On November 22, 2013, Dorian Wilson went to the emergency department at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in Brooklyn complaining of stomach and flank pain. She reported that she’d taken a home pregnancy test the day before, which was positive. After
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Appellate Court Orders Increase in Pain and Suffering Damages in Foot Injury Case
On June 23, 2014, John Czechowski was part of a four-man crew performing gutter and siding renovations at a residence in West Seneca. When he climbed onto the homeowner’s ladder to hang gutters, Mr. Czechowski, then 47 years old, sustained…
Damages for Hospice Aide Upheld on Appeal in Slip and Fall Case
Inquest Order Affirmed in Ankle Injury Case
On May 4, 2016, David Borohov injured his ankle when he fell going down the exterior staircase of his apartment building in Fresh Meadows.
Mr. Borohov, then a 24 year old hairdresser, sued Queens Fresh Meadows, LLC, the owner of…
Appellate Court Reduces Pain and Suffering Award in Neck Injury Case
Construction Worker’s Neck and Shoulder Pain and Suffering Award Affirmed
On September 5, 2018, Nidia Vasquez was injured while working as a laborer at a demolition and construction site in Buffalo when she was struck on her head and a shoulder by an unsecured ladder that had been standing against…
Record Setting Medical Malpractice Brain Injury Verdict
On November 27, 2018, at 3 a.m., then 41 year old William Lee, fell in his bathroom at home in Elmsford. His wife Anna heard the thud, ran to the bathroom and found her husband convulsing on the floor. She…
Appellate Court Disallows Punitive Damages Claim Based on Grossly Negligent Hiring of Bus Driver
Large Pain and Suffering Jury Award Slashed as Court Rejects Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Claim
Courts Slash Hip Injury Pain and Suffering Jury Verdict
On April 7, 2011, James Romano, previously a lively, mostly ambulatory and self-sufficient 84 year old, was admitted to a rehabilitation facility in Staten Island to recover from a fall at home three days earlier in which he fractured a…