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Parties Dispute Causation of Construction Worker’s Hip Injuries

By John Hochfelder on May 5, 2025
Posted in Economic Damages, Hip and Pelvis Injuries

On March 27, 2015, Earl Lind was working for an electrical subcontractor at the World Trade Center vehicle security center new construction site. Mr. Lind, then 45 years old, was in the bucket of an articulating lift when he was injured after it slid down a ramp and crashed.

WTC Vehicle Center

In his ensuing…

Minimal Pain and Suffering Award Affirmed in Slip and Fall Case

By John Hochfelder on February 8, 2023
Posted in Knee Injuries

On January 18, 2015, Toni Pecoraro slipped and fell on ice on the exterior stairs of the building where she was living in Brooklyn. She sued the building owner claiming she sustained extensive injuries in the fall and that the owner was at fault for not maintaining the premises in a safe condition.

There was…

Minimal Award Increased on Appeal in Shoulder Injury Case

By John Hochfelder on October 10, 2022
Posted in Economic Damages, Shoulder Injuries

On July 3, 2012, a New Rochelle police officer drove his official vehicle into the rear of another vehicle. Edward Carter, a passenger in the other vehicle, sued both drivers for his personal injuries. A Westchester jury ruled that both drivers were at fault.

In a separate damages only trial, the jury determined that…

Worker’s Modest Pain and Suffering Award Affirmed in Scaffold Fall Case

By John Hochfelder on March 21, 2022
Posted in Shoulder Injuries

On July 24, 2013, Byung Choon Joe was in the course of his employment as an asbestos removal worker when he fell six feet from a scaffold at a state office building in Albany. Mr. Joe sued the State of New York claiming the scaffold was defective and that as a result of his fall…

Court Rejects Plaintiff’s Claim that Spinal Injury Pain and Suffering Award is Inadequate

By John Hochfelder on October 15, 2019
Posted in Back Injuries

On January 24, 2014, Barbara Murphy was driving northbound on the Saw Mill River Parkway in Dobbs Ferry. Chris Ford was driving southbound before making a left turn and losing control of his car whereupon Ms. Murphy’s car was struck and she was injured.

Murphy, then 58 years old, claimed that she sustained severe spinal…

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