On November 19, 2005, at about 7 p.m., Ernest Lewis, then 13 years old, was on his way home from church walking towards the bus stop at 145th Street and Convent Avenue in Manhattan. He saw a bus ahead and ran along the sidewalk to catch it before the driver pulled away. Ernest reached the… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Post-Traumatic Arthritis
Substantial Reduction of Pain and Suffering Damages Award Ordered on Appeal in Ankle Injury Case
Posted in Ankle InjuriesOn June 1, 2002, Ruth Williams tripped and fell down a flight of stairs at the Nevins Street subway station in Brooklyn: Ms. Williams, at the time an unemployed 51 year old, sustained a badly fractured ankle in the accident and claimed that the subway station operator was liable (because of a missing tile). A… Continue Reading
Court Affirms Pain and Suffering Award for Foot Injury
Posted in Foot InjuriesPatricia Ynoa, a 30 year old home health aide, was on her way home from a patient’s house on March 25, 2004. She’d taken the subway and was about to exit from the station at 167th Street in the Bronx when her right foot became caught in a broken high exit turnstile. Here is an… Continue Reading
Latest Trimalleolar Ankle Fracture Case – $625,000 Pain and Suffering Verdict Affirmed
Posted in Ankle InjuriesMeghan Hopkins, a 22 year old graphic designer from Ohio, was visiting her boyfriend in New York City on July 31, 2006 when she tripped and fell on a defective walkway at the 14th Street subway station. Meghan sustained a severe ankle fracture and sued the New York City Transit Authority claiming that the walkway… Continue Reading