(914) 220-1086A Bronx, NY jury recently awarded $20 million in a medical malpractice case to a 43 year-old unemployed man whose colon was damaged during a colonoscopy. However, due to a high/low agreement entered into by the parties, plaintiff will receive $850,000. Plaintiff Edgar Gonzalez developed peritonitis that necessitated removal of some of his colon and […]
Personal Injury Law
White Plains, NY Car Accident Lawyer Report: Four Injured In Multi-Vehicle Accident On I-95 Near New Rochelle
A man from upstate New York recently suffered a serious leg injury when he was pinned between two vehicles after a motor vehicle accident on I-95 in New Rochelle. Three other men were also taken to Sound Shore Medical Center of Westchester in New Rochelle with a variety of injuries. The multi-car accident began about […]
Summary Judgment Denied To Madison Square Garden In New York Slip & Fall Accident Case
In a New York Slip and Fall Accident case, Defendant Madison Square Garden’s motion for summary judgment was denied. Plaintiff slipped and fell on liquid on the floor of Madison Square Garden while attending a Rolling Stones concert. Plaintiff testified that after she fell her pants were wet and smelled like beer. The Madison Square […]
New York Hospital Ordered To Pay $1.5 Million For Anesthesiologist’s Error In Medical Malpractice Matter
A New York County jury recently awarded $1.5 million to a woman who claimed that she suffers permanent dysfunction of her jaw as a result of an anesthesiologist’s error during surgery. The matter stems from an April 2004 procedure in which plaintiff Caridad Cuevas underwent removal of a stone from a salivary gland. Cuevas claimed […]
New York Car Accident Attorney Report: $10 Million Verdict For 80 Year-Old Female
A Brooklyn (NYC) jury returned a $10 million verdict in favor of an 80 year-old female, Josephine Pantano, who sustained a fractured neck and a fractured leg in a motor vehicle accident in May 2007. Both plaintiff and defendant motorist contended that the other ran a red light causing the collision. The jury sided with […]
Upstate New York Jury Awards $1.7 Million Due To Improper Injection
A New York jury recently awarded a female home-care nurse from Syracuse $1.7 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit against Community General Hospital. Plaintiff, Tina Holstein, claimed that she was improperly administered an injection after giving birth to her third child. Due to complications during the delivery, a nurse reportedly gave Holstein an injection “too […]
Rye Police Officer Injured In Motor Vehicle Accident
According to a May 12, 2010 Journal News report by Leslie Korngold, a Rye Police Officer, Angelina Santo, was injured in a car accident when her cruiser was stopped at a red light at the intersection of Boston Post Road and Purdy Avenue. Officer Santo was reportedly struck from behind by a Lexus RX330 SUV […]
New York Car Accident Lawyer Report: 15 Year-Old Rockland Boy Loses Leg In Crash
A one-car motor vehicle accident in Pearl River, NY resulted in a severed leg and other life-threatening injuries yesterday. The injured party, an unidentified 15-year-old boy, was riding in the passenger seat of a 2002 Honda Accord when the car reportedly made contact with a guardrail, went off the road, rolled down a thirty-five foot […]
New City, NY Trucking Accident Leaves Three Seriously Injured
Three members of a Spring Valley, New York family were seriously injured in a trucking accident on Route 304 in New City, NY at the corner of Johnsons Lane on April 8, 2010. The trucking accident occurred at approximately 3 p.m. Both the driver, a forty-five year-old woman and her husband were seriously injured in […]
New York Medical Malpractice Attorney Report: $5.2 Million Settlement Approved In Case Involving Death Of Mother During Childbirth
A $5.2 million settlement in a medical malpractice lawsuit involving the wrongful death of a woman during childbirth was recently approved by the New York State Supreme Court. The woman died from internal bleeding after a poorly performed Caesarean procedure. The decedent, Diane McCable, was admitted Albany Medical Center Hospital in labor on September 3, […]
Baby Seriously Injured After Being Struck By Truck In Yonkers, NY
A baby in a stroller was struck by a tractor trailer in Yonkers, NY the morning of April 3, 2010. The child reportedly suffered a fractured pelvis and leg. The baby’s mother was pushing her child in a stroller when the truck, traveling north on South Broadway, hit the stroller in front of 340 S. […]
Two Westchester County Residents Charged With DWI After Unrelated Accidents
Two Westchester County, NY residents were charged with Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) after their involvement in unrelated accidents. Debra Heyde, a 49 year-old Yorktown woman, was charged with misdemeanor Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) on March 6, 2010 after her car struck a utility pole on Greenwood Street. She was also charged with various traffic violations. […]
Former Yonkers Man Enters Pleas Of Guilty To Multiple Felonies Stemming From May 2009 Car Accident/Wrongful Death Of 29 Year-Old
