How to Prevent A Snow Shoveling Injury
Pretty much any New York injury lawyer knows that snow and ice can create dangerous conditions. Cars and pedestrians can slip on the ice, lose orientation and hit the ground. On the other hand, says Business Week, shoveling the snow can be dangerous too. New York personal injury lawyer lifts its snow-cap in gratitude to...
New York Text Message Injuries Rising Fast
According to Hudson Valley NY's Daily Freeman, 1,000 pedestrians got injured in the USA in 2008 due to text-message distractions while walking. The high injury rate is double the 2007 figures, and quadruple the 2006 figures. This confirms a basic premise that NY personal injury lawyers have articulated: More Technology...
Baby Car Seat Poses Dangerous Condition, Warns NY Personal Injury Lawyer
Consumer Reports issued a strong warning to parents to help them prevent a personal injury. The Message: Use infant car seats for their intended purposes and nothing else. Top NY personal injury attorneys have seen brain injury resulting from medical malpractice and car accidents. Indeed, child car seats help prevent New York...
Michael Jackson May Have Gotten More for His Burn Injuries
Much media coverage has gone to Michael Jackson's 1984 burn accident, while filming a Pepsi commercial. Pepsi ultimately paid Jackson $1.5 Million for his pain, injury and suffering, which later required multiple corrective surgeries, grafting and pain treatment. Looking back, New York's top injury lawyers suggest that Jackson's monetary compensation was relatively...
$500,000 Payment for Slip & Fall Head Injury
A restaurant provided poor lighting and handrails for restaurant visitors. Consequently, one person had a slip and fall, injuring the head and experiencing subdural hematoma. The victim sued the restaurant and won one half a million dollars for personal injuries, thanks to New York's finest injury lawyers. Read about this...
$4.5 Million Settlement - Premises Liability - Hole in Kitchen Floor Not Repaired
Summary SETTLEMENT: $4,580,000. CASE TYPE: Negligent Repair and/or Maintenance, Premises Liability - Dangerous Condition, Premises Liability - Trip and Fall, Premises Liability - Apartment , Premises Liability - Tenant's Injury VENUE: Bronx Supreme, NY. JUDGE: Douglas E. McKeon. DATE: 01-04-2007. PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEY: Eric H. Morrison; Morrison & Wagner; New York,...
$850,000 Settlement - Premises Liability - Woman Trips on Sidewalk's Protruding Oil-Line
Note: The following material was originally published in VerdictSearch.com. SETTLEMENT: $850,000 CASE TYPE: Dangerous Condition, Premises Liability - Trip and Fall, Premises Liability - Sidewalk, Premises Liability - Negligent Repair and/or Maintenance, Government - Municipalities VENUE: Queens Supreme, NY. JUDGE: Patricia P. Satterfield. DATE: 06-05-2006 PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEY: Eric H. Morrison; Morrison...
$617,000 Construction Settlement - Mason Sustained Ankle Fracture in Fall Off Scaffold
Note: The following material was originally published in VerdictSearch.com. SETTLEMENT: $617,000 CASE TYPE: Labor Law. Construction - Slip and Fall, Construction - Scaffolds and Ladders VENUE: Bronx Supreme, NY. JUDGE: Howard R. Silver. DATE: 03-09-2005 PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEY: Eric H. Morrison; Morrison & Wagner; New York, NY DEFENDANT'S ATTORNEY: Christopher J. Whitton;...
