Verdicts & Settlements

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Jury Verdict

$61,000,000

Personal Injury

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

$11,000,000

Personal Injury

for a 27-year-old motorist who suffered an injury to his cervical spine resulting in permanent neurological dysfunction and impairments when he was shot by a law enforcement officer during a traffic stop

Settlement

$7,500,000

Construction Accident

for a 24-year-old laborer who suffered serious injuries to his back, arm, leg, and feet, which required surgery when an improperly secured brick wall that was being repaired fell on him

Settlement

$7,000,000

Construction Accident

for a 24-year-old ironworker who sustained serious back injuries requiring multiple surgeries when an improperly hoisted load fell on him

Jury Verdict

$6,631,000

Construction Accident

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

$6,265,000

Construction Accident

for the injuries and wrongful death of a 43-year-old undocumented laborer who fell from a scaffold that was inadequately protected

Settlement

$5,600,000

Construction Accident

for a 26-year-old carpenter who injured his back, requiring a spinal fusion when he fell from a loading dock

Settlement

$5,000,000

Construction Accident

for a 38-year-old union laborer who injured his neck, back, and knee requiring surgery when his foot hit an obstruction as he was descending a ladder causing him to fall and become entangled in the ladder

Settlement

$4,500,000

Construction Accident

for a 48-year-old union carpenter who was injured when a beam fell from a height of 7 feet onto her foot As a result, she sustained severe fractures to her left foot, requiring fusion surgery and lumbar disc herniations requiring discectomy and fusion surgery