At 2 a.m. on January 20, 2013, Martin Eaton went to Kellogg’s Diner in Brooklyn. When the bill for his meal arrived, Mr. Eaton proffered his credit card but was advised that payment was required by cash. He was directed to an ATM in the foyer of the diner. Finding the three dollar ATM
Prisoner’s Pain and Suffering Damages Award Affirmed in Battery Case against Corrections Officer’s
In 2013, Mario Mujica, then 29 years old, was erroneously released prematurely from prison after serving all but a week of a negotiated plea agreement to serve six months for a drug offense. On October 28, 2013, he voluntarily surrendered himself and was taken to the Nassau County Correctional Facility.
After he’d been processed on
Verdict Reinstated in Case of 14 Year Old Girl’s Sexual Assault Claims against 20 Year Old Boy and His Parents
On May 21, 2016, a 14 year old girl (N.Y.) attended a sleepover at a friend’s house in Springfield, New York. The house was owned by the friend’s parents, Allan and Melissa Manikas. During the night, N.Y. was allegedly raped by the parents’ 20 year old son Jordan. N.Y. sued Jordan for battery and intentional
Woman Awarded Damages for both Emotional Distress and Pain and Suffering in Ob-Gyn Medical Malpractice Case
On November 22, 2013, Dorian Wilson went to the emergency department at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in Brooklyn complaining of stomach and flank pain. She reported that she’d taken a home pregnancy test the day before, which was positive. After various tests at the hospital, Ms. Wilson, then 25 years old, was diagnosed with an
Pain and Suffering Damages Verdict Affirmed for Woman in Crash with State Trooper
On August 2, 2018, a state trooper was responding to a 911 call in the Town of Ulster when he drove his police car into the other lane of traffic and collided head-on with a car driven in the opposite lane of traffic by Kathryn Bradley-Chernis.
Ms. Bradley-Chernis, then 44 years old, claimed she sustained
Employee Awarded Damages in Sexual Harassment Case
On September 20, 2017, Juanita Lopez began working as a cashier at Mama’s Fried Chicken Inc. in Harlem. Ms. Lopez quit her job on March 8, 2018 claiming she could no longer endure daily workplace sexual harassment from her manager.
Ms. Lopez sued both her manager and her employer. They did not answer the
Crime Victim’s Pain and Suffering Award Reduced on Appeal
On September 20, 2012, Nicholas Kokolis was robbed at gunpoint. Anthony Wallace was later convicted of robbery and sentenced to prison.
While incarcerated, Mr. Wallace received a sum of money after bringing a lawsuit alleging that he was assaulted by corrections officers at the jail on Rikers Island. The so-called Son of Sam Law
Pain and Suffering Award Reduced in Dog Bite Case
On April 18, 2016, Kathleen Wilt was bitten on the upper thigh by a large Rhodesian Ridgeback dog as she was jogging on Maple Street near Prospect Park in Brooklyn.
Ms. Wilt, then 35 years old, sued the dog’s owners who conceded liability before trial and the case went to trial on the issue of
Infant’s Medical Malpractice Award Slashed
On June 27, 2012, a two and a half year old boy born with a hole in his heart underwent atrial septal defect repair open heart surgery at Montefiore Hospital in Manhattan. His sternum was sawed and forced open, he was put on bypass while his heart was lifted from his chest and repaired and
Bus Passenger’s Liability and Damages Verdicts Affirmed in Case Involving Defective Step
On September 6, 2006, Pauline Barrett was attempting to exit the city bus she’d been on when her right heel got caught in a hole in the rear stairwell of the bus.
Barrett sued the transit authority claiming that she sustained serious injuries as a result of a dangerous stairwell defect that the defendant should