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Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Car Accident, Product Liability, Construction Accident Settlements & Verdicts - New York

$10,000,000

Fall Down

Jane Doe v. West 197th St. Realty Corp v. Eileen Lynch. Judge Kenneth L. Thompson, Jr., Bronx Supreme Court
Verdict: Judgment for plaintiff with a sizable award for pain and suffering, future pain and suffering, past lost earnings, future lost earnings, and medical expenses (stipulated).

$4,500,000

Product Liability Settlement Defective Vehicle/ Medical Malpractice - New York

Medical care blamed for quadriplegia after Isuzu rollover. Oscar and Vivian Campbell v. New York City Health and Hospitals Corp., Ronald Simon, M.D., Pamela Costello, M.D., Noel Nathanson, M.D., and James Goodrigh, M.D. / Oscar and Vivian Campbell v. Isuzu Motors Ltd., American Isuzu Motors, Inc., and Autoland of New Jersey
Settlement: This medical malpractice/product liability case was settled by lawyer Lawrence Saftler in New York with a sizable personal injury settlement for the plaintiff.

confidential settlement

New York Airport Injury Case

On April 29, 2004, John Grasso, Vincenza Grasso, Lina Parrinelli and Placido Parrinelli were passengers aboard Alitalia Airlines flight AZ 1716 from Catania, Italy, to Milan, Italy. They alleged that when they were exiting the aircraft, they fell using the exterior stairs provided by Alitalia and Alitalia Linee Aree Italiane-Societa Per Azioni. They alleged that John Grasso had a nondisplaced fracture of the medial malleolus of the left ankle and that Lina Parrinelli sustained a nondisplaced fracture of the lateral and posterior malleoli of the left ankle.John Grasso, Vincenza Grasso, Lina Parrinelli and Placido Parrinelli sued Alitalia and Alitalia Linee Aree Italiane-Societa Per Azioni on June 13, 2005, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

$400,000

Faulty Security settled

Plaintiff Teresa Fajardo, 21, a factory worker, was sexually assaulted in a stairwell at her place of business, which was located at 56 Bogart St. in Brooklyn. Her assailant was never identified or apprehended. Fajardo alleged that the Hovivians were negligent for failing to provide adequate security. Settlement: Shortly before the scheduled start of jury selection, the parties agreed to a $400,000 structured settlement.

$275,000

Personal Injury-Slip and Fall-Irregular Staircase
settled

On March 28, 2002, plaintiff's decedent Evelyn Kalish, 83, and her husband, Daniel, went to New York's Ethel Barrymore Theatre, where they were to attend a play. Kalish tripped while descending the stairway in the theater's left front mezzanine. She fell and sustained blunt-impact injuries. She died approximately seven hours later. Mr. Kalish alleged that the staircase violated the Building Code of the City of New York. Specifically, he claimed the lighting was inadequate, that its riser heights and tread depths varied, and that it lacked handrails. The defendants noted that the theater opened in 1928 and contended that the alleged violations were grandfathered exceptions to the code. Settlement: The parties agreed to a $275,000 settlement, which was paid by Ethel Barrymore Theatre.

$315,000

Medical Malpractice Settlement - New York

Failure to remove foreign object from foot led development of osteomyelitis.
Jana Kitt v. Dr. Peter Langan, Dr. Salvatore Scoma, and Dr. Djin Tjole. Four week trial. Verdict 11/20/92. Post-trial decision 3/93. Judge Edward W. McCarthy, Nassau Supreme Court.
Verdict: Judgment for plaintiff represented by medical malpractice lawyer Lawrence Saftler of New York with a sizable personal injury settlement for past pain and suffering, past lost earnings and past loss of service.

$180,000
settled

Personal Injury - Slip and Fall Settlement - New York

Apartment building door defectively swung out over bottom step causing ruptured patella tendon.
Jose Raul Perez v. Raphael Castaldo, Supreme Court Westchester County.
Arbitration: Maximum personal injury settlement received by New York lawyer Lawrence Saftler pursuant to a high/low agreement.

undisclosed

Pedestrian Struck by Motor Vehicle -- New York

Porter v Kalina, Supreme Court, New York County - substantial settlement for pedestrian struck by motor vehicle - settled subject to nondisclosure agreement, Injuries: Traumatic Brain Injury/ Vestibular Dysfunction

undisclosed

Personal Injury - Car Accident Settlement - New York

Two cars collided and one jumped the curb striking the plaintiff.
Claire Devlin v. The City of New York, Charge A Ride, and Car Company Inc.
Settlement: This action for a sizable car accident personal injury settlement by New York attorney Lawrence Saftler for the plaintiff, also establishing new law against the Black Car Industry.

undisclosed

Personal Injury - Car Accident Settlement - New York

Vehicle crashed into back of car while the car was stopped for a school bus
Gerard and Ruth Plante v. Willa Martin Pierce (Barbara Bush's stepmother)
Settlement: This action settled for a sizable personal injury settlement for the plaintiffs by New York lawyer Lawrence Saftler.

$450,000

Labor Law Settlement

Debris on stairs at construction site led to fractured vertebra and wrist injury requiring radial styloidectomy.
Kehoe v. Rockefeller Group
Settlement: This action settled during trial with a sizable personal injury settlement for the plaintiff, plus the waiver of a workers' compensation lien.

$693,000

Construction Accident - Personal Injury Settlement - New York

Fall down on scaffold, knee injury.
Client's name kept private at this time.
Result: A sizable construction accident personal injury settlement for the plaintiff was won by New York lawyer Lawrence Saftler.

$700,000 +

Construction Accident - Personal Injury Settlement - New York

Fall down unfinished steps.
Client's name kept private at this time.
Result: The personal injury case ended with a large compensatory sum plus waiver of workers' compensation liens.

$625,000

Personal Injury Settlement - Car Accident - New York

Pedestrian hit by vehicle.
Morla v. Elrac
Settlement: The car accident case settled with a sizable personal injury settlement for our New York client.

$900,000

Construction/Labor Law

Ramirez v. Federated
Result: Judgment for plaintiff for fractured leg.

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