On June 10, 2005, Joseph Fratello was making a turn into a parking lot when a Suffolk County bus collided with his van on Montauk Avenue in Southampton .
Fratello, then 29 years old, sued the driver and the county claiming the bus driver’s negligence caused the accident and injuries to his hip and wris
On September 28, 2013, Elmi Mehmeti was driving his car on the Brooklyn Queens Expressway when it was struck in the rear by another vehicle and forced into the guardrail.
Mr. Mehmeti, then 34 years old, sued the other driver and owner. His motion for summary judgment as to liability was granted and the
On September 6, 2006, Pauline Barrett was attempting to exit the city bus she’d been on when her right heel got caught in a hole in the rear stairwell of the bus.
Barrett sued the transit authority claiming that she sustained serious injuries as a result of a dangerous stairwell defect that the defendant should
On October 30, 2009, at about 8 a.m., Anyolina Mata was crossing the Grand Concourse near her apartment in the Bronx when her foot became caught on a one inch high lip that surrounded a subway ventilation grate embedded in a concrete median. Ms. Mata fell forward to the ground where she lay in
On June 7, 2003, two New York City Police Department officers responded to a criminal trespass call at 439 East 135th Street in the Bronx where 48 year old Juanita Young was asleep in a second floor apartment.
The police had been called by the landlord who had obtained an eviction order due to Ms.