On January 18, 2015, Toni Pecoraro slipped and fell on ice on the exterior stairs of the building where she was living in Brooklyn. She sued the building owner claiming she sustained extensive injuries in the fall and that the owner was at fault for not maintaining the premises in a safe condition.
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On February 3, 2010, Emilio Carino was driving his van in the Bronx with two passengers. While stopped at a red light, the van was struck in the rear by another vehicle.
Carino and his passengers sued the other driver who conceded liability. A trial on damages ensued and the Bronx jury awarded pain and
Luis Ramos was sitting in a parked car in the parking lane, on Claremont Parkway in the Bronx on September 24, 2001. He had been waiting for his son when he decided to exit the car. After opening the driver side door about six inches, his car was struck by a passing city bus.
What were they thinking? In a stairway trip and fall negligence case, the jury found:
No one knows for sure what
Defendants routinely and successfully argue in back and neck injury cases that plaintiff’s injuries pre-existed an accident and no pain and suffering damages should be awarded (even if defendant is found to have caused the new accident). There’s merit to the argument but it’s not as simple as I’ve implied.
Under New York law, a