A 26 year-old former Yonkers resident, Louis Nardella, Jr., entered pleas of guilty to multiple felonies stemming from a car accident that killed a 29-year-old woman in New Rochelle. Mr. Nardella pled guilty to vehicular manslaughter, criminal possession of a controlled substance, tampering with physical evidence, driving while intoxicated (DWI), driving while impaired by drugs, […]
Crane Company Owner Indicted After Two 2008 New York City Deaths
New York Prosecutors have indicted James Lomma, a crane company owner, on manslaughter and other charges stemming from the 2008 deaths of two New York City workers. The incident occurred when the giant crane snapped and crashed into a Manhattan apartment building, only two months after another crane collapsed in Manhattan killing seven people. The […]
63 Year-Old NYC Retiree Recovers $2 Million In Failure To Diagnose Cancer Lawsuit
The family of Anthony Leone, a 63 year-old retiree collecting disability benefits, recovered $2 million in a settlement of a Brooklyn (NYC) medical malpractice lawsuit against his doctor and a hospital. Anthony Leone died in June 2006, about 2.5 years after a New York Methodist Hospital radiologist detected a suspicious mass in an X-ray. Leone […]
Teen Drowns in Cesspool Outside Long Island Dunkin’ Donuts
Amir Zeqiri, 17, a Central Islip, NY resident, drowned in a bizarre incident. The tragedy occurred when the teenage employee went behind the Smithtown, NY Dunkin’ Donuts to empty the garbage and fell into the open cesspool. After not returning to work, Zeqiri’s younger cousin when out to investigate and noticed the boy flailing around […]
Rye, NY Auto Accident – Two Transit Cops Injured
Two New York Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) officers were struck by a speeding car while stopped at a red light on February 25, 2010. The motor vehicle accident occurred around 6 a.m. when a 37 year old male resident of Rye made a left turn on Boston Post Road onto Purdy Avenue. He crossed the […]
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Westchester Medical Center Involving Death Of 6 Year-Old Croton Boy Settles For $2.9 Million
The family of a 6-year boy who was struck in the head by an oxygen tank causing his death at Westchester Medical Center has reached a settlement of $2.9 million in a medical malpractice and wrongful death lawsuit. The horrifying incident happened when a hospital staffer brought an oxygen canister into the MRI’s magnetic field […]
Westchester NY Bicycle Accident Attorney Report: 11 Year-Old On Bike Injured By DWI Dad In Pelham, NY
On July 17, 2008, a 50-year-old New Rochelle, NY dad, William A. Furelle, drove drunk with his three daughters in the car. While taking the three children ages 5, 9, and 10 to dinner, Furelle injured an 11-year-old bicyclist on Storer Avenue in Pelham. The young child hit the van’s windshield, and he suffered injuries […]
Westchester County DWI Lawyer Report: Yorktown Woman Charged With DWI On Taconic Parkway
Maryam A. Tantawy, a 25 year-old female, was arrested and charged with Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) by State Police on January 29, 2010. She was initially pulled over for failing to signal a lane change at 4:57 a.m. Upon further examination, she was found to have a 1.0 blood alcohol level (the legal limit is […]
Accidents On New York Bridges And Tunnels On The Rise
Reports indicate the number of accidents and injuries taking place on some New York bridges and in tunnels are on the rise. The Bronx-Whitestone, Cross Bay, Marine Parkway and Throgs Neck bridges all saw accident increases as did the Queens Midtown Tunnel. However, the roadway the saw the greatest increase in accidents and injuries is […]
Westchester County (NY) Car Accident Lawyer Report: Bronx Man Receives Two Year Sentence After Injuring Teen
Desmond Shand, a 41-year-old Bronx resident, was sentenced to two years in state prison for a number of misdemeanor and felony convictions, including assault and vehicular assault. Shand pleaded guilty to the full eleven-count indictment against him. In addition to the aforementioned felonies, Shand was charged with leaving the scene, driving while intoxicated, reckless endangerment, […]
New York Injury Lawyer Report: Four NYC Accidents Claim Three Lives, Seriously Injure Two More
Multiple accidents occurred across New York City this past Tuesday that resulted in three fatalities. 46-year-old Rosemary Pratt of Sheapshead Bay, Brooklyn was hit by a forklift on East 14th street in Midwood. She was rushed to a local hospital, but died 30 minutes after arrival. Mary Mason, 59, from Crown Heights Brooklyn, met a […]
New York Personal Injury Lawyer Report: NYC Federal Judge Awards Staten Island Ferry Victim $813, 480.00
At least 4 more New York personal injury claims remain open regarding the catastrophic Staten Island Ferry crash in 2003. In the most recent case involving the crash, plaintiff AnnaMarie Trombetta, a painter, was awarded $813,480 by a Federal Judge in Brooklyn (NYC) Federal Court. After a five-day bench trial, the judge’s ruling surprised City […]
White Plains Accident Lawyer Report: Bronxville Girl May Have Slipped & Fallen On Ice/Slush
According to a Journal News report of January 1, 2010, the cause of death of young Bronxville girl, Mihoko Fukuzawa, is still unknown. However, officials believe that she may have accidentally slipped on a slushy, icy patch of sidewalk and fallen on a rock in front of the Christ Church in Bronxville on Dec. 23, […]
