Verdicts & Settlements

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

$4,150,000

Personal Injury

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

$4,100,000

Personal Injury

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

$3,000,000

Personal Injury

to the estate of a 72-year-old nursing home resident who developed multiple, severe sacral and buttock pressure ulcers (bed sores) and sepsis infection secondary to infected ulcers which ultimately caused his death as a result of the failure of the nursing home to properly monitor his condition and render appropriate care

Settlement

$3,000,000

Personal Injury

for 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

$2,700,000

Personal Injury

to a 24-year-old passenger in a motor vehicle accident who suffered a fractured skull and traumatic brain injury

Settlement

$2,475,000

Personal Injury

for a 39-year-old worker who suffered a leg fracture that required surgery and an elbow injury when he was struck by a car while working on the excavation of a city street

Jury Verdict

$1,360,000

Personal Injury

against the manufacturer of a radial arm saw that had an inadequate blade guard causing amputations of multiple fingers of the nondominant hand