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New York City, Manhattan, and Westchester County

Orthopedic and Brain injury: Prior Case Results

Our results speak volumes about the amount of dedication and hard work we devote to our brain injury and orthopedic injury clients.

Contact us today for more information on how we’ve helped clients in New York and throughout the country and to find out what we can do for your family.

TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY CASES

Client v. BBL Construction
$1.95 Million Settlement

Our client was a 54-year-old plumber working on a construction site. While on a scaffold, the scaffold tipped over causing our client to fall where he struck his head on a concrete floor. As a result, our client was unable to return to work. Through advanced MRI and Pet Scan imaging, we were able to successfully demonstrate that the client had sustained a traumatic brain injury. In mediation, we obtained a settlement in the amount of over 1.5 million dollars.

Client v. United Parcel Service
$1.4 Million Settlement

Our client was a 35 year old on roller blades who was struck by a UPS truck. As a result, the client was flipped in the air and struck the side of his head on the pavement. MRI and Cat Scans demonstrated that the client sustained a fractured skull and sustained a traumatic brain injury that required surgery to reduce the swelling in his brain. The client, a sound engineer in the music industry, required extensive cognitive rehabilitation and was limited in his ability to return to work. During the trial, by using 3-D Brain imaging, we were able to demonstrate the significance of his injury. We also got the vice president of Sony records and a recording artist to testify on behalf of the client’s engineering abilities. At the conclusion of trial, we were able to obtain a settlement in the amount of 1.4 million dollars.

Client v. Enterprise Rental Car
$1.25 Million Settlement

Our client was a 49-year-old pedestrian that was struck by a rental car while crossing the street. She sustained a broken leg and a significant brain injury. The driver of the vehicle claimed, and 2 independent eyewitnesses confirmed, that the client ran into the middle of the street and that the driver was unable to stop his car. Enterprise also disputed the extent of the brain injury. Through detailed accident reconstruction, we were able to demonstrate that the driver was speeding and that this contributed to the accident. The client also was sent for an MRI with a highly advanced MRI scanner as well as a Pet Scan that conclusively demonstrated the extent of her injury. In mediation, we were able to obtain a settlement in the amount of 1.25 million dollars

Client v. Federal Express
$1 Million Verdict

Our client was a 43-year-old clinical psychologist with an extensive history of alcoholism and psychiatric problems. While crossing the street, the client was struck by a Federal Express Delivery truck that knocked her to the ground causing her to strike the left side of her head on the pavement. As a result, she suffered a traumatic brain injury to the right side of her brain. Federal Express claimed that the injury was not from being hit because it was not on the side of her head that struck the ground. They also blamed the client’s cognitive problems on her past history. During trial, through 3-D reconstruction (Biomechanical reconstruction) on the accident, we were able to successfully demonstrate how the client sustained a right-sided brain injury after striking the left side of her head. A jury awarded our client 1 million dollars.

ORTHOPEDIC INJURY CASES

Client v the City of New York
$1.5 Million Verdict

The client was a 38-year-old male that worked on the film industry delivering and setting up equipment for movie sets. While exiting his truck, he stepped into a pothole surrounding a manhole cover. The City of New York had repaired the pothole 1 year before the accident. After the City of New York explained how the pothole was repaired, our expert engineer demonstrated that the repair was done improperly and was not in accordance with accepted engineering standards. As a result of the accident, the client suffered an avulsion fracture to his ankle that required 3 surgeries as well as a shoulder injury that required surgery. He was unable to return to work in the film industry. At the conclusion of trial, the jury found The City of New York responsible for the accident and awarded the client 1.5 million dollars which was the highest verdict against the City of New York for a trip and fall case in the year 2002.

Client v 1689 First Avenue, Inc. and Paradise Painting
$1.2 Million Verdict

Client was a female in her mid 30’s who was caused to fall down the interior staircase inside her apartment building after she tripped over an extension pole that was on the staircase. The client claimed that painters who were in the building left the extension pole on the stairs. The painters denied that they left the pole on the stairs. As a result of the fall, the client suffered a knee injury that required arthroscopic surgery. Due to an unrelated medical condition, the client was required to take medication that prevented her knee from fully heeling. The client was unable to return to work and at the conclusion of trial, a jury found the painters responsible for the accident and awarded 1.2 million dollars.

Client v. Millbrook Properties
$1.1 Million Verdict

Client was a 21-year-old female that was the victim of a robbery inside her apartment. The robbers were able to gain access to the building through the side door whose lock was broken. She fled the robbery down her fire escape. However, at this time, construction workers had removed the concrete landing underneath the fire escape. The client was forced to jump 20 feet landing in the exposed basement of the building and landed on the metal beams. The client suffered a significant leg injury that required surgery and left a significant scar. A jury found the building owners responsible for the accident and awarded 1.1 million dollars.

Client v. Omni Sagamore Hotel
$1.1 Million Settlement

Client was a guest at the Omni Hotel and slipped on a puddle on the tile floor. The client alleged that the hotel cleaning staff left cleaning materials on the floor. The hotel denied that the substance was cleaning materials. We hired an investigator to locate a former hotel employee who confirmed that the cleaning fluid was one used by the hotel. As s result of the fall, the client suffered an injury to her wrist that developed into Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD), a painful and debilitating neurological condition. The client was unable to work and underwent many years of rehabilitation. We were able to obtain a settlement in the amount of 1.1 million dollars

PRODUCT LIABILITY

Client v Suzuki Motor Corp.
$700,000 Settlement

Client was a 21-year-old woman who was driving a car manufactured by Suzuki. As she was backing down her driveway, the driver’s seat back broke causing her to lose control of the car and strike her house. The client was ejected through the back window and suffered extensive facial lacerations that required surgery and left her with scars. Suzuki denied that the car was defective and claimed that the seat back broke after the car hit the house. By hiring an automotive expert, we were able to reconstruct the accident and prove that the seat back broke before the car stuck the house. A jury found that the car was defectively manufactured and awarded $700,000.

Client v. Werner Ladder
$500,000 Settlement

The client was a 53 year old man that was standing on a ladder trimming bushes when the ladder buckled throwing him to the ground. The client sustained an ankle injury that required 3 surgeries. The client claimed that the ladder was defectively manufactured because it was supposed to hold a man of his weight. The ladder company denied that the ladder was defective and blamed the client for misusing the ladder. We hired an engineer that was an expert in ladder design. By using a replica ladder, we were able to reconstruct the accident and demonstrate exactly why it buckled and was defective. In mediation, we were able to obtain a settlement in the amount of $500,000

*We make no guarantees to similar results in any future matter for which we are retained.”

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