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Back Injuries
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New York Injury Cases Blog
Appeals Court Reinstates Jury’s $600,000 Pain and Suffering Verdict in Knee Injury Case
On September 11, 2005, Ydaiza DeCastro fell when her shoe got stuck in a hole in front of the elevator on the fourth floor of the apartment building where she…
Disability Insurance Claims Law Blog
Federal Insurance Company and former postal worker reach confidential settlement regarding lump-sum disability policy
By Gregory Dell
Our client was a former United States postal worker who became disabled due to a back injury he sustained in an automobile accident in 2003. Several years before the accident,…
New York Injury Cases Blog
Young Teacher Wins $5,000,000 Pain and Suffering Verdict for Back Injury in Car Accident Lawsuit; Appellate Court Modifies to $800,000
Seven months pregnant with twins, Kathleen Conlon was slowing down in traffic on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway on July 12, 1999 when her car was struck in the rear by a…
New York Injury Cases Blog
Pedestrian Hit by New York City Bus Wins $1,400,000 Pain and Suffering Jury Verdict for Back Injuries; Appeals Court Orders New Trial Because Plaintiff Failed to Allege Preexisting Condition
Defendants routinely and successfully argue in back and neck injury cases that plaintiff’s injuries pre-existed an accident and no pain and suffering damages should be awarded (even if defendant is…
New York Injury Cases Blog
Slip and Fall Plaintiff’s New York Jury Verdict Awarding More Than $1,000,000 for Future Medical, Custodial and Rehabilitation Expenses Affirmed in Back Injury Case Despite Prior Accident in which Back Surgery had been Recommended but Declined
Ramona Ulerio, a 36 year old homemaker, sustained serious back injuries when she slipped and fell down subway stairs in New York City on October 5, 2002. She sued the New York City Transit Authority…
New York Injury Cases Blog
Traumatic Back Injury Results in $3,260,000 Jury Verdict (Including $1,600,000 for Pain and Suffering); Appeals Court Rejects Defense Claim for $400,000 Reduction for Future Social Securuty Disability Payments
Gerard Malloy had been an elevator mechanic for many years at 14 Wall Street in Manhattan when, on July 21, 2004, he tripped and fell over an air handler cover that had been left…