On August 12, 2016, Paata Usoiani and Vitalii Kasoev were passengers in a parked car on Brighton Beach Avenue in Brooklyn when a truck owned by a moving company attempted to park and backed into the car.
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Both Mr. Usoiani, then 31 years old and Mr. Kasoev, then 34 years old, claimed
On July 20, 2012, Willan Aguilar was employed by a subcontractor as a laborer performing demolition work at a construction site in Brooklyn when he fell from a metal beam 15 feet onto the ground below. Mr. Aguilar, then 34 years old, sued the owner and general contractor under the Labor Law and was
On May 29, 2013, Keonna Greenidge was struck by a slow moving car while walking across Morris Avenue in the Bronx. Ms. Greenidge, then 22 years old, sued the driver claiming she sustained significant injuries to her spine and knees.
After determining that both parties were at fault – defendant 65%, plaintiff 35% –
On March 13, 2017, Carlos Fuentes, then 35 years old, was injured when the car he was driving was struck by a vehicle driven by an officer with the Nassau County Police Department. The car Mr. Fuentes was in flipped over three times; the other car burst into flames.
After a trial on liability
On December 18, 2014, Audrey Buckham was injured in her Brooklyn apartment when the ceiling in her bathroom collapsed on her while she was in the shower striking her and knocking her to the floor.
Ms. Buckham, then 52 years old, sued her landlord claiming that the defendant knew the bathroom ceiling had been leaking
On March 1, 2010, Raul Marquez sustained injuries to his knees and back when he fell from an A-frame ladder in a construction incident while painting crown molding in a common hallway of the 62 unit cooperative apartment building at 171 West 79th Street in Manhattan.
Mr. Marquez, then 33 years old, was employed as
On January 18, 2015, Toni Pecoraro slipped and fell on ice on the exterior stairs of the building where she was living in Brooklyn. She sued the building owner claiming she sustained extensive injuries in the fall and that the owner was at fault for not maintaining the premises in a safe condition.
There was
On June 18, 2015, Gwendolyn Williams was passenger in a vehicle operated by Patrick Ncho who ran a stop sign and was struck by another vehicle.
Ms. Williams, then 38 years old, sustained injuries and was transported to the local hospital with complaints of pain in her neck, back, right knee and right shoulder
On June 24, 2014, Nelly Lara was injured when the car she was driving was hit in the rear while she was stopped at a red light at the intersection of 51st Avenue and Corona Avenue in Queens.
Ms. Lara, a 67 year old retired hairdresser, obtained an order granting summary judgment as to full
On June 1, 2012, Deborah Ormond was injured when she tripped over a raised and uneven piece of sidewalk next to a metal subway grate in front of 390 Lafayette Avenue in Brooklyn.
Ms. Ormond successfully sued the city transit authority claiming that defendant was negligent in the maintenance of the sidewalk. The jury awarded