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
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
Emotional Distress Pain and Suffering and Punitive Damages Awards Affirmed in Workplace Sexual Harassment Suit
Denise Rivera began working for United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) in 2001 at a facility in the Bronx. She was promoted several times, eventually to a supervisor position in 2004. Shortly thereafter, a fellow supervisor began a campaign of sexual harassment which ended with her termination from UPS on July 10, 2007.
Ms. Ramos, then
Courts Address Emotional Distress and Psychological Injury Damages
In June 2011, high school student Bridgette Belton landed a job as a food server at Popeye’s Chicken Restaurant at 145th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard in Harlem.
Each day Bridgette would walk from school to the restaurant where she’d change out of her school uniform into a work uniform. A disgusting pattern of sexual
New York’s Highest Court Rules on Damages in Multiple Fatality Motor Vehicle Rollover Case
On July 1, 2000, 60 year old Steven Motelson lost control of his 1998 Ford Explorer sport utility vehicle on Route 17 in Goshen. It rolled over nearly four times and landed on the driver’s side. The roof of the car collapsed onto Steven’s head and caused his death at the scene.
Steven’s 36 year
Emotional Distress Verdict of $1,000,000 Upheld for Mother in Medical Malpractice Stillborn Case
On July 1, 1997, a 24 year old woman, pregnant at seven months with her first baby, went into precipitous labor at home. Lucia Ferreira and her husband had been excited about the birth of their first child (a girl) but tragedy was about to unfold – the baby was in a footling breech
Emotional Distress Damages for Morgue’s Mishandling of Body – $400,000 Approved by Appellate Court
George Jones died on November 21, 2003 at the age of 51 years. His body was found (alone) two days later in his Bronx apartment and taken to the city’s medical examiner’s office (the morgue) where an autopsy determined he’d died of natural causes. His mother, Lucille Jones, was notified and two of her