Multi-Vehicle Collision - $13,170,000 Verdict
For our client, who lost one leg below the knee and the other above the knee. Our client was involved in a fender-bender on a highway and was standing in front of her car when, we claimed, a tractor-trailer came to a sudden stop causing another car to swerve out from behind the jackknifed tractor-trailer and to strike our client's car which in turn struck her. The key to our case was persuading the Jury that the tractor-trailer operator was at fault, which we successfully accomplished. The Jury also found our client to be free of any fault.
Injured Passenger Not Provided Seatbelt - $5,930,000 Verdict
In favor of our client, one of nine passengers in a rental car that was only equipped with enough seatbelts for six passengers. Our client was one of the unbelted passengers seated in the cargo area of the car when it struck a disabled tractor-trailer on the roadway on a rainy night. Our client broke her neck as a result of the impact and wore a halo brace for several months and developed traumatic arthritis in the area of her neck. The jury found the rental car company 45% responsible (for not having seatbelts for all of the passengers), the tractor-trailer 45% responsible (for failing to properly warn oncoming vehicles that it was disabled on the roadway) and the driver of the rental car 10% responsible.
Child Runs into Side of Bus - $5,000,000 Settlement
Reached at trial for our client, a child, who ran into the side of a moving Transit Authority bus and sustained brain damage. Our claim was that the bus driver could have avoided the accident had he operated his vehicle in a more careful manner.
Pedestrian Struck by Rented Vehicle - $3,600,000 Settlement
Was reached just prior to trial for our client, who sustained a serious back injury when a rented vehicle mounted the sidewalk and struck her. She required extensive hospitalization and rehabilitation and is now limited in the daily activities that she could perform.
Pedestrian Struck In Cross-Walk - $3,550,000 Verdict
In favor of our client, who suffered multiple bilateral leg fractures, requiring extensive hospitalization and surgery, when she was struck down by a car as she was crossing the street at the corner with a green light. The injuries left her with a one-inch shortening of the right leg.
Pedestrian Fatally Struck by Two Vehicles' Successive Collisions - $2,280,000 Verdict
In favor of our clients, the family of a pedestrian who was struck down by an SUV that ran a red light, which then crashed into a newsstand. A City Transit Bus operator, after seeing the SUV crash, proceeded into the intersection and ran over the victim. We proved that the Bus Operator was negligent in not stopping the bus and that our client's husband was still alive when the bus ran him over. The Jury found both operators to be liable for his death, attributing the majority of the fault to the Bus Operator.
Officer Responding To Emergency - $1,700,000 Verdict
In favor of our client, a police officer responding to another officer in need of assistance went through a red light with lights and sirens on and was struck by a bus which had the green light. The officer sustained a fracture of the jaw, requiring the insertion of a plate; fractured clavicle and problems with his memory. The jury found no negligence on the part of the injured officer.
Recovery in Excess of Auto Insurance Coverage
For our client who was injured in a motor vehicle accident where the defendant had failed to cooperate with his insurance carrier. After an inquest, a settlement was reached with the defendant's insurance company for more than the actual policy limits using a novel application of the bad faith doctrine against the insurance company.
*These results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
