Personal Injury Case Results
For more than a century, O'Dwyer & Bernstien's experienced personal injury attorneys have fought for the rights of victims and their families, winning hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements and jury verdicts for our clients.
Below is a sampling of our case results:
Payments for Injuries to Workers Here Illegally
By SIMON AKAM NY Times June 18, 2009
Three illegal immigrants injured in construction accidents in New York were awarded settlements totaling $3.85 million. more…
- Jury verdict of $61,000,000 against the City of New York for its failure to repair a flooded roadway causing a motor vehicle accident in which the driver suffered quadriplegia with brain injuries. The National Law Journal cited the verdict as being the highest personal injury award in the United States for that year.
- Jury verdict of $6,631,000 for a 59-year-old bus chassis maintainer who sustained serious injuries to his knee and ankle as a result of being struck by an electric cart.
- Settlement of $4,500,000 to a 36-year-old ironworker who suffered back, hip and knee injuries, as well as loss of internal organs when the lift upon which he was working was struck by the boom of a crane.
- Settlement of $4,150,000 to the estate of a 47-year-old executive who perished in the crash of TWA Flight 800 off the coast of Long Island.
- Jury verdict of $4,100,000 for a 22-year-old woman who was rendered paraplegic when the motorcycle upon which she was riding as a passenger slid off the roadway.
- Jury verdict of $3,700,000 for the wrongful death of a 49-year-old laborer who fell from a defective hoist.
- Settlement of $3,073,100 to a 48-year-old carpenter who suffered cervical herniated discs requiring surgical fusion when the scaffold upon which he was working toppled over.
- Settlement of $3,000,000 to a 19-year-old pedestrian who was struck by a bus causing her to suffer a crush injury to her leg requiring a below-the-knee amputation.
- Settlement of $3,000,000 to a 19-year-old pedestrian who was struck by a bus causing her to suffer a crush injury to her leg requiring a below-the-knee amputation.
- Settlement of $2,700,000 to a 44-year-old undocumented laborer who fractured his shoulder, hip, and pelvis when the scaffold upon which he was working collapsed.
- Settlement of $2,700,000 to a 24-year-old passenger in a motor vehicle accident who suffered a fractured skull and traumatic brain injury.
- Settlement of $2,100,000 for a 50-year-old iron worker who sustained head injuries and multiple fractures of his legs when he fell from a catwalk.
- Settlement during trial of $1,500,000 to a 35-year-old carpenter who suffered a head injury and post-traumatic seizures when he struck his head on an overhead hazard while working on a scaffold.
- Settlements of $2,300,000 and $1,500,000 for two bridge painters who each suffered fractures of the legs requiring surgeries.
- Settlement of $1,500,000 after jury verdict on liability trial for an electrician who suffered knee injuries when fell from a makeshift scaffold.
- Jury verdict of $1,360,000 against the manufacturer of a radial arm saw that had an inadequate blade guard causing amputations of multiple fingers of the non-dominant hand.
- Settlement of $875,000 to a carpenter who suffered second degree burns to portions of his arms and legs when the floor lacquer he was applying caused a flash fire.
- Settlement of $850,000 to a 26-year-old laborer who sustained an eye injury when he was struck by a projectile while using a nail gun.
- Settlement of $850,000 for a 34-year-old carpenter who suffered a herniated lumbar disc and post-traumatic stress when he fell 12 feet into an open shaft.
- Settlement of $675,000 for a 28-year-old carpenter who suffered back injuries when the scaffold upon which he was standing collapsed.
- Settlement of $675,000 for a 33-year-old carpenter who sustained an ankle injury as a result of an improper hoisting operation.
- Settlement of $650,000 to a 32-year-old iron worker who suffered an ankle injury when he fell into a hole in a concrete slab.
- Jury verdict of $610,256 to a 50-year-old laborer who stepped into an unguarded hole in the ground at a construction site and suffered back and knee injuries.
- Settlement of $600,000 to a 40-year-old laborer who suffered an ankle fracture when he fell from a dumpster while unloading construction debris.
- Settlement of $4,000,000 to a 25-year-old laborer who fell from the unguarded edge of a high-rise under construction resulting in head injuries and permanent disability from employment.
- Settlement of $2,750,000 to a 22-year-old laborer who fell four stories through an unguarded opening on a construction site and suffered a head trauma with resultant neurological deficits.
- Settlement of $2,500,000 to a 33-year-old plumber's helper who suffered burns to his face, chest, back and arms when a pipe he was performing repairs on broke.
- Settlement of $900,000 to a 31-year-old laborer who suffered a shoulder fracture and dental injuries when he was struck by a front loader.
- Settlement of $750,000 to a 52-year-old laborer who suffered a foot fracture and back injuries when a metal beam fell on his foot.
- Settlement of $600,000 to a 36-year-old roofer who was struck by falling materials and suffered a fractured hip.