On March 5, 2015, Vale Thomas was stopped in his car at a red light on Rockaway Boulevard in Queens when his vehicle was struck from behind by another vehicle. Mr. Vale, then 64 years old, struck his knee on the dashboard and was jolted backwards and forwards.
In his ensuing lawsuit against the
On December 17, 2013, Michael Sabine was injured when he was driving his vehicle in Waterloo and a state park employee in a state-owned pick-up truck lost control and crossed into his lane causing a crash.
Mr. Sabine, 61 years old, was granted summary judgment as to liability by a court order issued on 9/26/18
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
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
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:
On October 19, 2005, Louis Demetro was employed as a stationary engineer by the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation in the newly constructed boiler room of Jacobi Medical Center. During the course of his employment, Mr. Demetro, then 39 years old, was knocked to the ground and injured after being struck by a
On February 17, 2014, Nelsida De La Rosa was injured when she stepped out of the shower and the bathroom ceiling in her apartment collapsed and sheetrock debris fell down and struck her head.
Ms. De La Rosa, then 46 years old, sued her landlord who conceded liability on the day the jury was selected
On August 26, 2016, Vincent Madia was injured in a collision between his motorcycle and a taxi at the intersection of Fish and Waring Avenues in the Bronx.
In the ensuing trial, the jury awarded pain and suffering damages in the sum of $5,000 (past only – three years). In her post-trial decision on plaintiff’s
On June 14, 2013, Albert Masmalaj was employed as a carpenter at a a recycling plant construction site in Brooklyn when he fell from a scaffold six feet to the cement floor below.
In his ensuing Kings County lawsuit against the premises owner