On July 23, 2016, Jimmy Galarza was stopped in his car at an intersection in Hempstead when a Nassau County Sheriff’s Department vehicle struck his car in the rear.
Mr. Galarza, then 26 years old, claimed he sustained several significant…
On December 25, 2010, Julia Gonzalez was injured when she fell on a wet substance while descending steps at 1436 Beach Avenue in Bronx County, a residential apartment building. She’d been sent there to work as a home health aide…
On February 12, 2013, Lusia Reinoso, a 61 year old home health aide, was exiting a city bus down the wheelchair ramp behind her patient who was in a motorized wheelchair when, without warning, the ramp was activated and Reinoso…
On December 13, 2014, Linda Miller was crossing the street on Broadway at its intersection with West 161st Street in Manhattan when she was struck by a van.
A jury found the van driver fully at fault and then awarded…
On November 13, 2010, Ralph Destino was involved in a motor vehicle crash in which his vehicle collided with a state trooper’s vehicle at a T intersection in Niagara County. Mr. Destino sustained shoulder injuries.
On July 24, 2013, Byung Choon Joe was in the course of his employment as an asbestos removal worker when he fell six feet from a scaffold at a state office building in Albany. Mr. Joe sued the State of…
On June 1, 2010, Vashti Daisley arrived at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie. She was in the late stages of pregnancy and had complaints of decreased fetal movement. After undergoing testing, Ms. Daisley was discharged to home. The next…
On September 20, 2017, Juanita Lopez began working as a cashier at Mama’s Fried Chicken Inc. in Harlem. Ms. Lopez quit her job on March 8, 2018 claiming she could no longer endure daily workplace sexual harassment from her manager.…
On December 5, 2016, Clarington Fortune was working as a roofer installing a new water tank at a New York City Housing Authority building in Brooklyn when a co-worker fell about 20 feet from the top of the tank and…