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NURSING HOME NEGLIGANCE VERDICT
A $3,000,000 JURY VERDICT
Awarded by a Nassau County jury. The nursing home was negligent in the care and supervision of our client which led to his devastating and debilitating burns and to tremendous pain and suffering. On July 31, 2002 the nursing home violated its own policy and allowed our client to remain outdoors for a period of 2 hours in 95 degree sweltering heat with constrictive clothing consisting of a dark fleece sweatshirt and black nylon pants in the hot boiling sun. As a result of the neglect and abandonment, he was found outside unconscious, unresponsive with a temperature of 105 degrees. He suffered heat stroke and developed severe burns on his thighs and legs which required hospitalization, and twice a day debridement at Nassau County Medical Center. He was given morphine daily for the pain and eventually died 30 days thereafter.
A $1,500,000 JURY VERDICT
Was handed down by a jury in Supreme Court, Bronx County for a client who suffered severe structural damage to his neck, back, and hip. Our client was a cab driver who came over to this country from Africa to make a better life for his family. He had been working 6 days a week, 12 hours each day for several years. Due to his injuries which affected his abilities to lift, stand, and sit for long periods of time, he had to reduce his hours to part time work. He will also be forced to have surgery on his hip in the near future.
A $550,000.00 VERDICT
Clients injured in a motor vehicle accident. There was a serious issue of liability since the case involved two vehicles proceeding in opposite directions down a narrow street in Queens. This is a side to side impact on a street that has no lane markings. Each side accused the other of speeding and being over the imaginary center
A $400,000.00 JURY VERDICT.
Successful verdict for our client who was driving straight when defendant pulled out of a parking spot and struck her vehicle. Defendant argued that plaintiff was at fault because she saw defendant pull out of the spot when she was half a block away. Plaintiff sustained multiple herniations and will require fusion surgery and lifelong physical therapy.
A $315,000 JURY VERDICT
Awarded by a jury in Supreme Court, Nassau County for a client who suffered a herniated disc in her lumbar spine as a result of a motor vehicle accident in which she was struck head on in an intersection collision. Despite the defendant’s contention that our client made a left hand turn colliding with him, our trial attorney was able to demonstrate through the damage to our client’s vehicle and a witness that this theory was improbable. A jury found that the defendant was 100% liable. Our client, a Licensed Practicing Nurse, whose job entailed performing many intricate tasks with the use of medical equipment on patients, testified she could no longer perform these duties due to the numbness, tingling, and loss of sensation in her fingertips directly resulting from her ruptured disc and associated nerve damage.
A $785,000.00 ARBITRATION AWARD
Client injured in motor vehicle accident. She had suffered a fractured tibia-fibula plateau which involved plating and casting and eight days of hospitalization. She also received numerous head injuries. She miraculously returned to work within two months and was able to do her normal job for the New York City school system. The reason this case was successfully prosecuted by Mr. Woycik was due to the numerous lay witnesses he produced at trial which included both of clients’ sons, one of whom was a national collegiate swimmer, (a national champion swimmer) and three family friends who testified that she was very active before the accident and had suffered a serious personality change as a result of the accident. Her memory, concentration, and cognitive functioning have been reduced as a result of the insult to the brain, which resulted in a mild traumatic brain injury.
A 1.2 Million Dollar SETTLEMENT was reached for a client who fell ten feet because the area where he was working on was defective and he suffered permanent injury to his right ankle. The claim was that there should have been a railing up where he was working at an elevated location and this was the proximate cause of the accident. The client was an electrical worker who was working on the New Hamlet Subdivision in plainview, New York. His injuries included numerous operations to the right foot. He was able to go back to work one year after the accident with some limitations. Our trial attorney was able to obtain this significant settlement after eight days of trial which included the liability verdict. The case was taken over from another firm which had recommended that the client take an offer of less than 1/3 of what Trial Counsel obtained for him. The determination, hard work and attention to detail allowed the firm to obtain the maximum amount for this client.
A $1,100,000 SETTLEMENT for a client who suffered a crushed hand. Justice was served when our Trial Counsel recently obtained a One Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars settlement for a client who was badly injured in an automobile accident. Our client lost the use of his dominant right hand when four fingers were severed. He was a skilled machine operator by trade, so this accident left him unable to earn a living. The accident occurred when a driver who happened to be a bartender fell a sleep at the wheel on a highway at 2 a.m., causing a major impact. The window of our client’s car broke and severed the fingers. Through the work of our trial attorney, our law firm successfully established liability for the offending driver. The offending driver blamed a non-existent vehicle for the accident. Our firm handled a hearing where he successfully convinced a Nassau County judge that the accident was solely the fault of the defendant driver that we filed our law suit against. After the hearing, our firm negotiated with the carrier in question. Black and white photos of the hand were exchanged. A motion to collect interest on any judgment was successfully drafted. Pressure was put on the carrier with an economist report, a vocational expert and other medical reports to establish damages. In the end, the carrier caved in and our firm collected all of the insurance money that could be had. The money was structured so that the client will have consistent income for the rest of his life. Additionally, Stanley J. Sanders is diligently working to obtain social security benefits for this client. This case shows the strength of our trial counsel in that all of the resources are utilized to achieve the right results. A great team effort resulted in the right settlement for a well deserving individual.
