Top 20 Car Accident Verdicts in New York in 2017
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 20 Car Accident jury verdicts (plaintiff and cross-claimant) obtained in New York in the year 2017. The list is comprised of various case types that were tried either in state or federal courts.
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $71,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ben B. Rubinowitz, James Rubinowitz, Rachel Jacobs of Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman, Mackauf, Bloom & Rubinowitz |
| Case: | Wang v. Sexton |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $32,150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas Elefterakis, Raymond E. Panek of Elefterakis, Elefterakis & Panek |
| Case: | Ramirez v. AllCounty Plumbing & Heating, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $14,850,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrea M. Arrigo, William R. Hamel of Dinkes & Schwitzer |
| Case: | McMillan v. City of New York, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $10,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard M. Levy of Law Offices of Richard M. Levy P.C. |
| Case: | Munize v. Espinal, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $9,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Herbert S. Subin, Eric D. Subin, Marc S. Subin of Subin Associates, LLP |
| Case: | Bajaj v. Rufle, et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $8,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrey Tikhomirov of Tikhomirov & Associates PLLC |
| Case: | Malone v. Royal Waste Svcs. Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $6,615,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Howard G. Frederick of Silbowitz, Garafola, Silbowitz, Schatz, & Frederick LLP |
| Case: | Favors v. Port Authority, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Maintenance |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $6,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael P. Vessa of Vessa & Wilensky PC |
| Case: | Plaintiff Motorcyclist v. Road Contractor, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Maintenance, Contractor Negligence |
| 9 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $6,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | George G. Coffinas, Lisa J. Stone, Ira H. Lapp of Neimark and Neimark, LLP. |
| Case: | Sherwood v. Otto Jazz Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dram Shop Liability, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 9 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $6,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrea V. Borden of Wingate Russotti Shapiro & Halperin, LLP |
| Case: | Vasquez v. Alcivar, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $5,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | I. Bryce Moses of Wingate Russotti Shapiro & Halperin, LLP |
| Case: | Gorokhova v. Con Edison, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $5,068,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Norman Gershon, Alena Bespechny, Renata Vizental of Law Offices of Alexander Bespechny |
| Case: | Young v. Bal, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $4,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian M. King of Law Office of Brian M. King PC |
| Case: | Hilario v. Farman |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $3,560,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sagar Shah of Eisenberg & Baum, LLP |
| Case: | Byron v. Longstreet |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $3,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Neil H. Greenberg of Neil H. Greenberg & Associates, P.C. |
| Case: | Starkman v. City of Long Beach |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $2,959,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John P. Ford, Sidney M. Mosher of The O'Brien Firm, PC |
| Case: | Cashmore v. Green |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $2,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Victoria Wickman of The Law Office of Victoria Wickman |
| Case: | Puccio v. Kaller, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $2,228,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sean Kelly, Frank Braunstein, Michael Della, Zachary M. Beriloff of Gruenberg Kelly Della |
| Case: | Gubitosi v. Hyppolite, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $1,997,466.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ira B. Gordon of Weser & Weser, P.C.; Nicholas E. Tzaneteas of The Law Office of Nicholas Tzaneteas |
| Case: | Small v. North Shore Bottling Co. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Training, Negligent Entrustment |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $1,943,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jacob Oresky of Jacob Oresky & Associates PLLC |
| Case: | Joseph v. G & L Ambulette Co., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $1,529,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alan D. Voos, William D. Murphy of Maxwell Murphy LLC |
| Case: | Mietlicki v. Marasco |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |