Top 10 Personal Injury Settlements in New York in 2025
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We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 10 personal injury settlements obtained in New York State in 2025. The list is composed of various types of cases filed in a state or federal court, as well as those settled prior to commencing a lawsuit. The curation of case results for this list were conducted in accordance with the following methodology.
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $750,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anthony T. Dipietro of The DiPietro Law Firm |
| Case: | Hadden Survivors v. Columbia University |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Health Facility Negligence, Negligence in Employment, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Vicarious Liability, Negligent Retention, Medical Battery, Sexual Battery, Sexual Assault & Battery, Adult Sexual Abuse |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $150,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew Merson, Jordan K. Merson of Merson Law PLLC; Jeff Anderson, Stacey Benson, Michael G. Finnegan of Jeff Anderson & Associates PA; Daniel J. Chiacchia of Dan Chiacchia Attorneys, PLLC; Stephen Boyd of The Law Offices of Steve Boyd, PC; Mitchell Garabedian of Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian; James R. Marsh, Cori Iacopelli of Marsh Law Firm |
| Case: | In re: The Diocese of Buffalo, N.Y |
| Type: | Negligence in Employment, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Sexual Abuse, Negligent Hiring, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Children's Rights, Child Abuse, Failure to Protect, Negligent Retention, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Sexual Assault & Battery, Minor Sexual Abuse, Bodily Injury, Clergy Sexual Abuse , Injured Minor |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $29,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin T. Mulhearn of Kevin T. Mulhearn PC; Darren Jay Epstein of Darren Jay Epstein Esq. PC; Timothy Burns of Burns Bair LLP |
| Case: | G.M., et al. v. Poly Prep. Country Day Sch., et al. |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Negligence in Employment, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, School Safety, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Negligent Hiring, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Negligent Training, Child Abuse, Failure to Protect, Negligent Torts, Negligent Retention, Sexual Assault & Battery, Minor Sexual Abuse, Injured Minor |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $9,648,649.00 |
| Attorneys: | James P. Fitzgerald, Benjamin H. Babcock of The Fitzgerald Law Firm, P.C. |
| Case: | J.L. v. Onyeike, et al. |
| Type: | Child Birth Injury, Delayed Childbirth, Delayed Diagnosis, Delayed Treatment, Health Facility Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Brain Injury, Inadequate Care, Failure to Monitor, Ob-Gyn Malpractice, Failure to Test, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Permanent Disability, Prenatal Injury, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury, Injured Minor |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $9,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael S. Levine of Rappaport, Glass, Levine & Zullo, LLP |
| Case: | Passenger v. Trucking Co. |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Truck Accidents, Brain Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Permanent Disability, Truck v. Car Accidents, Rear-end Collisions, Bodily Injury |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $8,050,210.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jordan K. Merson of Merson Law PLLC |
| Case: | R.J. v. Long Island Jewish Med. Ctr., et al. |
| Type: | Child Birth Injury, Delayed Diagnosis, Delayed Treatment, Health Facility Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Brain Injury, Inadequate Care, Cerebral Palsy, Failure to Monitor, Ob-Gyn Malpractice, Anesthesia Error, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Permanent Disability, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury, Injured Minor |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $7,950,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carmine J. Goncalves of Wingate, Russotti, Shapiro, Moses & Halperin, LLP |
| Case: | Injured Worker v. Workplace |
| Type: | Construction Accidents, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accidents, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Spinal Injury, Permanent Disability, Work Premises Liability, Falling Object v. Worker Accidents, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $7,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alex Nocerino, Sameer Chopra of Chopra & Nocerino, LLP |
| Case: | Nocera v. Ned S. Mekhail, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Negligence in Employment, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Torts, Vicarious Liability, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Car v. Car Accidents, Rear-end Collisions, Bodily Injury |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $7,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joshua H. Stern, Pawel P. Wierzbicki, Daniel P. O'Toole of Block O'Toole & Murphy, LLP |
| Case: | Kalinowski v. City of Yonkers |
| Type: | Construction Accidents, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accidents, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Fall Accidents, Scaffolding Accidents, Occupational Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Bone Fracture, Fall from Height, Permanent Disability, Work Premises Liability, Bodily Injury |
| 10 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $6,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joshua H. Stern of Block O'Toole & Murphy, LLP; Pawel P. Wierzbicki, Daniel P. O'Toole of Block O'Toole & Murphy, LLP |
| Case: | Gontarczyk v. ABC Corp. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Two-Vehicle Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, T-Bone Collisions, Red-Light Accidents, Neurological Injury, Bodily Injury |
| 10 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $6,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charles L. Falgiatano of DeFrancisco & Falgiatano, LLP |
| Case: | V.S. v. U.S., et al. |
| Type: | Child Birth Injury, Delayed Childbirth, Delayed Treatment, Health Facility Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Brain Injury, Inadequate Care, Cerebral Palsy, Failure to Monitor, Ob-Gyn Malpractice, Nonfatal Bodily Injury, Permanent Disability, Neurological Injury, Nerve Injury, Bodily Injury, Injured Minor |
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