9/11 Victim's Compensation Fund
Our firm offered free legal services to the families of the firefighters killed, and those injured, at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. We represented 65 families of firefighters/fire officers who lost their lives and 297 firefighters who were injured and applied to the Victim Compensation Fund. While many lawyers requested fees to perform similar services, we always believed that it was appropriate for our firm to perform these services on a pro-bono basis. After two years of working on these claims, we were able to recover $260 million for our clients.
Firefighter Fatally Misintubated - $1,500,000 Settlement
For our clients, the family of a New York City Fire Department Lieutenant, who died when he was misintubated by ambulance personnel after he collapsed at the scene of a fire.
Firefighter Struck by Car - $2,300,000 Verdict
For a firefighter who was struck by a car while he was jumping off his fire truck. He was assisting in guiding the truck safely into the firehouse, when a car disregarded the lights on the truck and attempted to drive by the truck. The firefighter fractured his ankle, which resulted in surgery and an inability to continue his duties as a firefighter. The jury found the driver of the car to be 100% at fault.
Firefighters - Employment Rights
We successfully challenged a recent FDNY attempt to circumvent the "merit & fitness" provisions of the State Constitution for civil service hiring by invalidating a scheme to give hiring preferences to EMS workers seeking to become firefighters. The plan to call such hiring "promotions" was struck down by the Court.
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