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Spouse Awarded $1,000,000 for Loss Of Consortium Claim

Loss of consortium is the term most often used by judges and lawyers to refer to the claims of physically uninjured spouses in personal injury cases brought by their physically injured mates. The claim...

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Loss of Consortium Claim Follows Arrest of College Basketball Coach

On December 18, 2008, University of Mississippi’s basketball coach, Andy Kennedy, was arrested in Ohio for assault following an altercation with Mohammed Jiddou, a Cincinnati cab driver. The criminal...

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Inside Story of Lawsuit over Catastrophic Injuries at Construction Site – Did...

A 35 year old healthy construction worker was helping to build a new Lowe’s Home Depot in Orangeburg (Ulster County), New York on November 14, 2002 when he fell off the roof 22 feet striking his head...

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Traumatic Brain Injury Pain and Suffering Verdict for $2,500,000 Upheld on...

On February 5, 2002, Diane Garrison, a 44 year old housewife, was involved in a high speed motor vehicle accident in Ulster County, New York. The other driver admitted his liability for the crash in...

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Pre-Death Pain and Suffering Verdict Slashed by Appellate Court from...

On October 3, 1996, Edith Schaffer, then 67 years old, voluntarily admitted herself to a small psychiatric hospital in Ossining, New York, for an episode of depression and anxiety. The next day, she...

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$3,000,000 for 11 Months of Pre-Death Pain and Suffering Affirmed in Medical...

Theresa Capwell was 33 years old and in good health when she started experiencing abdominal pain. She was diagnosed with pancreatitis (an inflammation of the pancreas) and admitted to Westchester...

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Record Pain and Suffering Award in Leg Amputation Case

This tragic amputation case was big and important at trial two years ago and now that an appeals court has weighed in, it’s still big and important. We wrote about Gloria Aguilar’s case back in 2009,...

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Appeals Court Affirms $3,166,667 Pain and Suffering Verdict for Leg and Other...

On July 21, 2000, Daniel Hernandez was working on a defective lighting fixture at a Great Neck construction site when he fell from a ladder and broke his leg. He never recovered from his injury (it got...

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Catastrophic Injury Awards Affirmed for Worker in Roadway Accident

On October 24, 2008 Robert Loja was working for a landscaping firm in Sleepy Hollow. Just after parking his employer’s truck on Benedict Avenue and unloading his lawn mowing equipment from his truck’s...

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Above-Knee Amputation Verdict Affirmed in Medical Malpractice Case

On October 10, 2004, Donald Schultz twisted his ankle walking up the stairs at work (he was a 36 year old police dispatcher for the City of Tonawanda) and sustained a simple, non-displaced ankle...

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City and Construction Company Liable for Substantial Injuries in Car Crash...

On May 20, 2006 at about 3 a.m., a five-car pile-up occurred on the West Side Highway near 79th Street in Manhattan. Initially, a taxi was rear-ended and caused to strike the car in front of him. While...

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Loss of Consortium Award Cut in Mesothelioma Case

For about eight months from 1964 to 1965, Harry Brown was exposed to asbestos while he worked as an insulator at Ravenswood 3, a newly constructed Con Edison powerhouse in Long Island City in Queens....

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Significant Award for Future Medical Expenses Affirmed despite Modest Awards...

On August 7, 2010,  Anil Sehgal was preparing to stop at a red light at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 57th Street in Manhattan when his car was struck from behind by another vehicle. Mr....

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Traumatic Brain Injury Jury Awards Reinstated on Appeal after Substantial...

On November 7, 2013, Paige Mecca, a 43 year old owner of a small solar energy company, was struck in the head and neck by a large 40 pound tray of dishes and food dropped by a waitress who lost her...

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Appellate Court Addresses Issues in Peritoneal Mesothelioma Death Case

On November 12, 2012, Florence Nemeth, then 67 years old, was diagnosed with peritoneal mesothelioma, a tumor of mesothelia cells in the abdomen. She died from the disease on March 5, 2016, before a...

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Courts Slash Mesothelioma Pain and Suffering Awards

In November, 2012, then 64 year old Marlena Robaey was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma. She then sued several companies alleging that she’d contracted mesothelioma from her exposure over many...

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Large Awards in Case of Woman Struck by Shopping Cart Thrown from Fourth...

On October 31, 2011, Marion Hedges went to a shopping center at East 117th Street in Manhattan with her 13 year old son. After they left a store, they walked to a parking garage station, when she was...

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Catastrophic Injury Awards Affirmed for Worker in Roadway Accident

On October 24, 2008 Robert Loja was working for a landscaping firm in Sleepy Hollow. Just after parking his employer’s truck on Benedict Avenue and unloading his lawn mowing equipment from his truck’s...

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Above-Knee Amputation Verdict Affirmed in Medical Malpractice Case

On October 10, 2004, Donald Schultz twisted his ankle walking up the stairs at work (he was a 36 year old police dispatcher for the City of Tonawanda) and sustained a simple, non-displaced ankle...

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City and Construction Company Liable for Substantial Injuries in Car Crash...

On May 20, 2006 at about 3 a.m., a five-car pile-up occurred on the West Side Highway near 79th Street in Manhattan. Initially, a taxi was rear-ended and caused to strike the car in front of him. While...

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