Top 20 Personal Injury Verdicts in New York in 2014
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 20 plaintiff's personal injury verdicts obtained in the State of New York in the year 2014. The list is comprised of various case types that were tried either in state or federal courts.
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $172,381,728 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas Moore of Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore |
| Case: | Applewhite v. AccuHealth Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $62,060,086 |
| Attorneys: | Benedict Morelli of Morelli Alters Ratner PC |
| Case: | Lin v. Hutch Realty Partners, LLC |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Workplace Safety |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $62,000,000 |
| Attorneys: | Ira Newman of Sanocki, Newman & Turret, LLP; Sanford Rubenstein of Rubenstein & Rynecki |
| Case: | Galette v. Byrne |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $25,000,000 |
| Attorneys: | Jerry Kristal of Weitz & Luxenberg |
| Case: | Sweberg v. ABB Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Product Liability; Asbestos |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $22,977,200 |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan Reiter of Jonathan C. Reiter Law Firm, PLLC |
| Case: | Buri v. Mount Sinai Medical Center Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $20,000,000 |
| Attorneys: | Adam Cooper of Weitz & Luxenberg |
| Case: | Hillyer v. A.O. Smith Water Products Co. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Product Liability; Asbestos |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $16,000,000 |
| Attorneys: | Brad Kauffman of Law Offices of Brad A. Kauffman, PLLC; George Ziegler of Ziegler & Robinson, P.C. |
| Case: | Alcantara v. NYCTA |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Premises Liability |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $14,080,000 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel Thomas of Law Offices of Daniel A. Thomas, P.C.; Boris Zivotov of Boris Zivotov, Esq., P.C. |
| Case: | Korsunskiy v. Careful Bus Service Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Motor Vehicle Accident |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $12,500,000 |
| Attorneys: | Danny Kraft of Weitz & Luxenberg |
| Case: | Terry v. A.O. Smith Water Products Co. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Product Liability; Asbestos |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $11,346,000 |
| Attorneys: | Jordan Merson of Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore |
| Case: | Munian v. Mootabar |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $9,164,000 |
| Attorneys: | Regina Nichols of Nichols & Cane LLP |
| Case: | Tarallo v. Occhipinti |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Premises Liability; Business Liability |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $8,570,000 |
| Attorneys: | Ben Rubinowitz of Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman, Mackauf, Bloom & Rubinowitz |
| Case: | Ortiz v. New York City Transit Authority |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Motor Vehicle Accident |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $7,700,000 |
| Attorneys: | Amber Long of Levy Konigsberg LLP |
| Case: | Nash v. A.W. Chesterton Co. Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Product Liability; Asbestos |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $7,208,000 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew Zepnick of Sol Zepnick PC; Daniel Thomas of Law Offices of Daniel A. Thomas, P.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Hernandez-Morales v. Crown Container Co., Inc. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Motor Vehicle Accident; Workplace Safety |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $7,200,000 |
| Attorneys: | Lucille Fontana of Clark, Gagliardi & Miller, P.C. |
| Case: | Rosario v. St. Barnabas Community Enterprises Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $6,883,740 |
| Attorneys: | Ryan Asher of Asher & Associates, P.C. |
| Case: | Marin v. NYC Health & Hospitals Corp |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $6,837,950 |
| Attorneys: | Eric Green of The Law Offices of Eric H. Green & Associates; Ronald Ramirez of Law Office of Ronald W. Ramirez |
| Case: | Valverde v. FS 41-45 Tiemann Place LLC |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Premises Liability |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $6,100,000 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas Giuffra of Rheingold, Valet, Rheingold, McCartney & Giuffra |
| Case: | Doe v. Goldweber |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $5,578,011 |
| Attorneys: | Kenneth Sacks of Sacks and Sacks LLP; James McCrorie of Law Offices of James J. McCrorie |
| Case: | Hennessy v. Continuum Health Partners Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Workplace Safety |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $5,500,000 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph Gorczyca of The Law Offices of Michael S. Lamonsoff, PLLC |
| Case: | Hernandez v. Danella Construction of NY Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Workplace Safety |