Top 20 Personal Injury Verdicts in New York in 2017

Top 20 Personal Injury Verdicts in New York in 2017We are pleased to present to you the list of top 20 Personal Injury 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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Amount: $75,000,000.00
Attorneys: Danny R. Kraft, Jr., Jerry Kristal, Peter Tambini of Weitz & Luxenberg
Case: Robaey v. Dana Cos. LLC, et al.
Type: Asbestos Exposure, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Mesothelioma
2
Amount: $71,000,000.00
Attorneys: Ben B. Rubinowitz, James Rubinowitz, Rachel Jacobs of Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf
Case: Wang v. Sexton
Type: Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury
3
Amount: $37,397,602.00
Attorneys: John P. Beatty, Thomas Moore, Matthew Gaier of Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore
Case: Klupchak v. First East Village Associates, et al.
Type: Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Fall, Negligent Maintenance
4
Amount: $33,500,000.00
Attorneys: Nicholas I. Timko of Kahn Gordon Timko & Rodriques P.C.; David B. Corley of Trolman, Glaser & Lichtman PC; Jonathan Shramko, Adrienne L. DeLuca of Shramko & DeLuca
Case: Doomes, et al v. Best Transit Corp., et. al.
Type: Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death
5
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
6
Amount: $27,700,000.00
Attorneys: William Schwitzer, Keri Lynn Timlin of William Schwitzer & Associates, PC; Robert Yadgarov of Yadgarov & Associates, PLLC
Case: Bakhayokho, et al. v. New York City Transit Auth., et al.
Type: Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Hiring
7
Amount: $26,190,000.00
Attorneys: James Wilkens of Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo P.C.; Michael E. Duffy of Duffy & Duffy, PLLC
Case: Madden-Buck v. Maimonides Medical Center, et al.
Type: Birth Injury, Delayed Diagnosis, Delayed Treatment, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Wrongful Death
8
Amount: $20,000,000.00
Attorneys: Danny R. Kraft, Jr., Christopher A. Romanelli of Weitz & Luxenberg
Case: Estate of Anisansel v. Crane Co.
Type: Asbestos Exposure, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Exposure, Workplace Safety, Mesothelioma
9
Amount: $19,850,000.00
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
10
Amount: $19,000,000.00
Attorneys: Souren A. Israelyan of Law Office of Souren A. Israelyan
Case: Zhou v. Tuxedo Ridge, LLC
Type: Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability
11
Amount: $18,200,000.00
Attorneys: Steven Miller of Miller, Montiel & Strano, P.C.
Case: Zielinska v. Lutheran Medical Center
Type: Delayed Diagnosis, Failure to Diagnose, Medical Malpractice, Misdiagnosis, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence
12
Amount: $15,000,000.00
Attorneys: Mariangela Chiaravalloti of Freidman, Friedman, Chiaravalloti & Giannini
Case: Pinto v. Kehoe
Type: Failure to Diagnose, Medical Malpractice, Misdiagnosis, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence
13
Amount: $14,000,000.00
Attorneys: Theodore H. Friedman of Theodore H. Friedman, Attorney
Case: Tate-Mitros v. MTA, et al.
Type: Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury
14
Amount: $13,262,707.00
Attorneys: Duane R. Morgan of Morgan, Levine, Dolan, PC
Case: Barry v. NYC MTA, et al.
Type: Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Brain Injury, Fall, Failure to Protect, Ladder Accident
15
Amount: $12,855,787.00
Attorneys: Michael A. Rose of Hach & Rose, LLP
Case: Lewis v. Turner Construction Co., et al.
Type: Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Brain Injury, Negligent Maintenance, Contractor Negligence
16
Amount: $12,677,744.00
Attorneys: Marc E. Freund of Lipsig, Shapey, Manus & Moverman, PC
Case: Kromah v. 2265 Davidson Realty L.L.C., et al.
Type: Dangerous Condition, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Trip and Fall, Failure to Maintain
17
Amount: $11,600,000.00
Attorneys: Laura M. Jordan, Margie A. Soehl of Powers & Santola, LLP
Case: Orr v. Adirondack Radiology Assoc., PC, et. al.
Type: Failure to Diagnose, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence
18
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
19
Amount: $9,500,000.00
Attorneys: William Schwitzer of William Schwitzer & Associates, PC
Case: Myndar v. City of New York Varsity Bus Co., Inc., et al.
Type: Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury
20
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
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