On March 24, 2007, Fitzroy Burnett was working for the transit authority as part of a track removal and replacement project in the subway tunnel at the 155th Street station in Manhattan. Burnett was attempting to remove shoring stuck in the concrete skeletonized track. He slipped and fell backwards onto a track due to
Appellate Court Orders $450,000 Reduction in Pain and Suffering Award
On August 22, 1998 Enrique Isaac was driving on Linden Boulevard near its intersection at Ashford Street in Brooklyn. He collided with a left turning city bus and ended up with several substantial orthopedic injuries.
At trial, the then 53 year old plaintiff was awarded pain and suffering damages in the sum of $2,250,000 ($1,500,000
Bus Passenger’s Shoulder Injury Case Dismissed after Two Trials and Three Appeals; $450,000 Verdict Nullified
Linda Boyd got on a city bus in the Bronx on September 24, 1998. She was walking toward the back of the bus as it pulled away from the stop and lurched forward. Ms. Boyd grabbed the metal strap above her but it was defective and slid out of place causing her right shoulder
Another $1,000,000 Elbow Fracture Verdict Sustained on Appeal in New York
Kerwin Park was a 36 year old day laborer doing construction work on a residential building in Manhattan on September 7, 2000 when a wooden plank he’d been standing on collapsed and sent him tumbling 20 feet to the unfinished basement below.
Here’s what it looked like before Mr. Park fell:
Park was
Humerus Fracture Pain and Suffering Verdicts and Settlements from $85,000 to $980,000
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