Our Settlements and Verdicts

In this case, a 37 year old woman was injured when she slipped and fell on a piece of ice in front of a Rainbow clothing store in a strip mall in Queens, NY. The plaintiff sustained a herniated disc at L4-L5 that resulted in back surgery and a fusion from L4-S1. After eight days of jury selection, the matter settled for $1,065,000.

(Lora H. Gleicher)

A 42 year old female slipped and fell on bodily fluids deposited onto the floor of defendant hospital. The plaintiff unable to see the substance as she walked next to a stretcher that was transporting her son, slipped and fell causing injury to her neck requiring surgery.

A female police officer just coming on duty slipped and fell in the police department’s restroom as a result of water on the floor. Her injuries required the partial removal of a herniated disc. This case was tried in a Federal District Court in White Plains. This case was featured in the Journal News.

46 year old plaintiff slipped and fell when descending a staircase in his residence in Harlem. He suffered a herniated disc at L3-4 and received physical therapy and trigger point injections. The plaintiff did NOT undergo surgery that was recommended. A jury returned a verdict of $500,000.

Slip and Fall on Old Ice Outside of Apartment Building Resulting in a Fractured Ankle and $475,000 Settlement After Plaintiff’s Verdict on Liability.

A 83-year old Kings County woman slipped and fell on old ice outside of her apartment building, causing an ankle fracture that required surgery. After receiving a plaintiff’s verdict on liability, the matter settled.

Our client sustained nerve damage to her hand when she was caused to fall while holding a glass of water due to an unsecured and raised canvas floor cover placed in her home by furniture delivery men. The glass shattered in her hand when she fell resulting in lacerations and nerve damage. The jury rejected the defendants’ argument that the canvas was safely placed and that the furniture company was not responsible for the actions of the delivery men. The jury did find that the plaintiff was 65% comparatively negligent in causing the accident and the verdict was reduced by this percentage. The case was subsequently settled for $750,000. This case was featured in the New York Law Journal.

A 63 year old female injured her back requiring multiple surgeries after falling on a defective sidewalk. This case settled at medication.

A 45 year old male sustained a complex fracture of his right ankle leading to multiple surgeries, when he slipped and fell down catering hall steps that were missing a handrail.

Our client was a 51 year old cleaning woman working for a major sporting facility. An elevator mis-leveled, causing our client to fall and sustain major back injuries requiring surgery. The matter was settled during jury selection.

Our client was a 40 year old office worker in a major building in New York when an elevator plunged and stopped abruptly. The argument was successfully made that the building owners should have shut down the elevator as a major storm was raging at the time of the accident. Our client underwent two knee surgeries.

n this case, a 46 year old maintenance man was injured in a newly constructed Brooklyn apartment building when the elevator unexpectedly sped for several floors requiring surgery to repair herniated discs in his back. The case settled at an out of court mediation.

41 year old plaintiff was using defendant’s elevator when it abruptly stopped. Plaintiff claimed a bulging disc at L3-4 and herniated discs at L4-5 & L5-S1. He underwent a hemi-laminectomy at S1. This casae settled prior to jury selection for 1 million dollars.

Plaintiff, a 50 year old heating and hot water repairman, was called to defendant’s building for “no hot water” and while in the basement stepped into a sump pump hole that filled with hot water causing second degree burns to his left lower extremity.

A Dutchess County man was injured when visiting a private home. It was later learned that the tree had died the season before and should have been removed. The homeowner settled for $500,000 to compensate the plaintiff for spinal injuries. A separate suit was initiated against the general contractor of the home, and several subcontractors, who dug a trench to the house several years prior to the accident, injuring the tree roots which ultimately caused the tree to die. The contractors settled for $235,000. This case was featured in the Poughkeepsie Journal.

A 51 year old woman was injured in upstate New York when her car collided with a tractor trailer. Our client sustained serious injuries requiring neck and back surgery. Our firm was substituted for another attorney who recommended the acceptance of a much lower settlement offer. The case was prepared for trial by our office and on the date scheduled for jury selection, the 1.8 million dollars was offered and accepted.

A 30 year old police officer sustained knee injuries when the patrol car in which he was a passenger, ran a stop sign and collided with another vehicle. As a result of the accident, our client required two knee surgeries. The jury found the operator of the police vehicle to be primarily at fault for the accident. During appeal, the case settled for $850,000.

A 45 year old nurse sustained head injuries when she was helping transport a patient in an ambulance. She sustained head trauma resulting in a delayed stroke approximately 48 hours later. The case was settled without the need for jury selection.

Case formerly rejected by a prior attorney involved a 65 year old male who was struck by a motor vehicle owned by City of NY and NYC Probation Dept. The impact caused the plaintiff to suffer a left sided C6-C7 disk bulge and radiculopathy necessitating surgery that the plaintiff was unable to undergo due to an unrelated medical problem.

60 year old mechanic was rear-ended sustaining a shoulder injury. Plaintiff underwent arthroscopic surgery to repair a tear to the rotator cuff. This case was tried as a Summary Jury trial.

65 year old severely mentally challenged male inpatient (plaintiff) at defendant’s facility, choked on a piece of hamburger meat. The staff knew plaintiff had a propensity to choke when eating and failed to monitor him appropriately. This case settled prior to jury selection for $550,000.

A 50 year old bus matron sustained a knee injury and multiple surgeries as a result of a motor vehicle collision caused by defendant’s vehicle.

A construction worker fell while constructing a scaffold herniating disks in his neck necessitating surgery. This case settled after the completion of several mediations.

A treating physician’s failure to accurately diagnose plaintiff’s uterine anomaly (bicornuate v. septate uterus) caused fetus to develop in compromised uterine environment with decreased blood flow and oxygen resulting in developmental delays and brain injury to offspring. This case settled on the eve of trial in Westchester County.

A 48 year old female admitted to hospital for abdominal surgery suffered perforations of the bowel during laparoscopy leading to her death.

The plaintiff was negligently given an IV insertion to her right arm after suffering a heart attack. The IV was not checked properly and it destroyed tissue in her arm requiring surgery.