On April 2, 2012, at about 5 p.m., Apolonia Castillo boarded a city bus on 57th Avenue between 97th Place and 98th Street in Queens. After paying her fare, she fell and sustained injuries to her left knee and spine. Ms. Castillo, then 72 years old, sued the bus company claiming that the driver caused… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Back Injuries
Subscribe to Back Injuries RSS FeedAppellate Court Affirms Substantial Reduction of Pain and Suffering Damages Award in Worker’s Back Injury Case
Posted in Back InjuriesOn May 2, 2006, Walter Garcia was injured while working on a renovation project at the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan. Mr. Garcia, then 46 years old, was removing asbestos caulking from windows when he fell about two feet while attempting to climb over a scaffold on the roof. In his ensuing lawsuit against the owner… Continue Reading
Jury Verdict Declining to Award Any Pain and Suffering Damages Upheld in Car Accident Case
Posted in Back Injuries, Neck InjuriesOn December 17, 2011, Ebony Stanford was a rear seat passenger in a taxicab that was involved in a crash with another vehicle in Manhattan on the FDR Drive near the 53rd Street exit. Ms. Stanford, then a 33 year old security officer at Harlem Hospital residing in the Bronx, sued both drivers seeking an… Continue Reading
Judgment Affirmed for Plaintiff in Pedestrian Knockdown Case
Posted in Back Injuries, Knee Injuries, Shoulder InjuriesOn February 21, 2011, Juan Quijano was crossing 32nd Street at Sixth Avenue in Manhattan when he was struck and knocked to the ground by a taxi whose driver was making a left turn. In the ensuing lawsuit, a Kings County jury found the driver fully at fault and the matter then proceeded to a… Continue Reading
Plaintiff in Car Crash Wins New Trial to Determine Additional Amount of Damages for Future Pain and Suffering
Posted in Back Injuries, Knee Injuries, Neck InjuriesOn November 9, 2011, Stenneth Knight, then 43 years old, was driving to work when he was stopped at a red light and his car was rear-ended on Rockaway Parkway in Brooklyn. After a trial on liability, Mr. Knight was granted a directed verdict finding the other driver fully at fault and the case proceeded… Continue Reading
Judgment Affirmed for Motor Vehicle Passenger with Non-Surgical Herniated Lumbar Disc
Posted in Back InjuriesOn May 21, 2010, Elizabeth Eastman, a home health aide for Access Nursing Services, was a rear seat passenger in an ambulette that was transporting her client from a nursing home in Manhattan to her client’s residence in Harlem. The ambulette collided with another vehicle on the FDR Drive in Manhattan. As a result of… Continue Reading
Huge Increase in Pain and Suffering Damages Award for Construction Worker in Ladder Fall Accident
Posted in Back Injuries, Wrist InjuriesOn June 3, 2005 Carlos Cano fell to the ground from the fourth rung of an unsecured ladder he was using to caulk the exterior walls of a gas station construction site in Cortlandt Manor. Mr. Cano, then 33 years old, had been employed by the project’s general contractor which specialized in the construction of… Continue Reading
Jury Verdict Reduced for Parking Garage Attendant Struck by Car
Posted in Back Injuries, Knee InjuriesOn August 16, 2006 Arnulfo Ahumada was working as a parking attendant in a parking garage at NYU Langone Medical Center at 530 First Avenue in Manhattan when he was struck by a rolling car whose driver had mistakenly left it on the ramp with its gear in neutral instead of park. Mr. Ahumada, then… Continue Reading
Erroneous Preclusion of Evidence Requires Retrial of Damages Verdict in Spinal Injury Case
Posted in Back InjuriesOn November 23, 2011 Melissa Shillingford was stopped for a red light on Beach Avenue at the Cross Bronx Expressway intersection. As the light turned green, her 1997 Honda Accord vehicle was struck in the rear by a city bus. Ms. Shillingford, then a 23 year old college student, claimed she sustained significant back injuries… Continue Reading
Pain and Suffering Damages Increased in Head-On Car Crash Case
Posted in Back InjuriesOn July 1, 2013, the car Theresa Lamphron-Read was driving on Chili Avenue in Rochester was struck head on by a car whose driver had lost control and crossed into her lane. In Ms. Lamphron-Read’s ensuing lawsuit against the other driver and owner, summary judgment was granted and the case proceeded to a trial on… Continue Reading
Excessive Force Case against Police Officer – $2,250,000 Pain and Suffering Award for Couple in Altercation; Punitive Damages Awards Vacated
Posted in Back Injuries, Neck Injuries, Punitive DamagesOn August 4, 2007 Herminio Pizarro and his girlfriend Olga Garcia were attending a block party on Brook Avenue and 138th Street in the Bronx. At about 7 p.m., Mr. Pizarro interceded when he saw a New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) officer questioning a 14 year old girl. An altercation ensued between Pizarro and… Continue Reading
Pain and Suffering Awards Affirmed for Knee and Back Injuries in Subway Platform Trip and Fall Case
Posted in Back Injuries, Knee InjuriesOn March 22, 2007, Andrew Flores was boarding a subway train at 149th Street in the Bronx when he tripped and fell over a broken portion of a wooden board used to cover the edge of the platform. His right foot became ensnared and stuck in a defect in the board causing his left leg… Continue Reading
