On April 10, 2016, Robert Liciaga was severely injured when a 10-foot-long railroad tie fell from an elevated subway line and struck his back while he was riding a bicycle along Broadway in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn. At the time and place of the accident, the New York City Transit Authority (the “TA”) was
Gunshot Victim’s Pain and Suffering Award Affirmed
On February 1, 2006, Raoul Lopez was driving on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx when he was pulled over by New York City Police Department officers. At some point after the traffic stop, one of the officers shot the 26 year old Mr. Lopez in the back of his neck.
Lopez sued the
Paralyzed due to Medical Malpractice – Plaintiff’s Case Resolved after Multiple Trials and Appeals
On November 4, 2004, then 44 year old Charles Malmberg underwent an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion surgery to remove a degenerative disc and osteophytes at the Syracuse Veterans Administration Medical Center.
After the surgery, X-rays and an MRI showed he suffered from spinal cord impingement at several points, with excessive edema in the spinal
Federal Appeals Court Affirms $15,000,000 Pain and Suffering Verdict in Paralysis Case
On January 17, 1999, Vito Saladino, then 36 years old, was working for American Airlines as a baggage handler at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens. Mr. Saladino was a passenger in a baggage tractor driven by a co-worker and as they passed a parked jet, backwash from the jet’s engine caused the baggage
Review of the 10 Largest Pain and Suffering Awards Approved by New York’s Appellate Courts in 2011
New York’s appellate courts issued decisions in 10 cases in 2011 that approved pain and suffering damages in the sum of $3,500,000 or more.
The largest was $12,000,000 for a 24 year old woman who was paralyzed when a weight-lifting machine fell on top of her.
The courts affirmed the jury verdict in five of
Appellate Court Affirms Liability Verdict but Slashes Pain and Suffering Award in Major Product Liability Case
Natalie Barnhard was an ambitious, energetic, bright 24 year old who’d gone to school to become a physical therapy assistant. On October 22, 2004, three months after landing a job at an orthopedic physical therapy practice in Buffalo, Natalie had a catastrophic accident at work when a 600 pound leg extension machine tipped over and
Spinal Cord Injury Leads to $3,500,000 Pain and Suffering Award by Appellate Court
Ray Hammond was 42 years old on February 4, 2004 when he was walking his six year old daughter home from school at about 2:45 p.m. As they crossed a street in in Queens, he was holding her hand when he was struck by a left turning car.
Mr. Hammond was thrown in the
Paralyzed from Diving Accident, Jury Awards $76 Million – Will Verdict be Upheld or Paid?
As reported by Walter Olson at Overlawyered, a 20 year old Merritt Island, Florida man just won a $76,000,000 jury verdict for damages he suffered as a result of a diving accident in which he broke his neck on the bottom of a shallow river. The pain and suffering component was $52,800,000. He