On December 9, 2011 Juan Munoz was working for a construction company at 241 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan when he fell through the partially demolished fourth floor to the third floor sustaining injuries to his knee, hip and wrist. In his ensuing lawsuit against the building’s owner and general contractor, Mr. Munoz was granted summary… Continue Reading
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City and Construction Company Liable for Substantial Injuries in Car Crash Caused by Unsafe Highway Lane Closures
Posted in Knee Injuries, Leg Injuries, Loss of Consortium DamagesOn May 20, 2006 at about 3 a.m., a five-car pile-up occurred on the West Side Highway near 79th Street in Manhattan. Initially, a taxi was rear-ended and caused to strike the car in front of him. While those three cars were disabled in the roadway, James Gregware, coming over a blind hill in the… Continue Reading
Subway Track Worker’s Fall Leads to Substantial Knee Injury Pain and Suffering Award
Posted in Knee InjuriesOn March 29, 2009, Blanca Soltero was injured when she fell from a slippery two foot high ledge in a subway tunnel while working as part of a team of New York City Transit Authority track workers who were replacing old tracks. Claiming significant knee injuries, Ms. Soltero sued the City of New York, the… Continue Reading
Knee Injury results in $500,000 Pain and Suffering Verdict but Appeals Court Orders New Trial for Jury to Determine if Injuries “Serious”
Posted in Knee InjuriesAfter a morning of shopping on April 16, 2005, Mildred Manuel boarded a city bus to head home. At her stop, Rockaway Parkway and Schenck Street in Brooklyn, the 64 year old Ms. Manuel stepped out of the bus and fell because of a roadway hole, thereby sustaining serious knee injuries. A Kings County jury… Continue Reading
New York’s Highest Court Reverses Appellate Division’s Finding that Prisoner’s Testimony Incredible and His Knee Injury Case Sent Back for Reconsideration; Jury’s $1,050,000 Pain and Suffering Verdict had been Reduced to $475,000; New Trial Likely
Posted in Knee InjuriesThe saga began more than 11 years ago one evening in April 1999. Pedro Acosta, then 28 years old, was awakened by a telephone call from a man claiming to be his probation officer. Then there were knocks on apartment his door and loud voices. Although on probation and wearing an ankle monitoring device, Pedro… Continue Reading
City of New York Wins Appellate Court Dismissal of $1,000,000 Knee Injury Verdict – Plaintiff’s Testimony was False and Jury was Irrational
Posted in Knee InjuriesPedro Acosta was 28 years old on April 16, 1999 and asleep in his second floor apartment in Brooklyn, New York when at about 11 p.m. four men banged on his door. He ran out the back – through a rear window, onto a roof, down to the street and up onto another roof. The… Continue Reading
Dance Club Injuries in New York – Appellate Courts Dismiss One Case but Allow Other Case to Proceed
Posted in Assumption of the RiskPerhaps the term “dance club” is a misnomer here; we’re really talking about moshing (also called slam dancing) which is an informal term referring to dancing to music in a violent manner by jumping up and down and deliberately colliding with others. Sounds like a sure-fire way to get hurt and that’s just what happened in two cases that have… Continue Reading
Unusual Sports Related Injury Case Plaintiffs Failing to Win Damages
Posted in Assumption of the Risk, Knee Injuries, Neck InjuriesIn several unusual sports related cases around the country recently, injured plaintiffs have failed to win any damages. If we count "slam dancing" as a sport then the score is no wins, two losses and two ties (to be broken by trials down the road). Loss #1: In Fry v. Jolly Roger Rides, Inc. a… Continue Reading