Top 50 Car Accident Verdicts in New York in 2017
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 50 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 |
| 21 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ira Cooper of Cooper & Paroff P.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Foster v. Licausi, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death |
| 21 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James W. Shuttleworth III, Kara L. Campbell, George A Kohl II of Finkelstein & Partners, LLP; Elyssa M. Fried-De Rosa of Jacoby & Meyers LLC |
| Case: | Greenidge v. United Parcel Service, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident |
| 21 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Clifford A. Shapiro, Michael J. Fitzpatrick of Wingate Russotti Shapiro & Halperin, LLP |
| Case: | Plaintiff Auto Driver v. NYC Dept. of Sanitation |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $1,471,309.00 |
| Attorneys: | Deborah Morris Field of Morris & Morris Attorneys |
| Case: | Lighthouse v. Reznik |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $1,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Edward Lemmo of The Law Office of Edward Lemmo, Esq. P.C.; Steven T. Halperin of Halperin & Halperin, PC |
| Case: | Madito v. Normukhamedov, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $1,195,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey J. Schietzelt, Diane W. Bando, Steven L. Kahn of Pena & Kahn, PLLC |
| Case: | Kolenovic v. Desantis |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $1,117,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas E. Tzaneteas of Law Offices of Jason B. Kessler, PC |
| Case: | Adamson v. Black, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $1,110,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alex Nocerino, Sameer Chopra of Chopra & Nocerino, LLP |
| Case: | Tejeda v. Silverman |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen J. Liakas of Liakas Law, PC |
| Case: | Razik-Vega v. Glendale Taxi Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $891,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph E. O’Connor of Mainetti Mainetti & O'Connor, P.C. |
| Case: | Robinson v. Morehead, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Brain Injury, Inadequate Security, Negligent Entrustment |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $875,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Hoang Q. Nguyen of Nguyen Leftt PC; Scott A. Wolinetz of Law Offices of Scott A. Wolinetz; Silvia M. Surdez of Surdez & Perez PC |
| Case: | Estate of Haque v. City of New York, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Brain Injury |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $849,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jon-Paul Gabriele, Paul L. LaClair of Gucciardo Law Firm, PLLC; Marvin J. Weinroth of Marvin J. Weinroth Esq. |
| Case: | Galanis v. Busch |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $789,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dmitriy Shulman of Shulman Law Offices PC; Stephen Z. Williamson of Law Office of Stephen Z. Williamson, P.L.L.C. |
| Case: | Powell v. Doug’s Limousine, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $761,452.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adam S. Handler, Brian J. Isaac of Pollack, Pollack, Isaac & DeCicco, LLP |
| Case: | Minto v. Narciso |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $759,150.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ethan W. Collins of Collins & Collins Attorneys, LLC |
| Case: | Lasota v. Toenniessen |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Hiram A. Raldiris of The Law Offices of Eric H. Green & Associates |
| Case: | Mota v. Mao, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $677,298.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul R. Pepper of Morici & Morici LLP |
| Case: | Rodriguez v. McTigue |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $655,800.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen Civardi of Civardi & Obiol PC |
| Case: | Licursi v. Wesner, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $618,093.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen C. Ciocca of Cellino & Barnes |
| Case: | Piedmont v. Mangold |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $571,967.00 |
| Attorneys: | Romina Tominovic, Robyn Brazzil of Block O'Toole & Murphy, LLP |
| Case: | Chaaban v. Rotbann |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $537,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arkady Frekhtman of Frekhtman & Associates |
| Case: | Au v. Barbarise, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $535,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joshua B. Irwin of Irwin & Poznanski, LLP; Rosa M. Ruiz of William Schwitzer & Associates, PC |
| Case: | Lipenskaya v. Safdieh |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $525,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Hiram A. Raldiris of The Law Offices of Eric H. Green & Associates |
| Case: | Newman v. Mvaic |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Hit and Run |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alex Bouganim of Cellino & Barnes |
| Case: | Watson v. Mazzeo |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven E. Krentsel, Joshua Ram, Lee Kaplan of Krentsel & Guzman LLP |
| Case: | Terrone v. Hodges |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $465,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Philip L. Franckel, Robert T. Plevy of Franckel & Plevy, LLP; Joseph S. Bavaro, Marvin Salenger of Salenger, Sack, Kimmel & Bavaro |
| Case: | Coyle v. Beinenfeld |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 44 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Howard Schatz, David Aminov of Silbowitz, Garafola, Silbowitz, Schatz, & Frederick LLP |
| Case: | Florian v. Bai |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 44 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Keith M. Sullivan of Sullivan & Galleshaw LLP |
| Case: | Petersen v. Rupp |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $445,370.00 |
| Attorneys: | Martin A. Lynn of Lynn Law Firm, LLP |
| Case: | Crate v. Murphy |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $440,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anthony J. Forzano of The Forzano Law Firm |
| Case: | Wisniewski v. Benmedjkoune |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $428,809.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas P. Brennan, Christina R. Mark Mercado of Block O'Toole & Murphy, LLP |
| Case: | Cabrera v. Proctor, et al. |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $425,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Philip L. Franckel, Robert T. Plevy of Franckel & Plevy, LLP; Joseph S. Bavaro, Marvin Salenger of Salenger, Sack, Kimmel & Bavaro |
| Case: | Jenkins v. Downing |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 49 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven V. Podolsky, Kenneth V. Madden of Cherny & Podolsky PLLC |
| Case: | Rolon v. American United Transp., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 49 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Maria K. Morano of Sanocki, Newman & Turret, LLP |
| Case: | Kyriakides v. Moise |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $375,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Casey A. Fundaro, David B. Lever, Terrence J. Cortelli of Lever & Stolzenberg, LLP |
| Case: | Santana v. Montenegro, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |