On December 25, 2010, Julia Gonzalez was injured when she fell on a wet substance while descending steps at 1436 Beach Avenue in Bronx County, a residential apartment building. She’d been sent there to work as a home health aide for a tenant in the building.
Back Injuries
Jury’s Damages Awards Modified in Fall from Bus Ramp Case that Caused Several Significant Injuries
On February 12, 2013, Lusia Reinoso, a 61 year old home health aide, was exiting a city bus down the wheelchair ramp behind her patient who was in a motorized wheelchair when, without warning, the ramp was activated and Reinoso was propelled onto the sidewalk.
In Ms. Reinoso’s ensuing lawsuit, the jury found the…
New Trial on Damages Ordered; Large Verdict Set Aside in Pedestrian Knockdown Lawsuit
On December 13, 2014, Linda Miller was crossing the street on Broadway at its intersection with West 161st Street in Manhattan when she was struck by a van.
A jury found the van driver fully at fault and then awarded plaintiff damages in the total sum of $4,030,000 broken down as follows:
- $3,000,000 for
…
Construction Worker’s Pain and Suffering Award Slashed
On August 11, 2014, Mirson Pimenta, then a 42 year old construction worker, was injured on the job creating a foundation for a new building at 1504 Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn. He was bending over to pick up some materials from the floor when a 15 foot aluminum ladder fell over and hit him…
Award for Worker’s Back and Wrist Pain and Suffering Affirmed
On May 23, 2013, Jean Henriquez-Rodriguez fell from a wobbly ladder at an apartment building construction project at 1949 Adam Clayton Boulevard in Manhattan. He was employed by a contractor and had been reaching overhead to spread compound on an apartment ceiling.

Mr. Henriquez-Rodriguez, then…
Roadway Worker’s Back Injury Pain and Suffering Award Reduced on Appeal
On May 11, 2012, Martin Gjeka was working as a flagman directing traffic around an unguarded trench in the roadway at East 116th Street in Manhattan, which was being excavated by the adjacent building owner to allow new sewer lines to be installed, when a truck struck his lower back, causing him to fall into…
Significant Pain and Suffering Damages Increase Ordered in Car Crash Case
On July 27, 2013, Franklin Abreu-DePena, then 39 years old, was driving his taxi in the Bronx when he was involved in a crash with another vehicle.
Mr. Abreu-DePena claimed shoulder, neck and back injuries and in his ensuing lawsuit again the other driver, the jury (a) determined that the other driver was 60% at…
Significant Damages Awards in Spinal and Ankle Injuries Case
On December 29, 2013, Angelina Register was asleep in her apartment at 1265 Morrison Avenue in the Bronx when leaky pipes caused ceiling plaster to fall on her. When she got out of bed, she injured her back and ankle when she slipped and fell on water and the debris that had fallen from the…
Appellate Court Affirms Jury’s Modest Pain and Suffering Award for Worker’s Ankle and Back Injuries
Significant Pain and Suffering Award in Non-Surgical Herniated Discs Case
On October 5, 2013, Christine O’Connell was sitting in her car stopped at a red light in Hamburg (a Buffalo suburb) when another driver drove through the light causing a crash. Christine, then a 24 year old student, declined medical treatment at the scene but called her doctor that night complaining of low back…