On August 20, the Supreme Court Appellate Division, First Department upheld a jury verdict of over $700,000 in a New York slip and fall case. The defendants had appealed the amount of the damages. Although the Court did uphold the jury’s award for past and future pain and suffering, it did reduce the award for […]
Slip And Falls
Second Department Reverses Defendants’ Summary Judgment in Premises Liability Case
In May, the Supreme Court Appellate Division, Second Department, reversed a finding of summary judgment for the defendants in a Yonkers premises liability case. The claim arose after an incident in which the plaintiff tripped over a cracked sidewalk that adjoined the defendant’s property. The Supreme Court, in its ruling in favor of the defendants’ […]
N.Y. Slip & Fall Attorney Report: Second Department Upholds Summary Judgment for Plaintiff in Slip and Fall Case
An April order by the Appellate Division, Second Department upheld a Suffolk County Supreme Court’s finding of summary judgment for the plaintiffs in a Long Island personal injury case. In February of 2007, the plaintiff, a Nassau County police officer, was responding to an alarm at the defendant’s summer house. At the time that the […]
White Plains Personal Injury Attorney Report: Appellate Division Allows Injured Father’s Case Be Heard By Jury
In the recent case, Burgos v. Montemurro Enterprises, LLC, the First Department of the Appellate Division, New York State Supreme Court, upheld a Bronx trial level decision denying a personal injury defendant’s motion for dismissal. The Plaintiff Samuel Burgos was injured when he tripped and fell on uneven planks while walking up a wooden walkway […]
First Department Affirms Summary Judgment for Defendant in Bronx Slip and Fall
In October 2012, the Supreme Court Appellate Division, First Department, affirmed an order granting summary judgment to the New York City Transit Authority in a matter involving a slip and fall at a subway station. In the case, Kinberg v. NYCTA, the plaintiff brought a lawsuit after she fell during a snow storm on an […]
Second Department Grants Summary Judgment to City of Yonkers in Slip and Fall Case
On July 25th, the Appellate Division, Second Department, reversed an order by the Westchester Supreme Court and granted summary judgment for the defendant City of Yonkers in a slip and fall case. The plaintiff had been injured after slipping on an icy patch on a city roadway. According to precedent and the Charter of the […]
Summary Judgment For New York City Reversed In Slip and Fall Accident Case
The Second Department recently reversed an initial summary judgment ruling in favor of the City of New York. According to the suit, the plaintiff slipped and fell on greasy steps inside a city sanitation garage. The Trial Court agreed with the City, in that it did not have notice of the grease on the steps, […]
Summary Judgment In Favor Of Property Owner And CVS Reversed In Minor’s Slip And Fall Case
On November 22, 2011, the New York State Appellate Division, Second Department reversed an order for summary judgment granted to joint defendants. The Trial Court had ruled in favor of the defendants finding that no issues of fact existed requiring a trial of the matter. The case involves injuries suffered by a minor child as […]
Slip And Fall Case Restored By New York Appellate Division, Second Department
In a recent Westchester County, NY personal injury, slip and fall lawsuit, the plaintiff nurse claimed that she had slipped on urine while assisting a handicapped teenager who attended school at the defendant Pines Bridge Program. The school was owned and operated by defendants, Putnam / Northern Westchester Board of Coop. Services, and the plaintiff […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Bronx (NYC) Slip & Fall Attorney Report: Drunk Male Awarded $150,000 By Bronx Jury
A 45 year-old male reveler claimed that he slipped and fell on the defendant’s sidewalk that was covered with snow and ice. Plaintiff contended that his fall was caused by snow that had been cleared and piled, which then melted, made its way back onto the sidewalk and re-froze (creating a hazardous condition). Defendant claimed […]
Torn Quadricep Yields $75,000 Settlement In Queens County (NYC) Slip And Fall
A 41 year-old female allegedly slipped and fell in a Brooklyn (NYC) parking lot of a catering hall. She claimed that the parking lot was dangerous due to uneven pavement. She reportedly fell, and suffered a tear of her quadricep. The owner of the parking lot denied that the lot was dangerous and questioned whether […]
Clerk Awarded $237,000 By Westchester County Jury After Falling On Ice
The plaintiff, a 38 year-old administrative clerk employed by a tenant in an office building in Armonk, NY was recently awarded a $237,000 verdict by a Westchester County, New York jury. She claimed that she tripped and fell on an icy patch while exiting the building. Plaintiff claimed that the owners of the building failed […]
$1,500,000 Million Dollar Verdict In Bronx (NYC) Slip & Fall
A Bronx (NYC) jury returned a $1,500,000 verdict in favor of a 52 year-old female plaintiff who allegedly slipped and fell on ice while trying to open a gate to her cooperative. She claimed that the management company and owners of the cooperative failed to apply salt in the gated parking lot despite icy conditions. […]
Bronx (NYC): Premises Liability – $2 Million Award To Tollbooth Employee
A Bronx (NYC) jury recently awarded $2,106,874 to an employee of the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority who suffered a fractured ankle when he fell at a tollbooth plaza of New York’s Bronx Whitestone Bridge. The plaintiff fell on a pothole that was recently repaired in a lane that was designated for trucks. The plaintiff […]
Jury Verdict For Butcher Who Slipped And Fell At New York Grocery Store
Plaintiff, a 45 year-old butcher, slipped and fell while working at a New York grocery store. He allegedly fell on a solvent applied to machinery by an employee of the defendant owner of the store. The liquid reportedly dripped onto the floor after it was applied. Plaintiff alleged that the employee failed to properly apply […]
Premises Accident: Slip And Fall In Westchester County Yields $650,000 Settlement At Mediation
Plaintiff, a 53 year-old insulator, allegedly slipped and fell on oil that had leaked onto the ground while working at a Westchester County, NY power plant. This matter recently settled for $650,000 at mediation. Plaintiff claimed that the owner/operator of the plant, Entergy, was negligent in its maintenance of the premises, and that its negligence […]