Pedro 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.
Appellate Court Upholds Jury Verdict Finding Police Officer Caused Wrist Injury with Excessive Force and Negligence in Arrest but Reduces $1,100,000 Pain and Suffering Verdict to $450,000
On June 7, 2003, two New York City Police Department officers responded to a criminal trespass call at 439 East 135th Street in the Bronx where 48 year old Juanita Young was asleep in a second floor apartment.
The police had been called by the landlord who had obtained an eviction order due to Ms.
Another $1,000,000 Elbow Fracture Verdict Sustained on Appeal in New York
Kerwin Park was a 36 year old day laborer doing construction work on a residential building in Manhattan on September 7, 2000 when a wooden plank he’d been standing on collapsed and sent him tumbling 20 feet to the unfinished basement below.
Here’s what it looked like before Mr. Park fell:
Park was
Doctor’s Failure to Monitor for Lupus Leads to Kidney Failure and $2,500,000 Pain and Suffering Verdict Upheld on Appeal
In October, 2000, Susan Midler was referred by her gynecologist to Richard Crane, M.D., a rheumatologist. She had complaints of joint pain and he diagnosed her with arthritis after administering several diagnostic tests (including a urinalysis), two of which were positive for lupuserythematosis (an autoimmune disease that can affect vital organs).
Dr. Crane’s
Trial Judge Upholds $1,030,000 Pain and Suffering Verdict in New York Injury Case for 11 Year Old Boy’s Ankle Fracture
A Kings County trial judge (Hon. James G. Starkey) has now issued a written decision upholding a jury’s verdict awarding $1,030,000 for an 11 year old boy’s pain and suffering ($190,000 past, $840,000 future) due to an ankle fracture.
Jonathan Bermudez sustained a severe bimalleolar ankle fracture during his sixth grade gym class
Wrist Fracture Injury Cases – Recent New York Verdicts and Settlements Between $450,000 and $900,000
With a serious enough injury, traumatic wrist injury cases in New York can and do command upwards of $500,000-$900,000 for pain and suffering alone and can even bring in a $1,000,000 sustainable verdict.
The wrist is an extremely complex collection of many joints, including eight separate small bones called carpal bones that connect the two
$2,162,000 Verdict for Shoulder Rotator Cuff Injury
Jurors in a recent shoulder trauma case tried to a verdict awarded $2,162,000 for pain and suffering involving a torn rotator cuff.
Torn Rotator Cuff:
In another late 2008 jury verdict, $1,100,000 was awarded for pain and suffering for a similar injury.
These pain and suffering verdicts appear to be well above the
$575,000 for Ankle Injuries
In Pryce v. County of Suffolk (2d Dept. 2008), New York’s appellate court which handles appeals from Long Island as well as Westchester and nearby counties, the Appellate Division Second Department, upheld a jury’s $575,000 pain and suffering award for a 63 year old maintenance man who fractured his ankle after stepping off a county