$385,000
Read More →Plaintiff is a 58 year old women who tripped and fell at a Restaurant/Bar on Long Island. This particular premises is located within the Town of Huntington in the County of Suffolk. Plaintiff was caused to trip over a rug that was peeling off of its joinder with the dance floor thereby creating a dangerous tripping hazard. As a result of her fall plaintiff sustained a comminuted intra-articular impaction fracture of the distal radius of the left wrist requiring an open reduction and internal fixation of the left distal radius with implant of Synthes stainless steel volar locking plate with screws. The Odierno Law Firm effectuated a prompt investigation to detail and document the defect before it could be altered which helped facilitate a favorable settlement.
$375,000
Read More →Plaintiff is a 63 year old man who was driving his motor vehicle when it was struck in the rear by a dump truck. Plaintiff suffered a medial femoral condyle extensive tear and a mid-posterior horn tear in his right knee requiring an arthroscopy with a partial and lateral meniscectomy and a three compartment synovectomy. Plaintiff also sustained a tear of the labrum, a SLAP II tear and a rotator tear of the right shoulder requiring arthroscopic surgery with anchors.
$350,000
Read More →Facts: Plaintiff is a 33 year old male driving his motorcycle straight when the defendant attempted to make a right turn and struck the side of plaintiff’s motorcycle. Defendant claimed he followed a turn arrow and that the plaintiff rode through a steady red light. Defendant also claimed that according to plaintiff’s own doctors he made an excellent recovery and suffered no restrictions.
Plaintiff suffered a fracture of his right tibia and fibula requiring surgery. Defendant was found to be 100% liable at trial and offered a $100,000 settlement. Plaintiff refused the offer and obtained a jury verdict.
$300,000
Read More →Facts: The plaintiff is a 38 year old male who was stopped in traffic when his vehicle was struck in the rear by another car. Plaintiff was awarded summary judgment on liability and the matter proceeded to trial on damages. The plaintiff suffered a lumbar herniated disc requiring a fusion and laminectomy.
Defendant claimed that the plaintiff’s injury was not related to the accident as he suffers from severe Ehlers Danlos syndrome. Defendant also obtained surveillance footage of plaintiff working at a construction site carrying various heavy objects. Case settled after jury selection and before opening statements.
$295,000
Read More →Facts: Plaintiff is a 43 year old women who was driving her motor vehicle which was struck in the rear by another car. Plaintiff suffered thoracic and lumbar herniated discs requiring a posterolateral spinal fusion at T11 – L2, segmental pedicle fixation at T11-L2 and an iliac crest bone graft. Defendant conceded liability but claimed the injury was degenerative as there was no visible damage to the motor vehicle plaintiff was operating.
$250,000
Read More →Facts: Plaintiff is a 32 year old woman who was driving her motor vehicle and stopped at a red light when her car was struck in the rear by another motor vehicle. Plaintiff suffered horizontal tears of the anterior horns of the medial and lateral menisci of the right knee with traumatic chondromalacia. Plaintiff’s injuries necessitated multiple injections to her right knee as well as two arthroscopic surgeries.
Plaintiff’s surgeon opined that a total knee replacement is a possibility as plaintiff ages because her injuries will exacerbate the normal degenerative changes. Defendant argued that Plaintiff made a full recovery as she was able to return to work without limiting the scope of her duties.