On October 31, 2011, Marion Hedges went to a shopping center at East 117th Street in Manhattan with her 13 year old son. After they left a store, they walked to a parking garage station, when she was hit by a metal shopping cart which two adolescent boys threw over a railing from a pedestrian
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Medical Malpractice Verdict Reduced by Appellate Court from $4,500,000 to $2,000,000 in Hysterectomy Case
By John Hochfelder on
Posted in Medical Malpractice
On March 22, 2006 Alice Silverberg was admitted to Maimonides Hospital Center in Brooklyn. Up to that point, she was an active 78 year old woman in generally good health but with a prolapsed uterus which brought her to the hospital for an elective vaginal hysterectomy.
Anamaria Guzman, M.D., attempted to anesthetize Ms. Silverberg…
Pre-Death Pain and Suffering Verdict Slashed by Appellate Court from $5,000,000 to $2,500,000 because Woman in Coma for 4 ½ Years was only “Sporadically Aware” of her Condition
By John Hochfelder on
On October 3, 1996, Edith Schaffer, then 67 years old, voluntarily admitted herself to a small psychiatric hospital in Ossining, New York, for an episode of depression and anxiety. The next day, she suffered the first of a series of seizures and was sent to a nearby community hospital for a neurological consult and…
New Trial Ordered by Appellate Court in Lawsuit over Teenager’s Drowning Death – Jury was Wrong in Refusing to Award Pain and Suffering Damages for 11 Day Period after Drowning but before Death
By John Hochfelder on
Posted in Wrongful Death
It was a hot summer day – a great one to be off the city streets and in a cool swimming pool. So, on July 21, 1995, Jeremy Williams, an 18 year old high school senior, went to Betsy Head Pool in Brooklyn. Part of the New York City Parks department system, the pool…
Brain Damage Verdict: $800,000 for Future Pain and Suffering Upheld for Two Children Poisoned by Lead Paint despite Award of Zero for Past Pain and Suffering
By John Hochfelder on
Posted in Brain Injuries
In August 2000, when they were two and five years old, Wendy Solis-Vicuna and her sister Yessenia moved with their father to an apartment at 6823 Ridge Boulevard, a 20 unit building in Brooklyn, New York built in the 1900’s.
The apartment was full of peeling and chipped lead paint, a well-known hazard to…
New Lead Paint Poisoning Verdicts for Children in New York Range from $600,000 to $1,200,000
By John Hochfelder on
Posted in Brain Injuries
We’ve discussed lead paint poisoning before, here. Three new verdicts and appellate court decisions have been issued in New York in favor of children poisoned by lead pain ingestion and suffering resultant brain damage.
In the latest case, a Kings County jury determined that there was peeling or chipping paint in a one…
Death Case Verdict: $5,000,000 for 4 1/2 Years of Pain and Suffering (While in a Coma) – Will Not Stand on Appeal
By John Hochfelder on
Posted in Wrongful Death
A Westchester County jury recently returned a verdict of $5,000,000 in favor of the estate of a woman who died because of medical malpractice. It will not stand up on appeal.
In Schaffer v. Stony Lodge Hospital (Supreme Court, Westchester County; Index # 4155/99; 11/6/08), a 68 year old woman with long standing depression went…
$Millions for Brain Damage from Lead Paint
By John Hochfelder on
Posted in Brain Injuries
Toy manufacturer Mattel, Inc. will pay $12 million to 39 states (including New York, Texas and Florida) to settle an investigation over lead-painted toys made in China and sold in the USA, according to the Associated Press, Environment News Service and John Bisnar of California Injury Blog. More than 21 million toys were…