On August 11, 2014, Mirson Pimenta, then a 42 year old construction worker, was injured on the job creating a foundation for a new building at 1504 Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn. He was bending over to pick up some
Continue Reading Construction Worker’s Pain and Suffering Award Slashed
On November 11, 2011, Davon Olive, then 12 years old, slipped and fell on a puddle of water on the platform of the Grand Army Plaza subway station in Brooklyn.
In the ensuing lawsuit, a Brooklyn jury determined that the
Continue Reading Teenager’s Pain and Suffering Damages Award Affirmed in Hip Injury Case
On April 2, 2014, Nathan Wasserberg was admitted to Menorah Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing Care in Brooklyn after a two month hospital stay due to diabetes that led to a toe amputation, sepsis and other conditions. He was unable
Continue Reading Appellate Court Affirms Pre-Death Conscious Pain and Suffering Award against Nursing Home for Failure to Clear Airway after Cardiac Arrest
On December 4, 2010, Keimoneia Redish, an asthmatic, went to the emergency room at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx with complaints of shortness of breath, wheezing and chest pain. She was diagnosed with hypercapnic respiratory failure and admitted for
Continue Reading Huge Medical Malpractice Brain Damage Verdict Slashed by Courts
On October 5, 2015, Kathleen Henry was a standing passenger in a New Jersey Transit Corporation bus that rear-ended another vehicle in the Lincoln Tunnel. Ms. Henry, then 54 years old, was thrown to the floor and injured her shoulder.
Continue Reading Shoulder Injury Pain and Suffering Awards Affirmed on Appeal
On June 25, 2013, Jeffrey Scott was riding his motorized bicycle in the bike lane on Walton Avenue in the Bronx when he collided with a right turning school bus.
Mr. Scott, then a 42 year old private equity manager,
Continue Reading New Trial on Damages Ordered in Case of Bicyclist Struck by Bus
Hamidan Mahamad died from ovarian cancer on July 28, 2015. Thereafter, her gynecologist and his practice were sued by her executrix who claimed that the doctor diminished Ms. Mahamad’s chance for a better outcome by failing, following an annual physical
Continue Reading Pre-Death Pain and Suffering Award Affirmed in Medical Malpractice Case
On July 29, 2011, Janet Kopolovitch was helping her son move out of his apartment when she slipped and fell on a wet cement floor of the loading dock at 200 Water Street in Manhattan.
In her ensuing lawsuit against
Continue Reading Defendants’ Fault and Plaintiff’s Pain and Suffering Damages Limited in Slip and Fall Case
On July 26, 2010, Sophie Kapassakis brought her car to a stop as she approached a traffic light at the intersection of Old Country Road and Levittown Parkway in Hicksville. After a few seconds, her vehicle was struck in the
Continue Reading Court Affirms Jury’s Award of No Damages for Future Pain and Suffering in Car Crash Case
On December 10, 2012, Adalberto Santiago was a 31 year old New York City police officer operating his patrol car when he received an emergency dispatch calling for assistance to a fellow officer. Officer Santiago activated his lights and sirens
Continue Reading Police Officer in Car Crash Responding to Emergency Call Awarded Substantial Damages for Orthopedic Injuries