Construction Site Injury Awards Sharply Reduced
Posted in Back InjuriesOn October 11, 2008 Gilbert Hernandez was working at a construction site in the Bronx inspecting a gas line being installed in a six-foot deep trench. As he was climbing out, Mr. Hernandez fell down into the trench landing on his back. In his ensuing lawsuit against Danella Construction of New York, Inc. – the… Continue Reading
Modest Pain and Suffering Award Affirmed in Car Crash Case
Posted in Back InjuriesOn April 30, 2010 Patricia Telesco was driving her 2003 Hummer motor vehicle on Route 55 in Lagrangeville when she was struck head on in her lane by a 1998 Oldsmobile driven across the double yellow line by Kyle Blackman on his way to classes at Arlington High School. Ms. Telesco was taken from the… Continue Reading
Back and Knee Pain and Suffering Award Affirmed on Appeal in Pedestrian Knockdown Case
Posted in Back Injuries, Knee InjuriesOn June 12, 2009, 32 year old Jason Kowalsky was a field technician for Verizon standing at the back of his parked van when he was hit by a pick-up truck owned by the County of Suffolk. In his ensuing lawsuit, Kowalsky’s motion for summary judgment as to liability was granted and in August 2014… Continue Reading
Pain and Suffering Awards Affirmed for Truck Driver’s Injuries to Ankle, Knee and Back Due to Fall at Gas Station
Posted in Ankle Injuries, Back Injuries, Knee InjuriesOn February 19, 2009, Ruben Corena drove his truck to the Sunoco gas station at 880 Garrison Avenue in the Bronx. While walking back to his truck after paying for his fuel, Mr. Corena fell and sustained injuries due to cracked pavement and oil on the ground. On January 8, 2013, in the ensuing lawsuit… Continue Reading
Appellate Court Orders Reduction in Pain and Suffering Awards for Knee and Back Injuries
Posted in Back Injuries, Knee InjuriesOn January 23, 2009 Elgin McEachin was driving his 2003 Chevy Trailblazer southbound on Saratoga Avenue through its intersection with Park Place in Brooklyn. At the same time, a New York City Police Department lieutenant was on the job driving his unmarked 2005 Ford Escape SUV eastbound on Park Place intending to make a right… Continue Reading
Back Injury Pain and Suffering Awards Affirmed
Posted in Back InjuriesOn December 20, 2008 Anthony Waring was employed as a housekeeper at Sunrise Assisted Living in Yonkers. It had snowed the night before and Mr. Waring’s first order of business that morning was to shovel snow off the outside walkways. To do that, he had to get a shovel from the newly constructed outdoor shed… Continue Reading
Spinal Injury Pain and Suffering Verdict Affirmed
Posted in Back Injuries, Neck InjuriesOn February 6, 2008, livery taxicab driver Alfonso Robles was involved in a crash with another car in Port Chester. He ended up in the hospital emergency room and in his ensuing lawsuit commenced on May 21, 2009 against the other driver and vehicle owner, on January 24, 2012, a Westchester County jury apportioned liability… Continue Reading
Wrist and Spinal Injuries from Trip and Fall Accident Result in Large Pain and Suffering Damages Award
Posted in Back Injuries, Wrist InjuriesOn October 30, 2009, at about 8 a.m., Anyolina Mata was crossing the Grand Concourse near her apartment in the Bronx when her foot became caught on a one inch high lip that surrounded a subway ventilation grate embedded in a concrete median. Ms. Mata fell forward to the ground where she lay in intense pain… Continue Reading
Construction Site Accident Verdict Reinstated
Posted in Back Injuries, Internal InjuriesOn September 23, 2005, Rafael Lopez was employed as a journeyman laborer for the general contractor at a construction project in Brooklyn owned by the City of New York. He was involved in the placement of rebar on the roof of a building under construction. While helping a co-worker try to dislodge a piece of… Continue Reading
Court Affirms Both Pain and Suffering and Loss of Enjoyment of Life Awards
Posted in Ankle Injuries, Back InjuriesOn March 10, 2008, Cassandra Grace was heading toward the turnstiles at the Third Avenue-149th Street subway station in the Bronx. After descending a flight of stairs, her foot was caught by a depression in cracked tiles on the floor causing her to trip and fall. Ms. Grace, then a 46 year old dance instructor,… Continue Reading
Pain and Suffering Awards Affirmed in Spinal Injury Case
Posted in Back InjuriesOn April 14, 2007, Antonia Corapi went to a party at an indoor sports facility called Sports Underdome in Mount Vernon. Mrs. Corapi walked down a buffet line taking food from a table placed on an elevated platform, took a couple of steps back from the table and fell backwards off the platform to the… Continue Reading
Appellate Court Reduces Pain and Suffering Verdict in Back Injury Case
Posted in Back InjuriesOn June 23, 2008, Ronald Weathers was in a car accident when the Dodge Neon he was driving was struck by a left turning SUV driven by Alex Rios. The accident scene – the intersection of Shell Road and Avenue Z in Brooklyn: Mr. Weathers, then a 55 year old automobile mechanic for many years… Continue Reading