On December 10, 2012, Adalberto Santiago was a 31 year old New York City police officer operating his patrol car when he received an emergency dispatch calling for assistance to a fellow officer. Officer Santiago activated his lights and sirens and took off. On his way to his fellow officer in need, Officer Santiago’s
Appellate Court Reinstates Jury’s Pain and Suffering Verdict After Substantial Upward Modification by Trial Judge
On December 21, 2012,Zobeida Hiciano was injured when she was struck by a vehicle as she walked across Jerome Avenue in the Bronx.
After opening statements in her lawsuit against the driver and owner of the vehicle to recover damages for her back and elbow injuries, the trial judge directed a verdict in
Appellate Court Reinstates Jury Verdict That was Reduced by Trial Judge in Elbow Injury Case
On August 16, 2006, Nancy Cruz tripped and fell due to a defect in a rubber playground mat at a picnic in the Bronx. Ms. Cruz, then 49 years old, was attending a cookout with her five-year-old grandson when her foot became caught in a worn-out hole in the mat causing her to fall forward
Large Award Affirmed for Back, Shoulder and Elbow Injuries in Bus Crash Case
On June 25, 2008 at about 3:30 a.m., Tiffany Halsey was a passenger in a city bus, on her way home from her job as the late shift cashier at New York Fried Chicken in Queens.
Suddenly, the bus veered off the roadway, mounted the sidewalk and struck a utility pole. Ms. Halsey, then
City of New York Wins Reversal of $1,200,000 Elbow Fracture Award
On June 10, 2000, then six year old Erica Carrasquilla slipped and fell while climbing up a wet ladder on a playground slide at New York City’s Van Voorhees Park in Brooklyn. She sustained a supraondylar fracture of her dominant left arm’s elbow requiring closed reduction under anesthesia with the placement of percutaneous pins.
Erica
Elbow Fracture Case Settles for $1,650,000 under High-Low Agreement after Verdict for $4,370,000
Rey Espinal was a healthy, active 36 year old laborer on June 8, 2005 when he was working at a warehouse in the Bronx installing a tall rolling door gate. He fell off a ladder about 14 feet to the ground below.
It’s dangerous to be working up on a ladder:
Mr. Espinal was
Girl with Fractured Femur from Construction Site Accident Wins New Damages Trial due to Jury’s Inconsistent Pain and Suffering Awards ($100,000 for Future, Zero for Past)
On September 1, 2000 Jennifer Arietta was struck by an eight foot piece of plywood accidentally dropped from the third floor window at 513 Beekman Avenue in the Bronx. The plank was being used as a window cover by contractors renovating the building and ten year old Jennifer just happened to be walking on the
Another $1,000,000 Elbow Fracture Verdict Sustained on Appeal in New York
Kerwin Park was a 36 year old day laborer doing construction work on a residential building in Manhattan on September 7, 2000 when a wooden plank he’d been standing on collapsed and sent him tumbling 20 feet to the unfinished basement below.
Here’s what it looked like before Mr. Park fell:
Park was
Recent Elbow Fracture Pain and Suffering Verdicts in New York in Excess of $1,000,000
The elbow is really not a bone, it’s a joint of the upper extremity (the arm) where the humerus meets, or articulates, with the radius and ulna.
As you can see, there’s no "elbow" bone. So when we hear of elbow fractures (and even doctors will use that term), what we’re most likely talking