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$8,000,000 Verdict for Family of Floridian Shot to Death
A 27 year old man, Starsky Garcia, was shot to death in the parking lot of a North Miami Beach parking lot two years ago. The Miami Herald reports that the shooter has never been found but the family...
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$2,450,000 for Wrongful Death of 6 Year Old Boy
A six year old California boy died during a family trip when the rear tire on the rental car his father was driving blew out and the car rolled over. According to the family attorney, William Berman...
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Death Case Verdict: $5,000,000 for 4 1/2 Years of Pain and Suffering (While...
A Westchester County jury recently returned a verdict of $5,000,000 in favor of the estate of a woman who died because of medical malpractice. It will not stand up on appeal. In Schaffer v. Stony Lodge...
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No Pain and Suffering Damages in Wrongful Death Case Despite Appellate Court...
Dolores Johnson was 70 years old when she suffered a stroke and had to undergo surgery for a clot on a pre-existing mitral valve. There was a danger that the clot would break off and block a blood...
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Tobacco Manufacturer Wins Dismissal and New Trial of $20,000,000 Punitive...
The purpose of punitive damages in personal injury lawsuits is to act as a punishment to the offensive defendant and as a deterrent or warning to others. They are awarded in addition to the...
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Lawsuit Involving Death of Six Year Old Boy Hit by Oxygen Tank While...
We wrote about this tragic case last August, here, and can now report that the estate of Michael Colombini has settled all of the claims arising out of his death in 2001. Bearing full responsibility,...
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Pre-Death Pain and Suffering Jury Verdict of $3,000,000 Overturned on Appeal...
On March 1, 2000 at about 6:30 p.m., New York City Police Officer Luis Rivera was patrolling a high crime area in the Bronx. He was with members of his special narcotics unit and he was acting...
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$1,000,000 Affirmed for 7 1/2 Months of Pre-Death Pain and Suffering; 68 Year...
On June 11, 2001, Gerald Frenchman, who’d been asymptomatic and in generally good health, underwent routine cardiac testing which revealed coronary artery blockage and valve disease. A triple coronary...
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Pre-Death Pain and Suffering Verdict of $3,000,000; Case Dismissed on Appeal
Tragedy struck on January 28, 2004 when four year old Nico Rivera died. He’d fallen ill on December 22nd with what appeared to be flu-like symptoms and over the next 4 1/2 weeks, his parents took him...
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Pre-Death Pain and Suffering Verdict of $3,500,000 Upheld on Appeal in Death...
Anna Gloria Rivera was born in 1988 and within three months she was diagnosed with asthma (a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways). Growing up, she used a nebulizer with Albuterol to alleviate...
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Court Affirms Pain and Suffering Award in Wrongful Death Car Crash Case –...
On August 11, 2008, Elvia Collado was 22 years old and working as a counselor for developmentally disabled kids while attending college at night. That was the day she died when Waldo Vargas, her...
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Damage Awards Affirmed in Wrongful Death Medical Malpractice Case
Hermine Browne, a 58 year old nurse’s aide, was experiencing excruciating stomach pain when she went to see her internist on February 17, 2001. The doctor diagnosed her with irritable bowel syndrome...
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Appellate Court Rules on Conscious Pain and Suffering Damages in Case...
Lourdes Fernandez was 68 years old on July 2, 2008 when, at about 1:30 p.m., she was crossing Madison Street near its intersection with Jackson Street in Manhattan. She was struck by a left turning bus...
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State of New York Liable for Damages in Two Cases involving Roadway Fatalities
On January 23, 2004, Jason Rhoades sustained fatal injuries when the vehicle he was driving slid across the roadway over a bridge on Interstate 81 in Syracuse, struck a snowbank packed against the...
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Substantial Awards in Medical Malpractice Case for Pre-Death Pain and...
On Wednesday June 18, 2008, Nam Yoon Lee woke up with stabbing pain on the right side of his stomach. He went with his wife to the emergency room at a hospital in Queens where morphine was...
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Appellate Court Addresses Damages in Medical Malpractice Death Case
Wilbur Rodriguez, a 44 year old postal worker, went to a hospital emergency room in Manhattan at 11:45 a.m. on Saturday, January 24, 2009. He complained of shortness of breath that started the day...
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Pre-Death Pain and Suffering Damages Reduced in Medical Malpractice Case
In 2002, Ciciline Reid was a 49 year old grandmother who worked seven days a week as a home health aide. On July 28th, she presented to the Montefiore Medical Center emergency room complaining of...
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Verdict Affirmed in Delayed Diagnosis Medical Malpractice Death Case
Bennett Rose underwent three colonoscopies – on January 3, 2003, December 14, 2006 and October 11 2007, each indicating the presence of polyps (which were removed), none indicating any malignancy or...
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Appellate Court Addresses Pre-Impact Terror, Conscious Pain and Suffering and...
On December 2, 2009 at about 7 p.m., a woman was walking across the street at the intersection of Avenue U and East 71st Street in Brooklyn. A city bus driver had stopped for a red light before turning...
View ArticleAppellate Court Addresses Damages in Fatal Car Crash Case
On January 24, 2004, Col. (retired) William Gardner sustained fatal injuries when the vehicle he was driving struck and vaulted over an interstate highway’s snow-covered barrier in Syracuse and fell to...
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