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State Found Liable for Mistaken Release of Rapist
BYLINE: By Leigh Jones New York Law Journal January 31, 2003 MINEOLA, N.Y. – A Court of Claims judge has held the state of New York liable on summary judgment for two rapes and a murder that occurred after the …
Products Liability: Industrial Machine 1,215,000 Settlement: Leg Degloving
Personal Injury Verdict Reviews December 24, 2002 A 49-year-old male tree removal worker suffered left leg degloving, which required reconstructive surgery, when a stump grinder, designed and manufactured by the defendant, abruptly moved back and cut into his thigh as …
Intersection: Defendant Facing Stop Sign 385,000 Verdict: Radius Fracture
Personal Injury Verdict Reviews June 10, 2002 A 29-year-old male student suffered a radius and metacarpal fracture to the right hand, resulting in a 20 percent loss of use, and a dislocated right wrist, requiring closed reduction and subsequent open …
MOTOR VEHICLE SETTLEMENT: $ 2 million
New York Law Journal September 28, 2001 Ricardo Carrillo v. Penske Truck Leasing Co.; JEFCO, Inc.; and Benefacio Rodriguez 26286/98 JUSTICE: Peter J. O’Donoghue ATTORNEYS: Parker Waichman LLP, Great Neck for plaintiff; Mitchell Teitelbaum of Torino & Bernstein, P.C., Mineola …
LABOR LAW VERDICT: $ 2.19 million
New York Law Journal March 30, 2001 Tiziano Sozzi v. Gramercy Realty Company No. 2 LP 22523/98 March 15 Kings Supreme JUDGE: Ira B. Harkavy ATTORNEYS: Parker Waichman LLP, Great Neck. Elsa Rodriguez Preston of McDonald, Carroll, Cohen & Rayhill, …
Premises Liability: Fall At Public Administration Building 225,000 Verdict: Aggravated Disc Damage
Federal Tort Claims Act News December 14, 2000 A 37-year-old male police officer suffered an aggravated disc injury at L4-5 when he tripped and fell while descending a stairwell in a building owned by the defendant city. The plaintiff contended …