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Future Pain and Suffering Award Increased in Rear-End Car Crash Case

By John Hochfelder on March 29, 2020
Posted in Back Injuries, Knee Injuries, Neck Injuries

On November 16, 2015, Roseann Maurer was stopped in her car waiting to tun left into a driveway on Big Tree Road in Wales (about 25 miles southeast of Buffalo) when another car struck hers in the rear end. Ms. Maurer sustained knee, neck and low back injuries.

After summary judgment as to liability…

Pain and Suffering Award Affirmed for Hand and Neck Injuries

By John Hochfelder on October 17, 2019
Posted in Hand Injuries, Neck Injuries

On October 1, 2012, Arianna Garcia was driving her car through an intersection in Middletown when she was struck by a car whose driver who failed to stop at a stop sign. Garcia, then 31 years old, was granted summary judgment as to liability and the matter proceeded to a trial on damages only.…

Erroneous Preclusion of Evidence Requires Retrial of Damages Verdict in Spinal Injury Case

By John Hochfelder on May 30, 2017
Posted in Back Injuries

On November 23, 2011 Melissa Shillingford was stopped for a red light on Beach Avenue at the Cross Bronx Expressway intersection.  As the light turned green, her 1997 Honda Accord vehicle was struck in the rear by a city bus.

1997 Honda Accord
A 1997 Honda Accord

Ms. Shillingford, then a 23…

Pain and Suffering Awards Increased on Appeal for Man Run Over by SUV

By John Hochfelder on March 28, 2017
Posted in Neck Injuries

On May 26, 2010 Marshall Starkman was sunbathing on a beach chair when a City of Long Beach police officer struck him while driving his SUV patrol car. Mr. Starkman, then 43 years old, was thrown off his chair, flipped onto his stomach and then the vehicle ran over his back.

Photo of Beach from Newsday article

In the…

Verdict Affirmed for Passenger in Car Crash who Sustained Neck Injury

By John Hochfelder on December 6, 2016
Posted in Neck Injuries

On February 23, 2006, Suzanne Kusulas was a front seat passenger in her boyfriend’s car which was stopped at a red light on 16th Street at its intersection with Prospect Park West in Brooklyn when it was hit hard from behind by a car owned and operated by Diane Saco. Upon impact, Ms. Kusulas, although…

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