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Appeals Court Dismisses $2,750,000 Verdict for Facial Injuries; Student Assumed Risk of being Hit by Softball Bat

By John Hochfelder on September 24, 2011
Posted in Facial Injuries

In 2009, a Bronx County jury awarded a 16 year old girl $2,750,000 for crush injuries to her face after a fellow student hit her with a bat during softball practice at Walton High School (shown below).

Now, in Navarro v. City of New York (1st. Dept. 2011), the entire suit has been tossed out.

Lawsuit Literally Out of Left Field – NY Appeals Court Tosses Another Foul Ball Injury Case

By John Hochfelder on September 23, 2009
Posted in Assumption of the Risk

It’s got to stop at some point. Some "fans" are trying to ruin our national pastime – the game of baseball. Spectator lawsuits have  been going on for quite some time, as we discussed just last week, here. Now, there’s a brand new case and I’ll tell you all about it.

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Eye Surgeries Fail to Save Eye after Golf Driving Range Accident – $1,000,000 Settlement

By John Hochfelder on January 24, 2009
Posted in Eye and Vision Injuries

A devastating traumatic eye injury resulted in a $1,000,000 settlement in the midst of testimony in a lawsuit brought by a 42 year old man in Florida who was hitting golf balls at a driving range when his ball struck a granite marker used to separate each golfer and then ricocheted right into his eye…

$8,500,000 for Eye Injury – Top 2008 Award against NYC

By John Hochfelder on January 7, 2009
Posted in Eye and Vision Injuries

The New York City Law Department has released statistics regarding negligence lawsuits against it in 2008 and the top recovery was for an eye injury to a school guidance counselor in the case of Villaseca v. City of New York (1st Dept. 2008).

The New York Post reports it this way:

"$8.5 million to a

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