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
Pre-Existing Injury
Court Rejects Plaintiff’s Claim that Spinal Injury Pain and Suffering Award is Inadequate
By John Hochfelder on
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…