Top 10 Motor Vehicle Accident Verdicts in New York in 2019
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 10 motor vehicle accident verdicts obtained in New York in the year 2019. The list is comprised of various case types that were tried either in state or federal courts of New York.
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Note: If you have made this list (Top 10 Motor Vehicle Accident Verdicts in New York in 2019) you have also made the list of Top 20 Motor Vehicle Accident Verdicts in New York in 2019.
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1 | |
Amount: | $43,083,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Scott Rynecki of Rubenstein & Rynecki; John K. Avanzino of Avanzino & Moreno, PC |
Case: | K.C.C. v. United Lubavitcher Yeshiva, et al. |
Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, School Bus Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident |
2 | |
Amount: | $32,500,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Ira Newman, Edward J. Sanocki, Carl B. Tegtmeier of Sanocki, Newman & Turret, LLP |
Case: | Lassalle v. City of NY, et al. |
Type: | Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Burn Injury, Psychological Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Single-Vehicle Accident |
3 | |
Amount: | $12,000,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Benedict Morelli, David Sirotkin, Alexander Morelli, Michael S. Schlesinger of Morelli Law Firm |
Case: | Wu v. NYCTA |
Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Mass Transit Accident, Single-Vehicle Accident |
4 | |
Amount: | $11,500,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Peter S. Thomas of Lurie & Flatow, PC |
Case: | Dorsa v. Moore |
Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort, Emergency Vehicle Accident |
5 | |
Amount: | $7,075,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Eugene Gozenput of Pazer, Epstein, Jaffe & Fein, P.C |
Case: | Lopez v. Lidonnici |
Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
6 | |
Amount: | $6,872,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Ann R. Johnson, Michael Feldman of Finkelstein & Partners, LLP |
Case: | Dewinkeleer v. Portland Stoneware Packaging Co. Inc., et al. |
Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
7 | |
Amount: | $4,820,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Charles E. Finelli of The Law Office of Charles E. Finelli & Associates; Michael E. Garron of Law Office of Michael E. Garron P.C. |
Case: | Jorge v. Mercedes, et al. |
Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
8 | |
Amount: | $4,775,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Albert Kim of William Schwitzer & Associates, PC; William R. Hamel, Jordan S. Finkelstein of Dinkes & Schwitzer |
Case: | Petit v. Archer, et al. |
Type: | Bus Accident, Car Accident, Government Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Mass Transit Accident |
9 | |
Amount: | $3,250,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Matthew K. Macaulay of Khavinson & Associates P.C. |
Case: | Parker v. Sanabria, et al. |
Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
10 | |
Amount: | $2,782,544.00 |
Attorneys: | Eric D. Subin, Robert J. Eisen of Subin Associates, LLP |
Case: | Alvarez v. Richmond Hill Lumber Supply, et al. |
Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Single-Vehicle Accident |