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State of New York Liable for Damages in Two Cases involving Roadway Fatalities
On January 23, 2004, Jason Rhoades sustained fatal injuries when the vehicle he was driving slid across the roadway over a bridge on Interstate 81 in Syracuse, struck a snowbank packed against the...
View ArticleLoss of Parental Guidance Awards Reduced on Appeal of Major Wrongful Death Case
We discussed the nearly $15,000,000 damages award in the fatal motor vehicle crash case of 28 year old Jason M. Rhoades in an article published on December 3, 2013, here. As we predicted, the defendant...
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Appellate Court Addresses Pre-Impact Terror, Conscious Pain and Suffering and...
On December 2, 2009 at about 7 p.m., a woman was walking across the street at the intersection of Avenue U and East 71st Street in Brooklyn. A city bus driver had stopped for a red light before turning...
View ArticleAppellate Court Addresses Damages in Fatal Car Crash Case
On January 24, 2004, Col. (retired) William Gardner sustained fatal injuries when the vehicle he was driving struck and vaulted over an interstate highway’s snow-covered barrier in Syracuse and fell to...
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Jury Verdict Declining to Award Damages Affirmed in Fatal Pedestrian...
On January 29, 2013, at about 7:30 p.m., Juan Estevez was attempting to cross Sunrise Highway at its intersection with Henry Street in Freeport when he was struck by a left turning vehicle. Mr....
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Damages Verdict for Pre-Death Pain and Suffering Affirmed in Yard-Work...
On March 11, 2007, Elias Fasolas was operating a Bobcat S175 skid-steer loader with a bucket attachment when a limb from a nine-foot-tall tree entered the open operator cab, crushing him against the...
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Crane Collapse Case Wrongful Death Awards Modified
On May 30, 2008, crane operator Donald Leo and laborer Ramadan Kurtaj were working at a building construction site in Manhattan. Mr. Leo was inside a crane’s cab 14 stories above East 91st Street and...
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Appellate Court Affirms Liability Verdict and Modifies Damages Awarded by...
On May 10, 2007, Ivan Hernandez Morales, then 21 years old, was killed in a work-related accident when a private garbage truck lurched backward and he was pinned and crushed against a dumpster in a...
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Verdict Affirmed in Mall Parking Lot Death Case
On June 29, 2005, Concetta Russo-Carriero, a 56 year old paralegal, was abducted, stabbed twice with a knife and murdered in the parking garage of a White Plains shopping mall. The murder took place on...
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Substantial Verdict Reductions Ordered in Fatal Car Crash Case
On May 1, 2007, at 4 p.m., Jenna Vatalaro, a 19 year old college student, was driving her car westbound on Montauk Highway near its intersection with Atlantic Avenue in the hamlet of Blue Point in...
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State of New York Liable for Damages in Two Cases involving Roadway Fatalities
On January 23, 2004, Jason Rhoades sustained fatal injuries when the vehicle he was driving slid across the roadway over a bridge on Interstate 81 in Syracuse, struck a snowbank packed against the...
View ArticleLoss of Parental Guidance Awards Reduced on Appeal of Major Wrongful Death Case
We discussed the nearly $15,000,000 damages award in the fatal motor vehicle crash case of 28 year old Jason M. Rhoades in an article published on December 3, 2013, here. As we predicted, the defendant...
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Appellate Court Addresses Pre-Impact Terror, Conscious Pain and Suffering and...
On December 2, 2009 at about 7 p.m., a woman was walking across the street at the intersection of Avenue U and East 71st Street in Brooklyn. A city bus driver had stopped for a red light before turning...
View ArticleAppellate Court Addresses Damages in Fatal Car Crash Case
On January 24, 2004, Col. (retired) William Gardner sustained fatal injuries when the vehicle he was driving struck and vaulted over an interstate highway’s snow-covered barrier in Syracuse and fell to...
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Jury Verdict Declining to Award Damages Affirmed in Fatal Pedestrian...
On January 29, 2013, at about 7:30 p.m., Juan Estevez was attempting to cross Sunrise Highway at its intersection with Henry Street in Freeport when he was struck by a left turning vehicle. Mr....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Damages Verdict for Pre-Death Pain and Suffering Affirmed in Yard-Work...
On March 11, 2007, Elias Fasolas was operating a Bobcat S175 skid-steer loader with a bucket attachment when a limb from a nine-foot-tall tree entered the open operator cab, crushing him against the...
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