On April 14, 2009, Robert McCullough was working as an ironworker at the One Bryant Park, Manhattan construction site when he tripped and fell after stepping into an uncovered drain hole. He claimed serious ankle injuries and sued the owner and general contractor claiming that their violations of the Labor Law caused his injuries.
Appellate Court Affirms Jury’s Modest Pain and Suffering Award for Worker’s Ankle and Back Injuries
On February 4, 2012, Anthony Farrugia was working as an operating engineer when he stepped into a hole in the floor of the sub-basement at 1440 Broadway in Manhattan.
Mr. Farrugia, then 29 years old, sued the building owner and others alleging
Appellate Court Increases Pain and Suffering Damages Award in Ankle Injury Case
On February 24, 2015, Sheila Samlal slipped and fell on ice covering the parking area behind the multi-family house at 290 Graff Avenue in the Bronx where she and her husband were renting the top two floors. Ms. Samlal sustained serious ankle injuries and sued claiming that her landlord was responsible.
Ankle Injury Pain and Suffering Award Increased on Appeal
On August 15, 2011, Calvin Thomas slipped and fell on the second floor landing of an interior staircase in an apartment building at 383 East 143rd Street in the Bronx. As a result, he sustained a major ankle injury.
Mr. Thomas, then 51 years old, sued
Jury’s Pain and Suffering Damages Award Affirmed in Ankle Injury Case
On August 7, 2014, Angel Diaz was driving his motorcycle on North Avenue in New Rochelle when he collided with a car driving in the same direction and was thrown from his bike to the roadway. Diaz sustained a serious ankle injury and sued the other driver claiming she was fully at fault for the
Large Awards Affirmed in Ankle Fracture RSD Case
On May 8, 2013, at about 7:30 p.m., Aminatah Kromah, a 32 year old hairdresser, was descending the interior stairs of a 50 unit apartment building at 2265 Davidson Avenue in the Bronx when she slipped and fell down five steps and sustained massive ankle and lower extremity injuries.
In her ensuing lawsuit against the
Appellate Court Addresses Liability and Damages in Slip and Fall Ankle Injury Case
On February 9, 2004 at about 9:30 a.m., Lillian Robinson parked her car across the street from her home on Van Buren Street in Brooklyn and was walking around the back of her car so she could cross the street. After taking one or two steps off the curb, she fell and was injured.
Liability Verdict Affirmed but Pain and Suffering Award Reduced for Bus Passenger
On November 4, 2006, at about 9:30 a.m., Yvette Martinez stepped out of a city bus at 163rd Street and Third Avenue in the Bronx. As she moved her left foot from the last step down to the street below, she stepped into a pothole, fell and injured her ankle.
Ms. Martinez, then 38 years
Substantial Pain and Suffering Award Affirmed in Pedestrian Knockdown Case
On April 6, 2011, at about 9:30 p.m., Claudia Shepherd was struck and run over by a sanitation truck in the crosswalk at the intersection of Nostrand Avenue and Fulton Street in Brooklyn. The driver fled the scene but an eyewitness chased the truck and identified it to the police.
The
Ankle Injury Pain and Suffering Awards Increased
On October 3, 2009, then 12 year old Rajendra Sawh was in the area of a construction site when a box of roofing shingles fell from the from the site’s roof onto his right leg and ankle.He was rushed to the hospital where he was admitted for emergency surgery.
In the ensuing lawsuit