A crane operator working on a job in Long Island sustained unspecified cranial injuries after his crane fell over on Dec. 18. According to reports, the construction accident didn't injure anyone else even though it occurred at around 12:15 p.m. on a Wednesday. Nearby...
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Month: December 2013
MLB player suffered from CTE
On Behalf of Howard R. Sanders, Esq. | Dec 19, 2013 | Brain Injury
Sports fans in New York may have been surprised to hear the latest news about one former pro-athlete. The family of former MLB player Ryan Freel learned that he was suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy before killing himself in 2012. Chronic traumatic...
Icy conditions blamed for New York pileup
On Behalf of Howard R. Sanders, Esq. | Dec 15, 2013 | Car Accidents
Roads in several states became dangerously icy during the recent cold weather, leading to multiple car crashes and traffic jams. Thirty-five people were injured on Dec. 9 in Westchester County on the Bronx River Parkway when hundreds of cars were unable to stop....
1 dies in New York smash up, 3 others injured
On Behalf of Howard R. Sanders, Esq. | Dec 3, 2013 | Car Accidents
On Nov. 24, an accident that unfolded on the Bruckner Expressway in the Bronx left three people hurt and another dead. The accident occurred shortly after 6:30 a.m. when a disabled vehicle in the southbound lanes was rear ended by a motorist. It is unknown whether...
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Verdicts &
Settlements
$3.75 Million
settlement for a construction worker injured by falling metal mesh
$3.5 Million
Million for a carpenter injured on a construction site by a falling metal clamp
$3 Million
for a 35 year old Carpenter injured when his arm became partially impaled on an improperly exposed metal support (rebar) at a construction site.
$2 Million
for a woman who sustained multiple serious injuries after being struck by a hit and run driver in Manhattan.
$1.825 Million
Verdict for a 29 year old construction worker injured during the building of the World Trade Center Memorial.
$1.475 Million
for a Carpenter who was injured when the scaffold he was working upon collapsed.
$1.2 Million
for a 35 year old Cement and Concrete worker from Queens who sustained serious injuries to his back when he slipped on debris and refuse.
$1.2 Million
for a Construction worker and young father in the Bronx who was fatally electrocuted while on a scaffold.
$950,000
for two sisters in high school who sustained serious injuries when struck by a vehicle that mounted the sidewalk in Brooklyn as they waited for the bus to take them to school.
$825,000
for a woman injured as a passenger in an accident involving a bus and a car in the Bronx.
$777,000
for an Ironworker on Long Island who sustained serious injuries when he fell from a ladder which slid out from under him due to icy footing.
$750,000
for a surgeon who sustained a broken knee in a motor vehicle accident (January, 2017).
$750,000
for a man severely burned in his apartment by excessively hot shower water (Sept. 2020).
$660,000
verdict for a 35 year old Cement and Concrete laborer who was injured when the scaffold he was walking upon collapsed.
$650,000
for a cement and concrete worker who slipped and fell over construction debris.
$650,000
for a Cement and Concrete worker who injured his back as a result of slipping upon a discarded pipe and falling down a flight of steps.
$500,000
for a Nursing Home resident injured due to lack of proper care.
$325,000
for a woman who sustained multiple serious injuries to her shoulder as a result of a trip and fall upon a defective sidewalk at a construction project in Manhattan.
$250,000
verdict in the exact amount demanded by our office for our client, but refused by the responsible defendants, was awarded by the jury to our client who sustained a fractured elbow as a result of a fall upon a badly broken sidewalk.
$325,000
for a young woman who sustained a fractured ankle as a result of a fall on soapy steps in her apartment building in the Bronx.
$495,000
for a young mother who was struck by a car while crossing the street near her home in Queens sustaining serious injuries to her leg requiring the surgical placement of a metal plate and screws.
$600,000
for a woman who sustained multiple injuries as a passenger in a motor vehicle accident.
$425,000
was secured by our office for a Cement and Concrete worker injured when a work area collapsed beneath him.
$400,000
for a woman struck from behind by a car as she walked to a supermarket in a shopping center parking lot in Yonkers.
$200,000
for a young man, 15 years of age, who sustained a partial tear of the rotator cuff of his right shoulder, which has now healed without any limitation upon his activities.
$325,000
for a school principal in the Bronx who tripped and fell over a construction plate in the school parking lot.
$300,000
for a young Cement and Concrete worker who was struck by falling debris dislodged from a building by a swinging crane.
$250,000
for a Cement and Concrete worker injured as a result of a fall at a Manhattan construction site.
$300,000
for a school teacher in the Bronx who sustained an injury to her shoulder when she tripped and fell due to negligently placed computer wiring.
$275,000
to a Construction laborer doing bridge work whose arm was fractured when falling construction material caused him to fall into the East River and onto debris.
$450,000
for a child injured when a table fell on him in a laundromat in Queens.
$450,000
verdict for a Volunteer Firefighter in Westchester who sustained injuries in the course of fighting a fire.
