On April 7, 2011, James Romano, previously a lively, mostly ambulatory and self-sufficient 84 year old, was admitted to a rehabilitation facility in Staten Island to recover from a fall at home three days earlier in which he fractured a thoracic vertebrae. It was anticipated he’d recover in about two weeks. He was placed in
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Verdict Affirmed for Woman with Hip and Wrist Injuries from Slip and Fall Accident
By John Hochfelder on
Posted in Hip and Pelvis Injuries, Wrist Injuries
On November 3, 2014, Anna Brennan slipped and fell at a private home in Greenwood Lake. Ms. Brennan, a 66 year old part-time caretaker for the mother of one of the homeowners, sustained hip and wrist injuries when she finished work that day and began to descend an exterior stairway with leaves that covered the…
Humerus Fracture Pain and Suffering Verdicts and Settlements from $85,000 to $980,000
By John Hochfelder on
Posted in Arm Injuries
It takes a whole lot of trauma to fracture the humerus – the long bone of the upper arm – and when it does happen there will likely be other injuries such as to the shoulder or wrist. So it’s not easy to find cases that deal only with humerus fracture pain and suffering damages…