This 35 year old man slipped and fell on a recently mopped floor in a restaurant where he worked as a security guard in the Bronx. He sustained left shoulder rotator cuff and labral tears which required arthroscopic surgery to repair, as well as lower back injuries that necessitated over 5 years of physical therapy treatment with approximately 10 injections. He remained out of work since the date of the accident to present, however at trial the jury was told that he had his own video production company where he was working for approximately 2-3 years. The Bronx County jury returned a verdict in plaintiff’s favor in the amount of $1,416,000.00.

This 54 year old woman slipped and fell on an accumulation of ice on the westbound LIRR platform in the great Neck train station. She sustained a trimalleolar right ankle fracture which required open reduction with the implantation of 2 plates and approximately 12 screws to fix. She underwent several months of physical therapy treatment and lost approximately 6 months from work. The Queens County jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff and against the LIRR in the liability phase of this bifurcated trial. The case settled before the trial on damages began for $354,000.00. 

A 48 year old man had been drinking for over 8 hours and was highly intoxicated when he called a cab to take him home from downtown Manhattan. Along the way the cab driver decided to take the car to an auto body shop to have his oil changed. The client passed out in the back seat and was left in the vehicle when it was put on a car lift and raised approximately 6 feet off the ground. The client then awoke and not realizing he was 6 feet in the air, attempted to exit the vehicle and fell to the ground sustaining a trimalleolar right ankle fracture that required surgery with the implantation of a plate, approximately 10 screws and k-wires to reattach the shattered bones of the ankle. After trial, the Bronx County jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $395,000.00, even though they attributed much of the fault of the accident to him. The case against the auto body shop settled before the start of trial for $200,000.00.

$200,000.00 awarded by the jury in this one (1) day trial where a bicyclist was struck by a motor vehicle driver’s mirror and sustained a fractured rib and knee injuries that required surgery

$200,000.00 for a man injured playing basketball in a New York City park sustaining an ankle fracture requiring surgery and insertion of hardware

$295,000.00 for a man involved in a motor vehicle accident sustaining shoulder injuries requiring arthroscopic surgery and physical therapy to repair

$375,000.00 for a female pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle sustaining knee injuries which required arthroscopic surgical intervention and physical therapy

$500,000.00 for a man injured at JFK Airport when he stepped into a hole and suffered knee injuries that required arthroscopic surgery and physical therapy

$600,000.00 for a man who tripped and fell on a crack in the sidewalk covered by snow and sustained a fractured ankle which required surgery, insertion of hardware and then removal of the hardware

$1,000,000.00 for a woman injured in a motor vehicle accident sustaining neck and shoulder injuries requiring an arthroscopic surgical procedures to her shoulder and discectomy and fusion surgery to her neck