Example result
Settled with three insurers
Illustrative amount, not a real case
Rideshare passenger
Car Accidents
Tone: Favorable
Back-seat passenger in a highway pile-up
A 29-year-old graduate student needed spinal fusion surgery after a multi-car crash. Three insurers each blamed the others. We brought claims against all three layers of coverage.
Example result
Settled after an independent MRI
Illustrative amount, not a real case
Rear-end collision
Car Accidents
Tone: Favorable
Stopped at a light on Northern Boulevard
Two herniated discs and nerve pain for a 51-year-old MTA employee. The insurer's first offer was $19,000 for 'soft tissue only.' Independent imaging showed otherwise.
Example result
Settled before trial
Illustrative amount, not a real case
Pedestrian struck
Car Accidents
Tone: Favorable
Delivery van turned through a crosswalk
A 63-year-old crossing with the signal broke her hip. The van company said the driver was an 'independent contractor.' That defense failed once we got the routing-app records.
Example result
Modest settlement
Illustrative amount, not a real case
Low-speed rear-end
Car Accidents
Tone: Modest result
Neck and back strain after a fender-bender
A delivery driver had eight weeks of physical therapy after a low-speed crash. The injuries healed fully. The settlement covered what no-fault didn't, plus his missed shifts.
We told him early this would be a small case. It was, and it was fair.
Example result
Lost at trial
No fee and no costs owed
Car crash at trial
Car Accidents
Tone: No recovery
Jury found the injury didn't meet the 'serious injury' rule
The jury agreed the other driver caused the crash, but found the client's shoulder injury did not meet New York's serious injury threshold. She kept her no-fault benefits but recovered nothing more.
Because there was no recovery, she owed no fee and no case costs.
Example result
Settled two weeks before trial
Illustrative amount, not a real case
Truck crash
Truck Accidents
Tone: Favorable
Box truck ran a red light on Queens Boulevard
A 46-year-old school custodian broke his pelvis and needed shoulder surgery after a distribution company's truck hit his sedan. The carrier blamed 'sudden brake failure.' The truck's black-box data showed no braking at all.
Black-box data can be overwritten. The preservation letter went out on day two.
Example result
Settled without a lawsuit
Illustrative amount, not a real case
Tractor-trailer sideswipe
Truck Accidents
Tone: Modest result
Trailer drifted into a minivan on the Van Wyck
A driver needed knee surgery after a tractor-trailer drifted into her lane. Logs showed the trucker was within his legal driving hours, so fatigue wasn't the story. Lane-departure data from the truck still proved fault.
Not every truck case involves a rule break. Strong data can carry a case anyway.
Example result
Settled in mediation
Illustrative amount, not a real case
Stairwell fall
Slip & Fall
Tone: Favorable
Collapsed step in an unlit Bronx walk-up
A home health aide broke her ankle in two places on a staircase tenants had complained about for a year. The building's HPD violation history proved the landlord knew.
Example result
Settled before trial
Illustrative amount, not a real case
Sidewalk defect
Slip & Fall
Tone: Favorable
Raised sidewalk slab outside a commercial building
A retired teacher shattered her wrist on a sidewalk that had been reported twice. The owner blamed the City, so we filed a protective notice of claim within 90 days while we proved otherwise.
Example result
No recovery
No fee and no costs owed
Store fall
Slip & Fall
Tone: No recovery
Slipped on a spilled drink in a supermarket aisle
Store video showed the drink was spilled about forty seconds before the fall, too soon for staff to have known. Without notice, New York law did not support the claim.
We explained why in writing, closed the file and charged nothing.
Example result
Settled before trial
Illustrative amount, not a real case
Negligent security
Premises Liability
Tone: Favorable
Assault in a lobby with a lock broken for months
A night-shift nurse was attacked inside her building's lobby. The front door lock had been reported broken in fourteen work orders over five months, and the lobby light was out.
The tenants' own repair requests were the strongest evidence in the case.
Example result
Settled without trial
Illustrative amount, not a real case
Ceiling collapse
Premises Liability
Tone: Favorable
Bathroom ceiling came down after ignored leaks
A tenant suffered a concussion and neck injuries when a waterlogged ceiling fell. Time-stamped repair requests in the building's portal, all ignored, proved the landlord knew.
Example result
Paid by homeowners insurance
Illustrative amount, not a real case
Dog bite (child)
Dog Bites
Tone: Favorable
Neighbor's dog bit a nine-year-old's cheek
Two other families had complained about the dog lunging at children. We waited until a plastic surgeon could assess the scar at twelve months before valuing the claim.
The neighbors never paid out of pocket. Their homeowners policy covered it.
Example result
Modest settlement
Illustrative amount, not a real case
Dog bite
Dog Bites
Tone: Modest result
Bitten on the hand during a visit to a friend's home
A man needed stitches, antibiotics and two weeks off work after a friend's dog bit his hand. The friend's renters insurance paid his medical bills, lost pay and a fair amount for pain.
Not every case is large. A fair result can simply make you whole.
Example result
Settled after a Labor Law ruling
Illustrative amount, not a real case
Construction fall
Construction & Workplace Injuries
Tone: Favorable
Scaffold plank gave way on a Midtown high-rise
A 34-year-old ironworker fell fourteen feet when an uninspected plank snapped. Labor Law §240 applied against the owner and general contractor, alongside his workers' comp claim.
The workers' comp lien was negotiated down, so more of the recovery reached him.
Example result
Settled after depositions
Illustrative amount, not a real case
Forklift injury
Construction & Workplace Injuries
Tone: Favorable
Warehouse forklift with a disabled backup alarm
A stock picker's foot was crushed by a forklift whose backup alarm had been unplugged for weeks. The claim was against the warehouse where the staffing agency placed him, on top of his comp benefits.
Example result
Structured settlement
Illustrative amount, not a real case
Surgical error
Medical Malpractice
Tone: Favorable
Surgical sponge left behind after an abdominal operation
A retained sponge caused months of infection and two more surgeries for a 58-year-old bookkeeper. The sponge count sheet said 'correct.' The imaging said otherwise.
Payments are spread out to cover lifetime follow-up care.
Example result
Settled before trial
Illustrative amount, not a real case
Delayed diagnosis
Medical Malpractice
Tone: Favorable
Chest scan flagged, never followed up
A radiologist flagged a suspicious spot on a lung scan. The report was filed without follow-up for nineteen months. Our nurse-attorney team traced every unread alert in the chart.