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Verdicts & settlements - Highlights
- $6,000,000 – Obstetrical Malpractice/Birth Injuries
  Bronx County settlement for a baby that suffered severe brain damage and cerebral palsy as a result of a failure to timely diagnose and treat fetal distress.
- $3,037,500.00 – Surgical Malpractice
  Failed bilateral laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair causing total disability and permanent nerve damage.
- $3,000,000.00 – Labor Law/Construction Accident
  This case, which settled during jury selection, involved our client, a 30-year old construction worker, who was severely injured
- $1,691,385.00 – Medical Malpractice/Orthopedic Malpractice
  At trial in Brooklyn Supreme Court the jury returned a verdict of $1,691,368.00 on behalf of our client, a 41-year old maintenance worker, who was the victim of orthopedic malpractice following a botched total ACL
- $1,500,000.00 – Medical Malpractice/Obstetric Malpractice
  This settlement before trial was for the wrongful death of a 40-year old woman who had recently undergone a total abdominal hysterectomy.
- $900,000.00 – Construction Accident
  Pre-trial settlement for carpenter who suffered a traumatic brain injury while on the job.
- $750,000.00 – Motor Vehicle Accident/Pedestrian Knockdown
  In this case our client, a home health aide from Ghana, was crossing the street when the defendant, who was texting and driving, lost control of her vehicle impacting the plaintiff at high speed.
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