$555,000
Read More →Plaintiff is a 33 year old man who was riding his bicycle through an intersection when he was struck by a motor vehicle and injured his left knee. Plaintiff suffered a torn ACL requiring surgery an extensive rehabilitation. Plaintiff’s injury resulted in a 1 inch atrophy of the left quadriceps muscle. Defendant claimed his motor vehicle was stopped at a red light when plaintiff rode off the sidewalk and struck the right front quarter panel of the vehicle.
$515,000
Read More →Plaintiff is a 37-year-old female who was at a Deli looking to purchase a Rotisserie Chicken. Plaintiff asked to use the bathroom, but an employee directed her to the wrong door. When the plaintiff opened the door, a bird that was being held captive and tethered to the wall attempted to escape. The bird’s flight was abbreviated due to the tether, yet the bird’s sudden appearance and frantic flapping of its wings startled the plaintiff and caused her to tumble down a steep and grimy staircase. Plaintiff suffered a left lower leg laceration that subsequently became infected and required several surgeries, debridements, and skin grafts.
$495,000
Read More →Plaintiff is a 61 year old Long Island Resident that was riding his motor cycle and was struck by a motor vehicle. He sustained multiple fractures requiring extensive physical therapy. The motor vehicle driver claimed an unsafe lane change and excessive speed.
$400,000
Read More →Plaintiff is a 74 year old woman and was the driver of a motor vehicle that was struck by another motor vehicle while she was exiting a gas station. Defendant was proven to be driving over the posted speed limit and operating his motor vehicle in a reckless manner. As a result of the accident plaintiff underwent a Lumbar Percutaneous Discectomy at L4-L5, electro thermal annuloplasty and multiple epidural procedures. Defendant claimed that plaintiff had age degenerative conditions and a history of prior complaints.
$395,000
Read More →Plaintiff is a seventy year old woman that slipped on ice in her apartment complex owned by the New York City Housing Authority. She suffered a bimalleolar fracture with an avulsion fracture of the medial malleolus requiring an open reduction and insertion of hardware. Defendant claimed they did not have ample opportunity to remove the snow and ice since it had snowed over two feet in the twenty four hours before the accident. Through discovery and further investigation it was revealed that an employee of the defendant was directed to remove the snow and ice from the subject area, but refused his assignment. The area in question, therefore, remained untended for an unreasonably long period of time.
$390,000
Read More →Plaintiff, a 38 year old female was involved in a motor vehicle accident in Suffolk County. Plaintiff underwent surgery consisting of a mini-open retro-peritoneal exposure of the lumbar spine with an anterior lumbar interbody decompression and fusion; partial vertebral corpectomy and a lumbar implant L5-S1. Defendant argued that the impact and damage to the motor vehicle was not significant and that plaintiff had a prior accident resulting in her undergoing MRI’s evidencing significant lumbar injuries.