A $950,000 SETTLEMENT (out of a maximum million dollar policy) was obtained after our law firm, selected the Jury and put on the first two witnesses. Our 52 year old client suffered herniated discs which required surgery. Using several anatomical models and blow ups of the lumbar spine which showed the surgery to the back with the laminectomy.
A $950,000 SETTLEMENT (out of a maximum million dollar policy) by our law firm, for a client who had knee surgery and suffered complications. We were able to establish that her doctor failed to treat her complications, ultimately resulting in her amputation of the leg. The case settled before trial.
A $750,000 SETTLEMENT was obtained on the eve of trial. Our client was poisoned when she was almost ten years old. This is very unusual since most children are lead poisoned under the age of six. The medical studies documenting that brain injuries occur due to lead poisoning all focus on young children. Our trial attorneys ensured that our client had the best chance of winning by choosing the most qualified experts. They opined that she did indeed suffer a brain injury.
A $600,000 SETTLEMENT at mediation was obtained by our law firm when our trial attorney substituted another attorney on the eve of trial. The attorney had recommended that the client accept $300,000 to settle his lawsuit. When Mr. Block got the case, he saw that the case was not thoroughly prepared. With the proper attention to detail, the case was presented to mediation and the offer to settle the case was doubled.
A $490,000 SETTLEMENT for a client who sustained bed sores from the nursing home’s failure to turn and position him. As a result, the nursing home resident needed an above the knee amputation and passed away shortly thereafter. Defendant argued that plaintiff’s advanced age and health problems were the cause of the bed sores. Our trial attorney was able to set up a meeting with defense counsel and reach this advantageous settlement.
A $400,000 SETTLEMENT
Reached through the work of our Senior Trial Attorney on behalf of a client who is suffering from a complex pain disorder known as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (“RSD”). RSD is a very severe multi-symptom, multi-system syndrome that causes extreme pain to several parts of the body making it unbearable for the patient to live a normal life. RSD is a disorder that continues to perplex the medical profession because of the way in which the pain and symptoms are out of proportion to the initial injury sustained. In this particular case, what started out as solely an injury to the knee arising from a trip and fall accident, manifested into an abnormal pain disorder causing constant pain and burning which spread to both legs and both arms. The client will require lifelong pain management treatment, physical therapy, and potential surgical intervention. Our firm was able to ensure that all the injuries that directly flowed from the defendants’ negligence were addressed, understood, and compensated for as much as possible.
A $350,000 SETTLMENT for a client who sustained injuries to his left knee and back. Our client was an active duty soldier who had served in three different wars: Vietnam, Desert Storm and most recently activated for Operation Desert Storm. The client was a decorated serviceman who indicated that he was unable to obtain rank of full Colonel as a result of the injuries sustained in this accident. Our client was the first car stopped in a chain reaction accident and the third/last car was the offending vehicle. Our trial attorney was able to show at trial that the middle car failed to stop in time and failed to give proper brake warnings to the last vehicle that resulted in holding the middle car in for 40%. The offending vehicle tendered its $50,000 policy and after the liability verdict our law firm was able to obtain the full $300,000 policy from the middle vehicle. The client did not undergo any surgeries as a result of this vehicle, but, his doctors had recommended surgery.
A $157,500 SETTLEMENT
Was obtained by Senior Trial Attorney during jury selection in a motor vehicle accident case. Our Client, an elderly woman in her 80s, was struck by a motor vehicle while crossing the street. The insurance carrier had previously argued that she was at fault for failure to cross at the cross walk. Nevertheless, confident in his arguments and theory of negligence, our firm pushed forward and began the trial process. The above settlement was reached before trial even began.
A $150,000 SETTLEMENT for a nursing home resident who was the victim of substandard care. While at the nursing home, plaintiff suffered numerous falls resulting in fractures of several ribs, her left index finger, her left wrist, her left thumb and multiple complaints of pain to several areas of her body. Our firm hired a nurse expert who furnished a report that the nursing home failed to provide adequate staff and supervision to meet the needs of plaintiff, as well as properly revise the nursing home resident’s care plans to meet her specialized needs.
