InjuriesRosalie David, a 57 year old schoolteacher, was a front seat passenger in a car driven by her husband on January 25, 2003 in Cortlandt Manor, New York. Waiting to make a left turn, their car was rear ended by a car driven by Dennis Astrologo. Complaining of pain in her right shoulder, Mrs. David… 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
Elbow Fracture Case Settles for $1,650,000 under High-Low Agreement after Verdict for $4,370,000
Posted in Elbow InjuriesRey Espinal was a healthy, active 36 year old laborer on June 8, 2005 when he was working at a warehouse in the Bronx installing a tall rolling door gate. He fell off a ladder about 14 feet to the ground below. It’s dangerous to be working up on a ladder: Mr. Espinal was… 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
City of New York Wins Appellate Court Dismissal of $1,000,000 Knee Injury Verdict – Plaintiff’s Testimony was False and Jury was Irrational
Posted in Knee InjuriesPedro Acosta was 28 years old on April 16, 1999 and asleep in his second floor apartment in Brooklyn, New York when at about 11 p.m. four men banged on his door. He ran out the back – through a rear window, onto a roof, down to the street and up onto another roof. The… 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
Another $1,000,000 Elbow Fracture Verdict Sustained on Appeal in New York
Posted in Elbow InjuriesKerwin Park was a 36 year old day laborer doing construction work on a residential building in Manhattan on September 7, 2000 when a wooden plank he’d been standing on collapsed and sent him tumbling 20 feet to the unfinished basement below. Here’s what it looked like before Mr. Park fell: Park was rushed to the hospital where he… Continue Reading
Doctor’s Failure to Monitor for Lupus Leads to Kidney Failure and $2,500,000 Pain and Suffering Verdict Upheld on Appeal
Posted in Medical MalpracticeIn October, 2000, Susan Midler was referred by her gynecologist to Richard Crane, M.D., a rheumatologist. She had complaints of joint pain and he diagnosed her with arthritis after administering several diagnostic tests (including a urinalysis), two of which were positive for lupuserythematosis (an autoimmune disease that can affect vital organs). Dr. Crane’s letter to the referring… 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
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
$2,162,000 Verdict for Shoulder Rotator Cuff Injury
Posted in Shoulder InjuriesJurors in a recent shoulder trauma case tried to a verdict awarded $2,162,000 for pain and suffering involving a torn rotator cuff. Torn Rotator Cuff: In another late 2008 jury verdict, $1,100,000 was awarded for pain and suffering for a similar injury. These pain and suffering verdicts appear to be well above the norm… 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