R. Thomas Colonna

Verdicts + Settlements

• Won a $2.41 Million Dollar verdict in NY County for a 15-month delay in diagnosis of prostate cancer. This delay allowed the cancer to become metastatic and unfortunately, lead to the plaintiff’s death.
• Obtained $1.85 Million for a man who fell approximately 4 feet through a defective fence from a second floor viewing area to the first floor while at an indoor trampoline park causing progressive pain leading to C5/6 disc replacement surgery 21 months later.
• Obtained $750,000 for 30-60 seconds of pain and suffering for a 79-year old woman, riding her bicycle when she was struck by a tractor-trailer at an intersection, suffering multiple rib and leg fractures, and a lower leg amputation, and was unresponsive when EMS arrived; there was no claim of wrongful death as she was survived by her two sisters whom she did not support.
• Won a $750,000 verdict against an orthopedic foot surgeon who improperly conducted a tendon reconstruction rather than a triple arthrodesis (subtalar fusion) on a woman who suffered from a flatfoot deformity on her left foot.
• Obtained a $300,000 settlement for a pedestrian who was struck by a motor vehicle and suffered multiple rib fractures and abdominal trauma.
• Obtained a $300,000 settlement for a high school softball player who sustained an ankle fracture by sliding into home base on an AstroTurf field maintained by the City of NY.
• Obtained a $200,000 settlement for a bicyclist who suffered a mandibular fracture when his e-bike struck a sunken catch basin causing him to flip over.
• Won a $110,000 verdict for a pedestrian who suffered tendon damage in his right index finger when struck by a taxi cab.